Risks of Tin Mining
Above: Tin miners in Indonesia show the camera a handful of tin rocks
Death toll average = 1 death per week
Approximately 56 deaths per year |
Causes of DeathSilica mixed dust exposure
Mine collapse Faulty equipment Explosions |
FROM AFRICA TO INDONESIA
Most tin mining happens in Indonesia, and is done cheaply and unsafely.
On Bangka Island, approximately 20% of the 1.3 million people are tin miners, with an addition 40% working in similar industry.
That means at least 60% of the Bangka population is likely exposed to high risk work environments.
On Bangka Island, approximately 20% of the 1.3 million people are tin miners, with an addition 40% working in similar industry.
That means at least 60% of the Bangka population is likely exposed to high risk work environments.
Case Study: Suge
"Suge doesn't have a mobile phone, so he uses a friend's to tell us the news: he doesn't want any visitors and he won't talk. His boss has told him not to say anything. They're neighbors and the mine's just up the road and he needs this job – the job he hopes to go back to when he gets better, inshallah – because mining is good money. Everything is OK. Just please don't come."
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Suge is a 44 year old, 12 year veteran coal miner from Bangka Island, Indonesia. The above quote comes from an article in The Guardian, and offers insight into how these risks are perpetuated. Those living in Indonesia have so little, that dangerous coal mining becomes attractive due to the fact that it can provide the money to feed one's family. Industry exploits this fact to reap the inexpensive benefits.
Key word: exploitation
Key word: exploitation
The following quote embodies the tragically brave character of these coal miners. Suge is speaking about the time he survived being buried alive in a collapsed mine....
"A small sacrifice to give happiness to people in the world, to give them phones and electronics"
- Suge, Indonesian tin miner
The problem is disconnected:
NOTE: If you notice just one part of this chart, notice number 4: Origins obscured.