MHSC ANNUAL REPORT 2020

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY COUNCIL ▪ ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20

SANS

South African National Standards Supply Chain Management Self-Contained Self-Rescuers

SCM

SCSRs SIMRAC

Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee

SMME

Small, Medium, and Micro-Enterprises

STS

Standard Threshold Shift

TB

Tuberculosis

TTK

Technology Transfer and Knowledge Technology Innovation Agency

TIA

ULSD

Ultra-Low-Sulphur Diesel University of Pretoria

UP

WiM

Women in Mining

WIMAC

Women in Mining Advisory Committee

WITS WSP

University of the Witwatersrand

Workplace Skills Plan

1.3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

‘CHIEF INSPECTOR OF MINES’ means the officer appointed in terms of section 48(1) of the Mine Health and Safety Act as amended, and includes any officer acting in that capacity. ‘COUNCIL’ means the Accounting Authority of the Mine Health and Safety Council established in terms of section 41(1) of the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 as amended. ‘HAZARD’ means a source of, or exposure to danger. ‘HEALTH’ means occupational health at mines. ‘HEALTH HAZARD’ means any physical, chemical, or biological hazard to health including anything declared to be a health hazard by the Minister. ‘MINES’ means any excavation and activity where mineral deposits are mined; all buildings, structures, machinery, dumps, roads, or objects that are used during the winning, exploitation, and processing of a mineral. ‘MINISTER’ means the South African Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. ‘OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH’ means occupational hygiene and occupational medicine. ‘OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE’ means the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of conditions at a mine that may cause illness or adverse health effects to persons. ‘OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE’ means the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness, injury, and adverse health effects associated with a particular type of work. ‘RESEARCH THRUST AREAS’ means research focus areas. ‘RISK’ means the likelihood that occupational injury or harm to persons will occur. ‘STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES’ means organisational outcomes that are critical to the achievement of the Mine Health and Safety Council’s mission for a period of three (3) to five (5) years.

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“EVERY MINE WORKER RETURNING FROM WORK UNHARMED EVERYDAY”