Moving machinery is the second highest cause of fatalities in South African mines after falls of ground, making the implementation of effective proximity detection systems (PDS) a crucial step, but there are still perceived grey areas in mine safety regulations. According to Anton Lourens, managing director of leading PDS supplier Booyco Electronics, the Department of Mineral Resources has laid the groundwork for the wider application of PDS through the February 2015 amendment to Chapter 8 of the Mines Health and Safety Act (MHSA). It is now required that PDS be installed on all mobile equipment on mines.
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