Study of the Prevention of Contamination Risks and External Exposure of People Working in the Mining Craft Industry (Case of the Musompo Site)

Abstract

Nowadays, contamination and external exposure by radioactive materials have become frequent and less controlled in different African countries, further to results of mining activities located in affluent areas in sought-after metals, which generate large quantities of solid, gaseous, and liquid products in the environment. We notify that the environmental protection and workers against ionizing radiation seem to be neglected in favour of employers seeking to produce the products sought (Cu, Co, Zn, Ag, etc.). Without mentioning the natural radioelements that can show on the mining site that emit ionizing radiation to protect workers against this radiation by providing them with adequate equipment and without taking the necessary precautions to protect the environment against them.

Indeed, the object of our study is to prevent all risks of contamination with chemical elements and radioactive equipment, because it is healthy a significant danger when we breathe it more or less quantity in the human body on ores site without personal protective equipment.

Hence, to prevent risks due to contamination and external exposure, we opted for technical research based on the interview and questioning of all people working without personal protective clothing and with protective clothing.