WEDNESDAY 19TH MARCH, 2025
7:00am Registration & Networking
8:30am Opening Ceremony
KEYNOTE E&P PANEL DISCUSSION
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9:00am - 10:00am Balancing the Scales: Meeting Legal, Economic, and Moral Obligations in
Occupational Health and Safety in Mines
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Augmenting health and safety in mining operations through Regional and International
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Opportunities for enhancing occupational health and safety regulations. Strengthening legal framework
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Striving for health and safety excellence. Reference: Ghana's Minerals and Mining Act (Act 703) & Regulations – emphasising health and safety measures in line with global best practices
10:00am - 11:00am Maintaining standards in partnerships, managing third-party activities
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Mine site health and safety: the role of the regulator, the mine, and the service provider
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Contractor adherence to health and safety policies, procedures, and guidelines
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Establishing effective change management processes and systems
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Establishing safe and resilient supply chains. Attributes of a trusted logistics partner: Transportation and safe delivery of hazardous materials
11:00am Networking Refreshment Break
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CASE STUDIES
11:30am - 12:00pm - Behaviour-Based Safety; reducing human errors, enhancing efficiency, and boosting production in mining
PANEL DISCUSSION
12:00pm - 13:00pm Managing the health of mine workers in a hazardous environment
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Tracking occupational medical and hygiene KPIs
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The need to adopt a standard medical testing and reporting to enable transfer of occupational health records between mining companies
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Emergency response capabilities. Ensuring timely access to care and health supplies at all times
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Partnering with specialized healthcare centers and laboratories for structured health
care and health checks -
Occupational health hazards; dust, noise, heat, vibrations, chemicals, ergonomics, radiation
13:00pm - Networking Lunch Break
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CASE STUDIES
13:45pm - 14:15pm Managing electrical safety, energy efficiency, and the value of conducting periodic energy audits
14:15pm - 14:45pm Managing mine health and safety with reliable analytics. Eliminating human errors, human casualties and predicting equipment failure
14:45pm - 15:30pm Economic Viability: mine and mine worker sustainability
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Investing in occupational health & safety, a recipe for improved staff wellbeing, reduce disruptions in production, cost savings through fine avoidance and enhanced efficiency of mines
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Building robust occupational health and safety programs with leadership alignment. Safety performance aligned with financial performance, a shareholder and investor obligations
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Risk Mitigation and Asset Security
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
15:30pm - 16:15pm Advancing occupational health: finding comprehensive and effective Strategies for workers’ well-being​
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Regular medical surveillance for mine workers aligned with job title and risk exposure
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Standardizing occupational medicine and medical surveillance covering the health needs of permanent and temporary workers in the mining sector
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Enhancing employee well-being through collaboration with health facilities for proactive occupational health screening, stress management and fitness programs resulting in better health, increased productivity and efficiency
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Collaboration between private health centers with mines for post-employment health management
16:15pm - 16:30pm Networking Refreshment Break
16:30pm- 17:30pm Technology: An ally in creating safer and healthier working areas
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Technology backed robust safety culture, critical for safe and sustainable mine of operations
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Leveraging data and technology for predicting and preventing incidents while enhancing efficiency in mining operations-
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Mining production partnership research into health and safety. Promoting impactful partnerships with recognized research institutions
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Experiencing high risk work scenarios through virtual and augmented reality training simulations
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Reliable communication solutions at mines for timely emergency information dissemination