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Statistics

Since the advent of democracy in South Africa, the health and safety efforts of the mining industry and its partners have paid off in dramatic and literally life-saving ways. Between 1993 and 2019, the industry experienced a 92% overall decline in the number of fatalities, and a 93% decline in fatalities that occurred as a result of falls of ground. Injuries decreased by 72% over the same time period.