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An amount of R5 billion was awarded to victims or next-of-kin of mineworkers who had contracted silicosis and tuberculosis in South African gold mines. Solidarity welcomes this positive judgment and is pleased that victims or their next-of-kin may now officially begin to claim compensation.

Mining companies facing class action from mine workers who contracted silicosis on South Africa's gold mines, ... Mining firms hope for settlement in silicosis class action ... He added that a big challenge facing the gold mining companies in their compensation efforts is the fact that the affected miners are not readily traceable.

Occupational Health Process in the South African Mining Industry

Occupational Asthma Reference. Kleinschmidt I, Churchyard G, Variation in incidences of tuberculosis in subgroups of South African gold miners., Occup Environ Med, 1997;54:636-641, Keywords: epidemiology, incidence, tuberculosis, TB, gold miner, miner, mine, South Africa, Africa, silicosis, hiv Known Authors. If you would like to become a known ...

Aug 31, 2017· Former workers who contracted deadly lung diseases in South African gold mines decades ago may soon finally receive compensation. ... Set to Receive Lung Disease Compensation By ... Occupational ...

Sep 01, 2019· South African gold mines have issued a notice calling on gold mineworkers, former mineworkers, or their dependants to consider their eligibility to claim for compensation for exposure to dangerous dust during the mineworker's employment. The call follows a high court judgement in the Bongani Nkala and 67 others class-action suit which approved a settlement.

Occupational Health Process in the South African Mining Industry

Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 45 of 1975 Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 117 of 1977 Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 30 of 1978 Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 83 of 1979 Pension Laws Amendment Act, No. 123 of 1984

Jan 22, 2009· This together with the dust control in South African mines had led to the statement that no one has died of silicosis during the past ten years.. [I]t can now be stated that in South African Gold Mines, no one today dies from silicosis, but many die with silicosis. 56. In that year the Chamber's own returns had one black miner dying of silicosis.

generate centralised database to record the occurrence of occupational diseases in the South African mining industry, together with the morbidity and mortality of such diseases. The database is used by the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate for research purposes. This

May 03, 2018· Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. and other mining companies agreed to resolve a lawsuit filed by workers who said they contracted deadly lung diseases in South African gold mines in .

May 03, 2018· South African gold producers agreed a 5 billion rand ($400 million) class action settlement on Thursday with law firms representing thousands of .

Sep 13, 2017· South Africa is a country of contrasts. Many people in its cities enjoy privileged lives working for multinational companies with workplace health, safety and wellbeing provisions that match the ...

Abstract. South African miners face an epidemic of occupational lung diseases. Despite a plethora of research on the mining industry, and the gold mining industry in particular, research impact (including disease surveillance) on policy implementation and occupational health systems performance lags.

goal of a comprehensive solution to issues relating to compensation for occupational lung disease in the gold mining industry in South Africa that is both fair to past, present and future gold ...

Jun 28, 2018· South Africa's mineral resources have produced, and continue to produce, enormous economic wealth; yet decades of colonialism, apartheid, capital flight, and challenges in the neoliberal post-apartheid era have resulted in high rates of occupational lung disease and low rates of compensation for ex-miners and their families. Given growing advocacy and activism of current and former mine ...

Gold Mine is operated by the Gold Fields Ltd. of South Africa. The Obuasi Gold Mine is an open-pit and underground gold mine, situated near Obuasi and is one of the top-9 largest gold mines on Earth [19]. Gold mining began at the mine more than 112 years ago, in 1897, when it was known originally as Ashati Mine [20].

Silicosis rates in gold miners in South Africa are amongst the highest in the world: in 2007, 22 and 32% of black and white miners, respectively, were diagnosed with silicosis at autopsy . The case series presented here is the first comprehensive report on silicosis at autopsy in platinum mine workers.

The Blom/President Steyn Mine matter, she explained, was the first case on silicosis in South Africa and served as a test case to establish the liability of Anglo American South Africa as a parent ...

Jan 24, 2013· 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- and diamond-mining sectors.

asbestos, the emphasis here is on gold mining. HISTORY The first Act was succeeded by 18 further Acts, the latest being the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, No. 78 of 1973 (ODMWA) [Republic of South Africa, 1973a]. Racial differentiation in rights and benefits was a feature of this legislative history [McCulloch, 2009].

Jul 26, 2019· For the companies in the Working Group, this represents a huge step towards their previously stated goal of a comprehensive solution to issues relating to compensation for occupational lung disease in the gold mining industry in South Africa that is both fair to past, present and future gold mining employees, and also sustainable for the sector.

C&H 1 08/10/08 Occupational health, occupational illness: tuberculosis, silicosis and HIV on the South African Mines1 Brian Williams,1 Catherine Campbell,2 Nokuzola Mqoqi,1 and Immo Kleinschmidt1 1. ERU, P.O. Box 30606, Braamfontein 2017, South Africa.

Sep 21, 2016· South Africa's top gold mining companies will be able to appeal against a recent court ruling allowing the country's biggest-ever class action to go ahead, a .
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