occupational hazards associated with mining

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  World Bank Document

  2023214 · Limited resources exist to help miners prevent or even to mitigate occupational hazards such as silicosis, chronic lung disease, and respiratory failure, as well as other serious health issues associated with long years of mining.

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  Occupational Health In The South African Mining Industry Handbook

  2021221 · Learn about the best practices and standards for occupational health in the South African mining industry from this comprehensive handbook by MHSC.

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  OSH.2020 - International Labour Organization

  2021426 · “Occupational hazards, injuries and illnesses associated with small-scale gold mining: A case of Ward 19, Zvishavane, Zimbabwe”, in The Dyke, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 41–57.

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  Disasters in Mine: Strategies for Prevention, Management …

  2022615 · The compensation to the worker is important for the survival of family members in case of a mining disaster. A typical model for disaster management and prevention strategy should have six components i.e. hazard assessment, risk management, prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and rehabilitation.

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  Health and Safety Risk Mitigation among Artisanal and Small …

  2022112 · Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is often associated with no or compromised attention to health and safety. Although headlines of fatal accidents in Zimbabwe characterise ASGM, little attention is paid to prevention strategies. This study, ...

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  Identification and categorization of hazards in the mining …

  202362 · Abstract Control of OHS risks in the mining industry has been attracting increasing attention in recent years. Because of their great diversity in a complex system, hazards can be difficult to identify and classify, especially when system components interact. Risk cannot be managed successfully without comprehensive investigation of all its …

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  Environmental and health risks posed to children by artisanal …

  202229 · Artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities are associated with numerous health hazards among children, including exposure to dangerous toxins, infectious diseases, occupational-related maladies, and acute traumatic injuries.

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  The coal industry and health - Coal Mining Matters

  3  · Occupational health issues The primary occupational health concerns associated with coal mining in South Africa are:

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  Occupational respiratory diseases in the South African mining …

  2013124 · The first theme addresses trends in silicosis in the South African gold-mining industry over a period of 33 years, and the second explores the potential for occupational respiratory disease in the under-researched platinum- …

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  A Study of Trends in Occupational Risks Associated with …

  201464 · by C. Amoudru The coal industry is well known as a major source of specific types of risk and harmful effects including, for instance, harm to the environment, pollution from various surface installations and hazards associated with the actual task of mining. We shall confine our attention to the third group and discuss only the occupational risks facing …

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