Employee exposure to noise and dust has been decreased at Arnot through a range of initiatives including:

• Noise:
• Silencers installed on scrubber and force fans
• Maintenance of engineering appliances
• Surface machine drivers working inside enclosed shelters
• Training, enforcement and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by all employees


• Dust – a 90% reduction in the number of people exposed to dust was achieved by:
• Keeping main travelling roads wet
• Investigating abnormal dust results
• Extraction pipes at tail end in areas where high dust is created
• Increasing section ventilation, with sections ventilated independently.

Collectively, these initiatives are expected to reduce employee exposure to dust and achieve the set target of zero noise-induced hearing loss.