COALFIELDS WASHPLANT

MOBILE SCREEN DUST SUPPRESSION SYSTEM

Sprays working well – this is what happens on weekdays when management is around

Good practice – Coalfields Plant

Dust suppression system effective when working

Coalfields Washplant (Calcine Plant)

Sprays turned off – this is what happens on weekends when management is not around (photos taken yesterday – 10 August

2014)

Sprays turned off on weekends – exposing employees to airborne dust

Sunday at Coalfields

Bad practice on weekends

Conclusion

• Dust is an airborne pollutant; therefore it must be taken seriously at all times. The necessary awareness, urgency and action to avoid overexposure must be communicated and known by all the stakeholders, especially the most exposed employees.

• Employees are the company’s most important assets – we must ensure that their occupational health is well taken care of.

• This kind of practice must be avoided – health and safety is not a matter of pleasing management, but a matter of taking pride in our well being; and using the systems and devices that are put in place to ensure that.