Author:Edwards, A; Van Coller, P; Badenhorst, CDate:Jun 2010This study investigated the feasibility of using Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission (DPOAE) testing as an adjunct to pure-tone screening audiometry in the annual medical surveillance environment commonly found in the South African platinum ...Read more
Author:Schutte, SDate:Apr 2011Reducing occupational injuries and ill health is a strategic objective of all the stakeholders in the South African mining industry. In order to achieve this objective, it is necessary to provide the safest and healthiest work environment ...Read more
Author:Edwards, AL; Kritzinger, DDate:Oct 2012At 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
Author:Dias, B; Wolmarans, P; Laubscher, JA; Schutte, PCDate:Dec 2003Housing and nutrition have been used as indicators of poverty, and as common targets for intervention to improve public health and reduce health inequalities (Gauldie 1974). The relationship between health, nutrition and housing is well ...Read more
Author:Edwards, ALDate:Feb 2013Despite 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
Author:Edwards, ALDate:Feb 2013This 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
Author:Edwards, A; Franz, RM; Schutte, PC; Steenkamp, TDate:Jan 2010Proactive evaluation and management of risks associated with exposure to combinations of occupational health stressors requires information on the impacts of individual stressors, as well as their cumulative and combined impacts. The harsh ...Read more
Author:Edwards, ADate:Apr 2011Workplace stress in the mining environment will affect health and safety outcomes in the workforce that could result in accidents and injuries, as well as poorer worker health. Increased knowledge of the specific characteristics and incidence ...Read more
Author:Pelders, Jodi L; Nelson, GDate:Sep 2019Mine workers in South Africa face various health and safety risks, and socioeconomic challenges. This study aimed to assess the associations between socio-demographic factors and health, safety and wellness in the South African mining industry.Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, MA; Jinabhai, C; Terblanche, APS; Becker, PDate:Sep 2005This study reviews the health status and lifestyle aspects of young adults who participated as 10-year-old children in the Vaal Triangle Air Pollution Health Study (VAPS) during 1990, and of whom the health status, as children of ten years ...Read more