Local knowledge of risks associated with artisanal small-scale mining in Ghana

Wireko-Gyebi, Rejoice Selorm; King, Rudith Sylvana; Braimah, Imoro; Lykke, Anne Mette

doi:10.1080/10803548.2020.1795374

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“…It also includes every form of harm against the miners, mining communities, and resources located within the mining environment. This set of rules is mandatory and must be enforced by every player within the mining and mineral business [41,42,44]. Research has shown that enacting an Act and introducing laws or policies to drive Nigeria's mining sector can strengthen the regulatory frameworks [40,41,43,44].…”

Section: Legal Regulatory and Institutional Framework Of Artisanal And Small-scale Miningmentioning

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“…This set of rules is mandatory and must be enforced by every player within the mining and mineral business [41,42,44]. Research has shown that enacting an Act and introducing laws or policies to drive Nigeria's mining sector can strengthen the regulatory frameworks [40,41,43,44]. However, there were no prior works on health, mine safety, and mining hazard prevention procedures until March 2016, when the Nigerian government acknowledged mercury and lead (Pb) health risks.…”

Section: Legal Regulatory and Institutional Framework Of Artisanal And Small-scale Miningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Legal Regulatory and Institutional Framework Of Artisanal And Small-scale Miningmentioning

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Safe Mining Assessment of Artisanal Barite Mining Activities in Nigeria

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Onwualu

Eggleston

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Barite, used in mud formulation, is mined in several places to support the industry. However, there is insufficient literature on the downside of mining and associated hazards, especially in the artisanal barite mining sector. This paper contains three parts. The initial section reviews major causes of mining accidents and health hazards in Nigeria. The second section examines existing but weak institutional frameworks and policies for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Nigeria. In the third part, data from questionnaires and heavy metal contamination assessment are compared with health and environmental standards to identify and characterize hazards. It was observed that 54% had health challenges traceable to illicit drugs, and 54% were ignorant about the use of safety kits. The UV-Vis, AAS, and ICP-MS analyses confirmed lead, barium, zinc, copper, and iron in the water samples. Index of geoaccumulation (Igeo) and contamination factor (CF) show that water samples are moderate to highly polluted by Pb2+, Ba2+, and highly contaminated. The chronic daily intake assessment and health quotient analysis revealed that the accumulation of lead and barium is possible and can initiate chronic diseases in humans over a long time. Certain safe mining protocols and controls are recommended.

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Section: Legal Regulatory and Institutional Framework Of Artisanal And Small-scale Miningmentioning

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Section: Legal Regulatory and Institutional Framework Of Artisanal And Small-scale Miningmentioning

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Safe Mining Assessment of Artisanal Barite Mining Activities in Nigeria

Afolayan

Onwualu

Eggleston

et al. 2021

Mining

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“…In Ghana, it is publicly known that artisanal miners operate in unsafe conditions which pose serious threats to everyone engaged in it [ 8 ]. The operations of artisanal miners present considerable amount of risks at an escalating rate [ 9 ]. The processes involved in this activity pose many occupational HSE hazards.…”

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Occupational health and safety in mining: Predictive probabilities of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use among artisanal goldminers in Ghana

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Artisanal goldminers in Ghana are exposed to various levels and forms of health, safety and environmental threats. Without the required legislation and regulations, artisanal miners are responsible for their own health and safety at work. Consequently, understanding the probabilities of self-protection at work by artisanal goldminers is crucial. A cross-sectional survey of 500 artisanal goldminers was conducted to examine the probabilities of personal protective equipment use among artisanal goldminers in Ghana. The data was subjected to both descriptive and inferential statistics. Initial findings showed that personal protective equipment use among artisanal miners was 77.4%. Overall, higher probabilities of personal protective equipment use was observed among artisanal goldminers who work in good health and safety conditions as compared to artisanal miners who work in poor health and safety conditions. Also, personal protective equipment use was more probable among the highly educated artisanal goldminers, miners who regularly go for medical screening and the most experienced miners. Additionally, personal protective equipment use was more probable among artisanal miners who work in non-production departments and miners who work in the medium scale subsector. Inversely, personal protective equipment use was less probable among female artisanal miners and miners who earn more monthly income ($174 and above). To increase self-care and safety consciousness in artisanal mining, there is the need for a national occupational health and safety legislation in Ghana. Also, interventions and health promotion campaigns for better occupational conditions in artisanal mining should target and revise the health and safety related workplace programs and conditions.

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“…In Ghana, it is publicly known that artisanal miners operate in unsafe conditions which poses serious threats to everyone engaged in it [8]. The operations of artisanal miners present considerable amount of risk at an escalating rate [9]. The processes involved in this activity poses many occupational HSE hazards.…”

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Implications of Health, Safety and Environmental Conditions on Artisanal Goldminers’ Self-protection at Work in Ghana

Sa¹,

Saalidong²,

Appiah³

2021

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The nature of Artisanal mining in Ghana exposes its workers to various levels of health, safety and environmental (HSE) threats. These miners are mostly liable for their own HSE state at work. In an attempt to understand the HSE dynamics of artisanal miners, this study sought to assess the effect of HSE conditions on self-protection at work by artisanal goldminers in Ghana. A nested binary logistic regression model was fitted to a cross sectional survey of 500 artisanal goldminers while controlling for compositional and contextual factors. Of the HSE conditions, only health (OR= 1.653, p<0.001) and safety conditions (OR= 1.935, p<0.001) were robust in predicting self-protection in all three models. Goldminers who reported good health and safety conditions were more likely to fully protect themselves at work as compared to their counterparts who reported poor health and safety conditions. For compositional factors, female goldminers were 84% less likely to protect themselves. Miners who had senior high (OR= 1.759, p<0.001) or tertiary education (OR= 1.875, p<0.001) were more likely to protect themselves at work as compared to those with no formal education. Likewise, miners who undertook routine medical checkups (OR= 2.533, p<0.001) and the most experienced miners (OR= 2.734, p<0.001) were more likely to protect themselves at work. Counterintuitively, miners who earned more monthly income ($174 and above) were less likely to protect themselves. At the contextual level, miners who worked in non-production departments (OR= 2.001, p<0.001) and miners who worked in the medium scale subsector (OR= 5.311, p<0.001) were more likely to protect themselves at work. To increase consciousness of self-protection in artisanal mining, there is the need for a national dialogue on how to improve HSE conditions and in the absence of legislation, the complexities in managing HSE in the sector needs to be decoupled to achieve fair and standard HSE conditions as championed by the World Health Organization.

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Local knowledge of risks associated with artisanal small-scale mining in Ghana

Cited by 16 publications

References 21 publications

Safe Mining Assessment of Artisanal Barite Mining Activities in Nigeria

Safe Mining Assessment of Artisanal Barite Mining Activities in Nigeria

Occupational health and safety in mining: Predictive probabilities of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use among artisanal goldminers in Ghana

Implications of Health, Safety and Environmental Conditions on Artisanal Goldminers’ Self-protection at Work in Ghana

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