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Focus on mine safety: ISSA Mining premieres at the World Mining Congress & Expo in Istanbul
The major event for the mining industry took place 11. - 16. September, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 22. World Mining Congress with its guiding theme “Innovations and Challenges in Mining” proved again to be one of the most important events for the mining industry.
Helmut Ehnes, General Secretary of ISSA Mining, has been part of the congress opening with his keynote address "Vision 2020: Safe Mining Worldwide!", stressing out the importance of mining while pointing out the need for safe workplaces - to protect lifes and to improve economic performance. Ehnes called for international cooperation of all stakeholders.
Vision 2020: Helmut Ehnes called for joint action to improve mine safety - and productivity
Safety and Health in Mining: The Benefit from International Cooperation
ISSA Mining's session, chaired by John McEndoo - Vice-President of the International Section on Prevention in the Mining Industry of the ISSA, Vice President Safety, Health and Risk Management AngloGold Ashanti Americas Region - ran 13. September and united mining and safety experts from different countries:
Introduction
Seven Golden Rules to Improve Safety and Health in Mining – the Benefit from International Cooperation
Helmut Ehnes
Secretary General of the International Section on Prevention in the Mining Industry of the ISSA, Switzerland/Germany
The Accident-Free Mine: Illusion or Reality?
Dieter Mantwill
Manager Safety and Health, RAG (German Hard Coal Mining), Germany
Independent Mine Safety Audits (IMSA) – Results from a Turkey-ISSA Mining Project to improve Mining Safety
Ramazan Karaaslan, TTK, Turkey
Hans-Georg Beyer, Labour Inspector
Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie (Raw Materials and Chemical Industry), Germany / ISSA Mining
Systematic Safety – The Benefits of Safety Management Systems for Mining Companies
Dr. Andreas Grimmeiß
Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie (Raw Materials and Chemical Industry), Germany
Division Safety Management Systems
Implementing the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work – OSH as a Basic Human Right
Gye Wan Bae
Secretary General International Cooperation Center/Secretariat for the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work
Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA), South Korea
Biological Monitoring of Aromatic Amines, Benzene and Benzo[a]pyrene in Workers of a Modern European Coke Oven Plant
Dr. Tobias Weiss, Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-University Bochum (IPA), Germany
The Siberia PPE Project – Mining Under Extreme Climatic Conditions
Prof Dr Vladimir Rodin, Director of the Labour Safety Scientific Research Institute, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Prof. h. c. Karl-Heinz Noetel, Expert Commission PPE of the German Social Accident Insurance, Germany
Mining engineer and safety expert Dieter Mantwill of RAG Germany gave insight into impressive safety records and explained how improvements have been achieved.
Information & media on safe mining
ISSA Mining's Holger Imhoff and Gerold Soestmeyer have been ready to share first hand information on safe and economic mining. Next to offering the latest media on safety and health protection in mining, ISSA Mining showcased an example of best practice miner's equipment courtesy of RAG Germany.
Holger Imhoff (left) and Gerold Soestmeyer have been the focal point of information on safe mining and tied contacts to international mining experts.
Contact: Helmut Ehnes, helmut.ehnes@bgrci.de
Comprehensive information can be retrieved via the official congress website http://wmc-expo2011.com
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