| Amos Ziqubu, a veteran miner
for the New Coal Company in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is one of
350,000 miners who mine gold, platinum, diamonds, and coal. While
he concentrates on his work, in deep-level mining hundreds of feet
below the earth’s surface, he counts on MSA’s safety
equipment and protection. MSA’s
mining helmets and cap lamps give miners head protection and light
while they work. A self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) provides
air during emergency air shortages. Personal protection for daily
and emergency use are never more crucial than in underground mining.
Most recently, MSA equipment saved 18 miners
from near-certain death at a Mpumalanga gold mine when a fire
filled their mining cavern with smoke. After donning their MSA
30/100 SCSRs, the miners escaped and returned to the welcome light
above.
Amos and those 18 gold miners from Mpumalanga
wear MSA safety gear on the job so they can go home after a hard
day’s work – an idea that MSA Africa has been advocating
for over 60 years.
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