MINES RESCUE SERVICES (PTY) LTD SOUTH AFRICA AN OVERVIEW Christo de Klerk | Chief Executive Officer, Mines Rescue Services | Johannesburg Country Club | 27 September 2016 1
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WHAT IS MINES RESCUE SERVICES (MRS) • Private sector organisation • Trains volunteers for mine rescue work • Administers rescue service scheme • Provides rescue and recovery services, resources and expertise for an effective emergency service, primarily for the South African mining industry
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HISTORY OF COMPANY
1924 Rand Mines Group established Central Rescue Training Station in Johannesburg
1946 Taken over by Transvaal and OFS Chamber of Mines
1961 Station opened in Welkom
1963
1980 Relocation of Johannesburg station to Carletonville
1983 Relocation of Witbank station to Evander
2012 Station opened in Steelpoort
Station opened in Witbank (Emalahleni)
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SERVICES PROVIDED • Train Rescue Team Members (Brigadesmen) to required skills competency • Provide expert advice, consultancy service to all member mines • Remain proactive to changes in technology in the mining industry, environment • Provide, maintain specialised equipment for all member mines
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INTERNATIONAL REACH • Training provided in: • Zimbabwe • Zambia • Tanzania • Democratic Republic of Congo • Ghana • Swaziland • Botswana • Mali • Training provided for China, Iran, Russia
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MRS ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
MRS BOARD OF DIRECTORS EIGHT LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS 1. ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI 2. ANGLO AMERICAN THERMAL COAL 3. ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM 4. SIBANYE GOLD 5. HARMONY GOLD 6. IMPALA PLATINUM 7. LONMIN 8. SASOL 9. Chamber of Mines of SA 10. Mines Rescue Services
MRS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE • General Manager MRS (Chairperson) • South African Colliery Managers Association (SACMA )
MRS operations
• two representatives • Association of Mine Managers of South Africa (AMMSA) • two representatives • South African Engineers Association (SACEA) • Association of Mine Resident Engineers of South Africa (AMRE)
11. Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) 12. Labour (October 2001)
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ORGANISATION STRUCTURE 45 employees in total Management • Chief Executive Officer • Manager Finance & Administration
Superintendent Training
Engineer
Carletonville Rescue Station • Superintendent
Evander Rescue Station
Welkom Rescue Station
Steelpoort Rescue Station
• Superintendent
• Superintendent
• Superintendent
• Three assistant superintendents
• Three assistant superintendents
• Three assistant superintendents
• Two assistant superintendents
• Seven general assistants
• Five general assistants
• Four general assistants
• Four general assistants
Head Office Admin • Three bookkeepers
• Clark
• Secretary
• Vacant
• Two storemen PAGE
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HOW MRS IS FUNDED MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION FEES
40%
60%
split by number of persons underground
split by number of tons sold
50:50 Coal labour and tons split
SUBSCRIPTION FEES CALLED
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RESCUE TEAM REQUIREMENTS OF SOUTH AFRICAN MINES • Mines Health and Safety Act, 1996, Chapter 16.5, Emergency Preparedness and Response: • every employer at every underground mine must maintain rescue teams in the following ratio: • 100 – 1 100 underground employees
one team
• 1 101 – 3 600 underground employees
two teams
• 3 601 – 8 100 underground employees
three teams
• more than 8 100 underground employees three teams • at least one additional team for every additional 6 300 employees
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MEMBERSHIP SCHEME • Two membership classes • A Class members • maintain own team/s • B Class members • do not maintain own team/s • can call for assistance from neighbouring mines through MRS
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ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS • Agreement with DMR to render assistance at abandoned and other mines approved by DMR • no assistance can be provided at such mines without DMR approval • Agreements with non-member mines in the event of required assistance
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MRS rescue team strength
47
43 37
36
35
34
38
30
50
49
43
42
32
37 41
906
41
40
40
35
41
42
909
862
879
899
918
875
40
TOTAL
814
0 45
20
815
792
1 005
1 019
938
880
1 064
1 088
1 111
B-CLASS
773
800 37
91
90
91
92
89
79
88
86
85
84
89
85
79
75
76
82
78
79
125
134
132
138
142
120
125
127
125
124
124
126
121
115
121
118
113
113
145
146
132
117
156
164
161
144
127
119
102
100
107
96
88
78
80
858
900 1 160
A-CLASS
901
1 000 1 106
1 100 41
100
973
1 200 115
120
1 276
1 300 129
160
1 163
1 400 37
60
1 301
40 32
140
1 314
Number of mines 180
1 203
Rescue team members
OUR MEMBERSHIP MRS member mines
700
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REQUIREMENTS FOR RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS • All team members are volunteer mine employees • paid their normal shift rate for their rescue service by their employing mine • in addition, a fee for service by mines requiring the service during active duty • Characteristics required of members: • stable temperament • responsible • used to discipline • experienced in underground work • aged between 21 and 46 • Volunteers must attend a five-day initial training course based on Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) qualification PAGE 14
REQUIREMENTS FOR RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS, CONT'D • All volunteers must undergo the following: • medical examinations • initial medical examination • periodical medical examination (six-monthly) • pre-operational medical examination/declaration • Heat Tolerance Test • Work Load Test • Mines Rope Rescue Training
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A TOTAL EMERGENCY SERVICE • MRS is called on in, but not limited to, the following mining emergency situations: • fires • explosions • fall-of-ground incidents • missing persons • body recovery
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20 10 11 8 13 16
24 20
60 63
57
58 59 54
80 78
80
79
100 109 114
107 116
120
92 96 94 97
100 107
140 146
141 147
132 134
123
160
54 49 55
44
Number of Incidents
METALLIFEROUS FIRES 1981-2015
40
0
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0 0
0
0 0
1
1
1 1
1
2
2
2
2
3 3
3
4
4
4 4
6
6
8
8
0
2 6
9
10 10 10
10
2
3
4 6
6 11
12
4 5
Number of Incidents
COLLIERY FIRES 1981-2015
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82
31
363 414 421
263 178
627
638
466
654
566
384 487
312 400
600 575
678
979
1 126
1 040 943
858 948
842
934
1 000
231 193
200 1 209
1 200
284
400 794
800 651 642
1 400
509
434
Call outs
RESCUE TEAM USAGE (ALL FIRES) 1981-2015
0
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METALLIFEROUS FATALITIES DUE TO FIRES, EXPLOSIONS 1981-2015
180
200 180 160
120 100 80
2 2 5 0 8 1 10 0
0 0 1 2 6 9 1 2
7 0 0
6
1 3
9 1
0
1
8
9
15
19 20
20 0
28
40
29
60
1
Number of incidents
140
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COLLIERY FATALITIES DUE TO FIRES, EXPLOSIONS 1981-2015 60 53
Number of incidents
50
40 34 30
20
10
0
16 10
12
12
11 6
0
0 0
0 1 0 1
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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FIRES AND INCIDENTS A few of the biggest incidents from the past 92 years are: • 16 September 1986 – 177 workers' lives were claimed by the Kinross disaster • 31 August 1987 – 63 workers died at St Helena Gold Mine as a result of an underground fire • 13 May 1993 – 53 workers died due to methane explosion at Middelbult Colliery • 10 May 1995 – 104 people died in the Vaal Reefs shaft accident
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PEOPLE RESCUED • Following a shaft accident at Kloof Gold Mine on 13 October 1993, 152 people were rescued over seven–day period • 2011 – 162 people rescued • 2012 – 219 people rescued • 2013 – 36 people rescued • 2014 – 100 people rescued • 22 February 2015 – 486 at Kusasalethu • 2 July 2015 – 18 at Nchwaneng • 10 July 2015 – 51 at Marula • 23 September 2015 – 65 at Kloof Gold Mine • 2015 – 16 people rescued during other incidents
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CONTACT DETAILS Contact person
Christo de Klerk Chief Executive Officer
Tel
+27 (18) 781 1141/2
Fax
+27 (18) 781 1085
Mobile
+27 (82) 550 6111
Email
[email protected] PAGE