Resources on Occupational Safety and Health by industry/sector

  1. Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in Opencast Mines - Final report

    07 March 2018

  2. Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in Opencast Mines

  3. Minya Quarries: Protecting the workers through information

    04 December 2014

    Thousands of workers live in extreme conditions in Egypt’s stone quarries. The ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) recently provided technical support for education and awareness-raising among the stone quarry workers of Minya on the occupational health and safety risks in their mines.

  4. Uruguay ratifies the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176)

    05 June 2014

    Uruguay has ratified 15 occupational safety and health Conventions

  5. South Africa could do more for miners, says ILO mining specialist

    24 August 2012

    The killings of more than 30 workers in the Marikana platinum mine have put the spotlight on working conditions in South Africa’s mining industry.

  6. Final report - Meeting of Experts on Safety and Health in Coal Mines

    13 May 2006

  7. Safety and health in small-scale surface mines: A handbook

    01 January 2001

  8. R183 Safety and Health in Mines Recommendation, 1995

    22 June 1995

    Recommendation concerning Safety and Health in Mines

  9. C176 Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995

    22 June 1995

    Convention concerning Safety and Health in Mines
    (Note: Date of entry into force: 06/05/1998)