Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica at an underground copper mine in Zambia
Exposure to RCS in more than half of the activity areas was not under control. Routine RCS monitoring in Zambian mines should be mandatory, as this is not an isolated case, though it is more of a challenge at this mine because of the high percentage of RCS in RD samples (18.5%). Miners should be continuously trained on the importance of adhering to the OHS guidelines. Furthermore, Zambia should consider adopting the RSA occupational exposure limit for RCS and the BOHS-NVvA 2022 standard for exposure level compliance testing.
Authors
- H. Adrian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3653-9695)
- Stephanus J. L. Linde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0628-5268)
- Masilu Daniel Masekameni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-5291)
- Patrick Hayumbu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1237-6633)
- Mwaba Sifanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-8678)
- Lubinda Nabiwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6022-3746)
Institutions
- University of South Africa (ZA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- North-West University (ZA)
- Health Sciences North (CA)
- Copperbelt University (ZM)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Work Exposures and Health
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxae096
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.84
Funders
- World Bank Group