compensation for occupational asthma in south african gold miners

There are two compensation systems in South Africa which are governed by two different statutes: the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) of 1993 and the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (ODMWA). These acts differ in their administration and benefits provided. 1. Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act …

1995 – 2003: Silicosis in the South African gold mining industry begins to see the light. In 1932 there was substantial interest in problems of tuberculosis and silicosis amongst black miners but it was not until sixty five years later (in 1997) that the first independent follow-up study of African miners was published, followed by a

Thousands of miners, ex-employees and dependents of deceased miners will finally receive compensation for suffering through tuberculosis or silicosis because of working underground in South African gold mines, following Friday's historic court decision.. The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg approved the settlement of a lengthy class-action lawsuit.

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. ... Records are kept for all miners who apply for compensation for an occupational respiratory ...

The findings provide a quantitative view of differential access to occupational lung disease compensation, including long processing delays, among groups of migrant miners from the South African gold mines. There is a deficit of compensable claims for silicosis and silico-tuberculosis among former miners irrespective of country of origin.

Work-related asthma comprises occupational asthma, defined as asthma "caused" by the workplace, and ... Work-related compensation: 22: Eagan, 2002 ... the estimated burden ranged from 3.2% to 4.9%. For the South African studies using gold miner cohorts, the occupational burden was estimated by deriving an IRR for miners relative to ...

6d. COIDA – CAUSE OF HEARING LOSS – ONUS Mr Knoetze lodged a claim for compensation in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 130 of 1993 (COIDA) on account of ...

The year 2011 marked the centenary of the first South African legislation directed at compensating miners with occupational lung disease, the Miner's Phthisis Allowance Act, No. 34 of 1911 [Donsky, 1993]. This Act provided for temporary relief, with permanent compensation for silicosis being legislated in 1912.

In the long term, the gold mines are negotiating with trade unions and various government departments in a bid to rewrite the compensation laws so that in future, the ODMWA will fall away entirely, and silicosis and/or TB among gold mine workers will be dealt with under the Compensation for Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (COIDA).

upon an investigation into miners' phthisis at the gold mines at Bendigo, Australia, in which he advocated the use and value of x-ray examination of the lungs in diagnosis. Then in 1912 appeared a Report of a Commission on Miners' Phthisis and Pulmonary Tuberculosis within the Union of South Africa, and this was the basis of the Miners Phthisis ...

South African miners take lung disease fight to London ... The fate of thousands of sick and dying South African gold miners could be decided in a British court if talks to set up an industry fund ...

The South Africa Minister of Labour wrote to his counterpart a few months ago indicating his desire to look into ways of ensuring that the process is expedited." Thousands of Zimbabweans migrated to South Africa during the mid-century gold rush to work in gold mines owned by African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold ...

Former Lesotho gold miners sit in a district office in Semongkong, 120 km (75 miles) east of the capital Maseru January 12, 2012. Hundreds of migrant workers from Lesotho with suspected lung ...

Decades Later, South African Miners Sue Employers Lawyers are filing lawsuits against South Africa's three largest gold mining companies on behalf of former employees who now have lung diseases. A ...

South African Gold Miners Acute Silicosis among AA Silicosis incidence 5.5 increased risk for AA Silicosis prevalence, AA 71.6% vs. C 6.88% Cherniak, 1986 Rosenman et al, 2012 Irwig and Rocks, 1978 Work-Related Asthma All Workers All Workers Incidence of WRA, AA 4.8 vs C 2.5 Prevalence of WRA, AA 12.53%, H 10.43%, C 8.3%

Occupational asthma associated with bleached chlorine free cellulose dust in a ... Occ Med 2012; 62:64-66. Ehrlich RI. A century of miners' compensation in South Africa Am J Ind Med 2012; 55:560-9. ... Predictors of silicosis in an cross company study in the South African gold mining industry. 23rd EPICOH Congress on Epidemiology ...

Background: A legacy of the South African gold mining industry, now in decline, is a large burden of silicosis and tuberculosis among former migrant miners from rural South Africa and surrounding countries, particularly Lesotho and Mozambique. This neglected population faces significant barriers in filing claims for compensation for occupational lung disease.

Not surprisingly, South African miners and their dependants often seek social security support, thereby externalizing the costs of mining onto tax-payers. 44 The low levels of compensation under ODMWA, combined with the under-diagnosis of silicosis, mean that only a fraction of the real cost of occupational diseases on the mines has been borne ...

This article describes the current impetus to reform of the century-old South African mining compensation system. It is intended as a case study of the implications of harmonization of two disparate compensation systems for occupational lung disease, specifically in relation to equity in financial benefits, equity in coverage, linkage of ...

An early study of 1553 South African gold miners at autopsy showed that the mean emphysema severity score (adjusted for the effect of dust, silicosis, and age) was higher in individuals who smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day compared to non-smokers (36.5 versus 7.1, respectively) (Hnizdo et al. 1991).

The South African gold mining industry tal observations in the mid-19th century [Carozzi, 1941– was central in this process. But in order to impose it 1942; Rosen, 1943; Meiklejohn, 1951–1952]. But it also internationally, it had to cooperate with a …

Most mineworkers in South Africa are covered by ODMWA for occupational lung diseases, based on a state-determined assessment of whether or not a mine is 'controlled'. Mining companies contribute certain amounts to an ODMWA-based compensation fund.

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.

about by compensation payments and hence increased levies on mines. Trapido et al63 estimated the unpaid occupational lung disease compensation for gold miners to be 10 billion South African rands

The predictors of emphysema in South African gold miners. Am Rev Respir Dis . 1987; 135 1234-1241 32 Hnizdo E, Sluis-Cremer K, Abramowitz J. Emphysema type in relation to silica dust exposure in South African gold miners. Am Rev Respir Dis .

1226 FACTORS INFLUENCING CONSENT FOR AUTOPSIES FOR Methods Safety and health must be critical inclusion criteria COMPENSATION PURPOSES AMONGST SOUTH AFRICAN across all stages of the mining lifecycle, i.e. exploration, design MINERS and construction, operation, extraction and processing, engi- 1,2 Julian Mthombeni, 2Ntombizodwa Ndlovu, …

Silicosis: miners' fight for compensation is just one. By Jill Murray - 15 March 2016. image unavailable. USED AND ABUSED: Ex-miner Steven Bambela has silicosis and asthma after more than 30 years ...

Gold and platinum output from South Africa plunged last year in the wake of labour unrest which started in the platinum belt and quickly spread to the gold mines. Statistics South Africa said that ...

Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 2. Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act ... • Gold and coal miningGold and coal mining ... OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY AND ASTHMA IN SOUTH AFRICAN FOOD INDUSTRIES handlers: feathers, droppings, mites, bacteria, volatile organic ...

Mine workers in southern Africa have some of the highest rates of occupational lung disease in the world. These diseases, including silicosis and tuberculosis, acquired in the gold mines of South Africa have, over many decades, left hundreds of thousands of men disabled, in penury, or dead.

The mines and works in South Africa are the only industries with legislation that is specifically for the compensation of occupational lung diseases, in the form of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act No. 78 of 1973 (ODMWA).

South African Mines Occupational Diseases Database (SAMODD), and to estimate prevalence proportions of ... were significant in 2000 in gold mines, in 2001 in platinum, asbestos mines, in 2002 in platinum mines, and in ... process a request for compensation 184 197 16 61 115 TABLE 2. DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERS BY YEAR.

occupational injury or disease (like occupational asthma). Workers with occupational asthma are entitled to compensation in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 1993 -mine workers, and the for nonOccupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act for workers on mines and in scheduled works (in the case of platinum salt ...

That compensation is through the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act of 1993, which provides for compensation for occupational injuries or diseases sustained or contracted by employees in the course of their employment, or for death resulting from such injuries or diseases. ... South African mines, it is required that the ...