Occupational safety and health in the mining (coal and other mining) sector
5 December 2014
International labour standards
- C155 - Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)
- R164 - Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 1981 (No. 164)
- C187 - Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)
- R197 - Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 2006 (No. 197)
- C161 - Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161)
- R171 - Occupational Health Services Recommendation, 1985 (No. 171)
- C176 - Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176)
- R183 - Safety and Health in Mines Recommendation, 1995 (No. 183)
- C124 - Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention, 1965
- R125 - Conditions of Employment of Young Persons (Underground Work) Recommendation, 1965 (No. 125)
Codes of practice
- 2006 - Safety and health in underground coal mines
- 1991 - Safety and health in opencast mines
- 1986 - Safety and health in coal mines
- 1974 - Prevention of accidents due to explosions underground in coal mines
- 1965 - Guide to the prevention and suppression of dust in mining, tunnelling and quarrying
- 1959 - Prevention of accidents due to electricity underground in coal mines
- 1959 - Prevention of accidents due to fires underground in coal mines
- 1949 - Model code of safety regulations for underground work in coal mines
- 2001 - HIV/AIDS and the world of work
Guidelines
Meeting of experts
Training material
Good practices
- South African mining industry best practice on the prevention of silicosis
- Screening and surveillance of workers exposed to mineral dusts
Occupational Safety and Health Series
- No. 40 - 5th international report on the prevention and suppression of dust in mining, tunnelling and quarrying, 1968-1972
- No. 22 - Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses, revised edition 2011
- No. 09 - Dust sampling in mines
Working papers
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