International Mine Health and Safety Conference 2019

Objectives

Objectives

The conference will focus on improvement in health and safety, as well as the environmental impact the mining and metallurgy industries have on the local communities they serve while highlighting actions to be taken

It will be a learning platform, allowing people to share ideas on health and safety, the environmental aspects which local communities’ need to be aware of, concerning the industry and its relationships with them.

This conference aims to bring together management, DMR, Minerals Council South Africa, Unions, Health and Safety practitioners at all levels from the industry.

Sharing best practice and successful strategies for zero harm and a value-based approach to health and safety. With the purpose of addressing the main challenges in the mining industry such as logistics, energy, employee safety, contractors and the communities at large.

Who should attend

Who should attend

The conference should be of value to:

• Safety practitioners
• Mine management
• Mine health and safety officials
• Engineering managers
• Underground production supervisors
• Surface production supervisors
• Environmental scientists
• Minimizing of waste
• Operations manager
• Processing manager
• Contractors (mining)
• Including mining consultants, suppliers & manufacturers
• Education and training
• Energy solving projects
• Water solving projects
• Unions
• Academics and students
• DMR.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship

Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Companies wishing to sponsor should contact the Conference Co-ordinator.

Sponsorship packages

Call for Papers

Call for Papers

Papers and presentation must be of a technical nature covering the topics suggested, but not limited to these topics.

Presentations that refer to the use of a specific product or service must give practical and technical case studies that have been applied in the industry.

Prospective authors and presenters are invited to submit titles and abstracts of their papers or presentations in English.

Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words and should be submitted in English to

Camielah Jardine,
Head of Conferencing:
via e-mail: camielah@saimm.co.za

Key dates

Key dates

6 MAY 2019
- Submission of abstracts

13 MAY 2019
- Acceptance of abstracts

17 JUNE 2019
- Submission of papers

31 Oct - 1 Nov 2019
Conference

Themes

Themes

• Health
• Safety
• Environment/Community
• Sustainability

Topics

Topics

Health:

• Lifestyle/Fatigue Management
• Wellness of employees
• Occupational health
• Ventilation issues and solutions

Safety:

• Chemical storage practices
• Stored energy practices
• Access to confined spaces
• Metallurgical safety innovations
• Community safety services
• Safety ‘off’ the job
• Managers and safety managers presentations
• Geotechnical concerns on safety
• Operation of transport and machinery
• Road Safety—to and from work

Environment/Community:

• Environment
• Corporate social investment in communities
• Environmental issues and solutions
• Engineering issues and solutions
• Mine design solutions
• Corporate leading practices
• Workplace solutions and conditions
• Security/illegal mining

Sustainability:

• Behavioural management of employees
• Employees -sustainable development
• Rock engineering—issues and solutions
• Geological issues and solutions
• Planning issues and solutions
• Fall of ground management

Abstract List

List of Abstracts

What really drives safety The Kinetic Leadership Institute The assessment of respiratory illnesses risks posed by Tailings Storage Facilities enriched in heavy metals (Se, As, Cd, U, Pb and Cr) through air pollution by dust, University of Johannesburg The Assessment of Injuries for Women Working in Gold and Platinum Mines of South Africa University of Johannesburg Impala mining harm prevention model – bottom-up risk based approach Impala Platinum Limited Developing a Resilient Safety Culture JVR Safety Mindfulness and Safety Impala Platinum Limited Safety Decision:- Dashbord Information Management (Analysis & Review) Impala Platinum Limited An Evaluation of the Bond Strength of Multiple Resin Bolt and Capsule Combinations through Laboratory Testing and Applied Methodologies Impala Platinum Limited, Groundwork The Effectiveness of Section 23 of the MHSA in the Gold and Platinum Mines of South Africa University of Johannesburg Benchmarking the Enforcement of Section 23 of the MHSA University of Johannesburg Zero Harm and Twenty-first Century Mining: Taking advantage of digital technologies while understanding the technology limits in a human-centred future of work University of the Witwatersrand OHS Risk Management in Mining – Then and Now University of the Witwatersrand Reflections on case study research: Where from, and where to for worker elected health and safety representatives? University of the Witwatersrand Considerations relating to fire dynamics and management thereof during inclined conveyor fires, Prysm Ventilation Services Impala Platinum Limited

Shift cycles and fatigue in the South African mining industry, CSIR Digitalization of safety, health and environment through the OiS solution Anglo America Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) exposure control in the underground operations of Anglo American Platinum Anglo American, plc Mist Capturing and Abatement in Non-Ferrous Metals Electrowinning Metalix Beyond ‘Zero Harm’........Wellness in the workplace in the South African mining industry Sibanyestill Water A critical investigation into underground missing persons and the applicable Through-the-Wire, Through-the-Air and Through-the-Earth communications technology University of Pretoria Fourth Industrial Revolution AMCU If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart Sibanyestill Water SIM 160902: Assessment of the ergonomics design of self-contained self- rescuer (SCSR) devices for use by women in mining Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) SIM 170603: The reproducibility of digital x-ray ad analog x-ray readings for medical surveillance in the South African mining industry (SAMI) to determine the reproducibility of digital and analog chest radiography for detevtion of silicosis and silicosis plus pulmonary tuberculosis Mine Health and Safety Council SIM 150601: Develop methodologies for the measurement of diesel exhaust emissions (DEE) and diesel particulate matter (DPM), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Improvement in monitoring of seismicity in a mining district, Council for GeoScience SAIMM: diversity and inclusion in the mining industry (DIMI) – keeping the conversation fresh, and moving forward, Golder Associates (Africa) (Pty) Ltd University of the Witwatersrand

Registration

Donwload: Mine Health and Safety Conference Reg Form 22052019.pdf

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Contact

Contact

For further information contact:

Camielah Jardine, Head of Conferencing
SAIMM, P O Box 61127, Marshalltown 2107
Tel: (011) 834-1273/7 · Fax: (011) 833-8156 or (011) 838-5923
E-mail: camielah@saimm.co.za · Website: http://www.saimm.co.za