Occupational Disease: Risk assessment and controls.  Advice and potential liability assessment - particularly for occupational lung disease on South African mines

 

In the South African mining context the most important occupational diseases are Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) and Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). The most important OLD are silicosis, silico-tuberculosis, coal workers pneumoconiosis, asbestosis and chronic obstructive airways disease. Healthy Mining is able to advise on all aspects of occupational disease risk management.