The Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC), as per the mandate of the Mine Health and Safety Act of 1996 as amended, decreed at the 2014 Occupational Health and Safety Summit Milestones, that 'by December 2024, 95% of all exposure measurement results will be below the milestone level for respirable crystalline silica of 0.05 mg/m3 (these results are individual readings and not average results) and using present diagnostic techniques, no new cases of silicosis will occur amongst previously unexposed individuals'.
Since the inception of the MOSH Learning Hub, six dust leading practices have been identified, documented, demonstrated and adopted by several mining operations. These leading practices have been proven to have significant impact in reducing the airborne pollutant exposure risks amongst employees in the industry, thus assisting in achieving the industry set milestones towards elimination of occupational lung diseases.