ISSA Mining
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VISION ZERO Sustainable Mining 2025 Conference: Responsible Leadership – Sustainable Partnership: Shaping the Future of Mining
From 13th to 15th October 2025, the VISION ZERO conference “SUSTAINABLE MINING 2025” took place at the TU Georg Agricola University in Bochum/Germany. During this time, Bochum became the centre of an international discourse on occupational safety, prevention, sustainability and transformation as well as a meeting place for global responsibility:…
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Advanced First Aid: Mine Rescue Services
Under mining law, mining companies maintain mine rescue services to ensure medical care and transport for injured persons in emergencies. However, changes in German mining mean that optimal medical first aid is not always possible. A new course concept is now intended to ensure that rapid assistance can still be…
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VISION ZERO Sustainable Mining 2025 Conference: Responsible Leadership – Sustainable Partnership: Shaping the Future of Mining
The 2025 VISION ZERO Conference will be held at the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) in Bochum/Germany, from 13th to 15th October 2025. This event is organized by the ISSA International Section on Prevention in Mining (ISSA Mining), RAG Aktiengesellschaft, the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the raw materials…
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PROGRESS Research Project: Important Findings for Health in the Workplace
The PROGRESS research project has provided exciting new Âinsights into how to improve working conditions and occupational health. The German Social Accident ÂInsurance Institution for the Raw Materials and Chemical Industry (BG RCI), Heidelberg/Germany, the Professional Organisation for Administration, Hamburg/Germany, the Professional Organisation for Energy, Textile, Electrical, ÂMedia Products, Cologne/Germany,…
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Rescue from Mini-Excavator: Hemer Fire Brigade Practises in Quarry
Stricker & Weiken GmbH & Co KG operates a quarry in Hemer (Becke)/Germany and is an experienced specialist in the field of mining and processing Devonian mass limestone. There are quarries not only in Hemer, but also in many other places in the nearby Sauerland region. Basalt, greywacke, sandstone, dolomite…
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Effective Dust Control in Mining Means Significant Cost Savings
ScrapeTec specialists are continuously working on developing reliable solutions for specific issues at transfer points in conveyor systems where dust and spillage are a problem. Further information is also available online at www.scrapetec.com. Author/Autor: Dipl.-Ing. Thorsten Koth, ScrapeTec Trading GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort/Germany “The risk of explosions caused by dust emissions at…
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TALOS®: Lifesaver in the Salt Mine
In the depths of the Neuhof-Ellers potash mine, where precise blasting is carried out every day to extract raw salt, safety requirements are particularly high. Reliable safety solutions are essential to protect miners from danger. The mining of crude salt and its transport to the surface requires the highest safety…
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“Better To Arrive Ten Minutes Late Than Not At All!”
The professional associations can provide support in the form of training and instruction, e. g. by sharing their expertise and providing materials. Ultimately, however, it is the commitment of the companies that counts. RWE Power AG, Essen/Germany, e. g., held road safety days for apprentices in their first year at four of…
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Risk and Safety Management for Surveying Work in Underground Cavities that Are Difficult to Access
On 28th and 29th August 2023, scientists from the Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum/Germany, carried out a special task. The Paasbach piping, a tunnel structure under and in the area of the Hattingen HenrichshĂĽtte, was surveyed above and below ground. The tunnel…
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Setting Requirements and Being a Resource as a Manager
Itis a challenge for managers to ensure the performance of the team and at the same time promote the health and long-term performance of employees. Managers can fulfil this leadership task by prioritising tasks and designing working conditions. If managers endeavour to be a resource themselves and support their employees,…
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