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International Section of the ISSA on Prevention in the Mining Industry

The aim of the International Section of the ISSA on Prevention in the Mining Industry is to further and to improve social security in mining worldwide.

Focus on mine safety: ISSA Mining premieres at the World Mining Congress & Expo in Istanbul

13.10.2010 | News

For the first time ever in the long history of the World Mining Congress, ISSA Mining joined and brought the aspect of safety and health in mining to this important event for the industry. ISSA Mining's delegates initiated a dialogue on international cooperation to systematically improve mining safety.

Independent Mine Safety Audits (IMSA) – A Turkey/ISSA Mining Project to Improve Mining Safety

28.02.2011 | Feature

Improving the safety standards and health promotion in Turkish mining is the aim of a joint project by ISSA Mining, Turkish mining cooperation Türkiye Taşkömürü Kurumu (TTK), and the Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Within this cooperation, measures to enhance the level of occupational safety and health in the mining industry are defined, tested and evaluated on the basis of the framework of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The instruments are designed to increase productivity as well as to ensure an optimized organizational structure and fewer accidents, incidents, and health related loss of work time. Following a holistic approach, the economical performance will be taken into consideration as well as aspects up to the miner’s personal situation.

ISSA Mining at the 34th International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes

07.12.2011 | Feature

250 industry experts, among them many researchers on mine safety, joined the 34th International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes at the India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India, 6. - 9. December 2011 and were able to hear very interesting presentations by highly competent experts. As in prior years, this conference has been successfully providing a common forum to academicians, researchers, safety experts, and industry professionals for discussion and assessment of challenges and achievements in the field of mines safety and disaster management.

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Investing in prevention: EU-OSHA recommends incentives, introduces guide

21.12.2011 | Feature | About social security, Administration & management, Occupational risks, Social security financing

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work presents a Guide on Economic Incentive Schemes to promote Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). The guide intends to serve as a practical and user-friendly guide to help incentive providers to create or optimise their own economic incentive sc...
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Work on mine safety awarded in European photo competition

14.12.2011 | Feature | About social security, Administration & management, Occupational risks

Miran Beškovnik won an award in the European Photo Competition hosted by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work with a photo focussing on safety in mining. His work titled "Beginners" shows students preparing to work in a dangerous environment of the Velenje coal mine, Slovenia, in few...
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ISSA Mining at the 34th International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes

07.12.2011 | Feature | About social security, Occupational risks

5. International Mine Rescue Conference: Mine Rescue Experts discuss experiences and innovations in Beijing

24.10.2011 | Feature | About social security, Administration & management, Occupational risks

The 2010 Copiapó mining accident brought the role and importance of mine rescue to a wide public awareness. Mine accidents are a permanent risk, the skills and the performance of mine rescue teams are many times the deciding factor on life and death. While mine rescue is ambitious, the challenge...
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Immigrant worker safety: IWH develops OHS information tool for newcomers

09.10.2011 | Feature | About social security, Disability, Extending coverage, Health, Occupational risks

Institute for Work & Health researchers are helping fill a gap in the occupational health and safety system: the need for information tailored to immigrant workers, delivered to them through the services they regularly access at the community level.
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Martin Isles talking on occupational health and safety at the 6th Atlantic Alliance Conference, Brussles Oct 21, 2010

UK: RoSPA recognises quarryman’s contribution to health and safety

22.09.2011 | Feature | About social security, Managing reforms, Occupational risks

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has recognised a geologist-turned-quarryman’s outstanding contribution, over more than 35 years, to safe and healthy working in the quarrying and mineral products sector. Martin Isles, director of health and safety at the Mineral Products Assoc...
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Symposium "Vision 2020 – A one world approach for a global preventive network in mining"

14.09.2011 | Feature | Occupational risks

ISSA Mining, the Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MoLSS) and the Hacettepe University, Turkey, hosted the joint Symposium "Vision 2020 – A one world approach for a global preventive network in mining" in the frame of the XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, 11-15 Septem...
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EU-OSHA launches landmark project to facilitate risk assessment in Europe’s small enterprises

12.09.2011 | Feature

Officially launched at the XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Istanbul on 12 September 2011, the Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) project marks the first initiative at EU level to facilitate workplace risk assessment. Developed by the European Agency for Safety and Healt...
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Two years without lost time injury in the cement industry

11.08.2011 | Feature

Cemex UK business unit Cemex Cement has achieved two years without a lost time injury (LTI) reports magazine "Aggregates Business Europe" (ABE). “This is an unprecedented achievement of two year LTI free and our cement colleagues are to be congratulated for their tremendous effort in keeping...
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Occupational Safety and Health in the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (2005-2009)

10.08.2011 | Feature | About social security, Administration & management, Disability, Occupational risks, Demographic changes

ISSA Mining member Prof Dr Konstantin Todradze, First Deputy Director of All Russia Occupational Safety Centre, Moscow/Russian Federation, assembled the comprehensive report "Occupational Safety and Health in the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (2005-2009)". The 46-pag...
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