Research Projects

Note: The MHSC research projects are grouped and classified into nine (9) thrust areas. The thrust areas are aptly named according to the major agency which the research project was intended to address in the first place.
ALL
Physical Hazards • 2002

PROJECT HEALTH 805

Development of percentile charts for semi-quantitative tracking of lung functions over time in the South African mining industry

ALL
Physical Hazards • 2002

PROJECT HEALTH 817

A pilot study to assess the heat tolerance of female miners

COAL
Rockfalls • 2002

PROJECT COL 816

Develop specifications for a portable counting seismometer to be implemented routinely in mines underground.

COAL
Rockfalls • 2002

PROJECT COL 812

Rating system for coal mine roofs

COAL
Rockfalls • 2002

PROJECT COL 810

The impact of geotechnical factors on the secondary extraction of coal in the Witbank and Northern Highveld Coalfields, specifically related to safety

COAL
Airborne Pollutants • 2002

PROJECT COL 807

Dust control for thick seam wall Mines

COAL
Rockfalls • 2002

PROJECT COL 802

Survey of horizontal stresses in coal mines from available measurements and mapping

COAL
Rockfalls • 2002

PROJECT COL 709

Development of a method to estimate coal pillar loading

COAL
Airborne Pollutants • 2002

PROJECT COL 603

Underground Road Header Environmental Control

GOLD
Occupational Diseases • 2001

PROJECT HEALTH 701

Strategies for reducing the burden of TB infection and disease in South African goldminers: the role of preventive therapy

ALL COMMODITIES
Occupational Diseases • 2001

PROJECT HEALTH 706

ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE IDENTIFIED AND COMPENSATED IN DIFFERENT MINING SECTORS BY COMPARISON OF AVAILABLE DATA BASES WITH AUTOPSIES CONDUCTED UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES IN MINES AND WORKS ACT (ODMWA)

ALL COMMODITIES
COAL
Airborne Pollutants • 2001

PROJECT HEALTH 824

A cross-sectional study to determine the potential mutagenic exposure from diesel exhaust emissions in underground coal mines in South Africa