Provides guidance on the protection of workers in small-scale surface (open-pit) mines from safety and health hazards.

Provides guidance on the protection of workers in small-scale surface (open-pit) mines from safety and health hazards.

Provides guidance on the protection of workers in small-scale surface (open-pit) mines from safety and health hazards.

Discusses three small-scale mining operations in Bolivia, the Philippines and Zimbabwe. Focuses on issues of health and safety, legislation, links with large mines, and the coordination of assistance.

Young workers engaged by concession holders to work in small-scale mines are attractive for a number of reasons. Firstly, as they are working illegally, any complaints regarding wages or working conditions would likely be ignored. Secondly, young workers are generally compliant and tend not to...

Every working day between 5 and 6 P.M., 20,000 New Jersey bound commuters enter the Port of New York Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. Over 400 buses arrive in the terminal, load these commuters and depart during this one peak hour. This terminal is located in the heart of the city where...