Tegnologie en gesondheid: myntering op die Witwatersrandse goudmyne, 1886 - 1920.
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Van Aswegen, H J
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Afdeling Plaaslike en Streekgeskiedenisnavorsing van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Division for Local and Regional History Research, Institute for Historical Research, HSRC
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• Opsomming:
Myntering was een van die vernaamste en mees gevreesde bedryfsiektes
op die goudmyne van die Witwatersrand tussen 1886 en
1920. Daar was 'n duidelike verband tussen die toename van die
siekte en die gebruik van moderne tegnologie, veral meganiese rotsbore.
Die bore het baie stof veroorsaak en ondergrondse mynwerk
gevaarliker gemaak. Deur die ingebruikneming van nuwe stofwerende
apparate is tegnologie ook ingespan om die voorkoms van
myntering te bekamp. Tot en met 1920 was die pogings slegs deels
suksesvol omdat nog die staat nog die mynbedryf 'n duidelike
gesondheids- en tegnologiebeleid neergelê en toegepas het.
• Summary: Miners' phthisis was the most prevalent and most dreaded industrial disease on the gold mines of the Witwatersrand during the period from 1886 until 1920. There is a clear connection between the rising incidence in miners' phthisis and the use of modem technology such as mechanical rock drills. The drills caused a large amount of dust and thus made underground mining operations more dangerous. New technology was, however, also used to prevent dust and consequently contain the incidence of miners' phthisis. Up to 1920 these efforts were only partially successful because neither the state nor the mining industry had a clear health and technology policy.
• Summary: Miners' phthisis was the most prevalent and most dreaded industrial disease on the gold mines of the Witwatersrand during the period from 1886 until 1920. There is a clear connection between the rising incidence in miners' phthisis and the use of modem technology such as mechanical rock drills. The drills caused a large amount of dust and thus made underground mining operations more dangerous. New technology was, however, also used to prevent dust and consequently contain the incidence of miners' phthisis. Up to 1920 these efforts were only partially successful because neither the state nor the mining industry had a clear health and technology policy.
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Van Aswegen, H.J. 1991. Tegnologie en gesondheid: myntering op die Witwatersrandse goudmyne, 1886 - 1920. Contree : Tydskrif vir Suid-Afrikaanse stedelike streekgeskiedenis = Contree : Journal for South African urban and regional history. 30:16-22, Oct. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/4968]