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Evaluation of the current practices of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry

Author: Edwards, AL ; Milanzi, LA ; Khoza, NN ; Letsoalo, MS ; Zungu, LI Date: Jan 2015 This study aimed to evaluate the current practices in relation to best practice criteria and make recommendations for improvements to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry. A survey tool ... Read more
Evaluation of the current practices of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry

Author: Edwards, AL ; Milanzi, LA ; Khoza, NN ; Letsoalo, MS ; Zungu, LI Date: Jan 2015 This study aimed to evaluate the current practices in relation to best practice criteria and make recommendations for improvements to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry. A survey tool ... Read more
Evaluation of the current practices of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry

Author: Edwards, AL ; Milanzi, LA ; Khoza, NN ; Letsoalo, MS ; Zungu, LI Date: Jan 2015 This study aimed to evaluate the current practices in relation to best practice criteria and make recommendations for improvements to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) awareness training in the South African mining industry. A survey tool ... Read more
Future needs for improvement of noise-induced hearing loss awareness training and hearing protection device practices in the South African mining industry

Author: Edwards, AL ; Khoza, N ; Letsoalo, S ; Milanzi, L ; Zungu, L Date: Aug 2012 An investigation of the current practices and policies at various mines of the training practices and the employees’ knowledge of the risks as well as the miner’s use of HPDs was initiated by the Safety in Mining Research Advisory Committee ... Read more
Macro and micro management of hearing conservation in the South African mining

Author: Edwards, AL ; Franz, RM Date: Mar 2009 Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) can be prevented, but only by incorporating more proactive and innovative measures into our NIHL-prevention programmes. At present, direct and indirect costs to the mining industry resulting from occupational ... Read more
Meeting the milestones: are South African small-to-medium-scale mines up to the task?

Author: Dekker, JJ ; Edwards, AL ; Franz, RM ; Van Dyk, T ; Banyini, A Date: May 2011 Controlling noise has proven difficult in mining, and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) remains common. In 2008, a South African Mine Health and Safety Council study focused on small- to medium-sized mines in relation to the milestones set ... Read more
Noise exposure in gold miners: utilising audiogram configuration to determine hearing handicap

Author: Vermaas, RL ; Edwards, AL ; Soer, M Date: Sep 2007 The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between the audiogram configuration and its calculated Percentage Loss of Hearing (PLH), and the experience of hearing handicap in noise-exposed gold miners. The experience of ... Read more
The noise-induced hearing loss milestones: past and future

Author: Edwards, AL ; Kritzinger, D Date: Oct 2012 At the 2003 Mine Health and Safety Summit, the milestones for elimination of Noise-induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) in the mining industry were agreed on. The first milestone, December 2008, has passed and the next one in 2013 is looming. The study ... Read more
Novel method of evaluating miners at risk for noise-induced hearing loss

Author: Edwards, AL Date: 31 Aug 2010 Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) negatively affects the quality of life of mine employees and costs mining companies large amounts in compensation claims. The prevention of NIHL requires early identification and recent evidence about the ... Read more
Ototoxicity in the South African mining industry: a position paper

Author: Edwards, AL Date: Feb 2013 Despite the attention that Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) prevention has received in the mining industry since 2003 when the milestone to eliminate NIHL was set, the statistics show that NIHL persists as one of the most common occupational ... Read more
Ototoxicity in the South African mining industry: a position paper

Author: Edwards, AL Date: Feb 2013 This position paper asserts that exposure to chemicals in certain occupations and work activities in the mining industry can lead to ototoxicity which accentuates the problem of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Increased awareness of all ... Read more
Tools for organisational risk evaluation for occupational health stressors (OREOHS) for the small-scale mining industry

Author: Edwards, AL ; Franz, RM ; Schutte, PC ; Steenkamp, T Date: Jul 2009 Some of the main reasons for occupational health and safety deficiencies in small-scale mining are unawareness of risks of chronic occupational diseases and inadequately implemented education and training. The key needs of the sector is to ... Read more

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