Track record

Outcomes a regulator accepted and an operation could run.

Selected engagements across platinum, gold, coal, manganese and diamond operations.

Investigations & Audits Delivered

Mining Commodities Served

Engineering Disciplines

DMPR Upliftment Success Rate

Industries served

Platinum
Gold
Coal
Diamond
Manganese
Zinc
Mineral Processing
Industrial Manufacturing

Case studies

Selected engagements, measured outcomes.

Engineering leads every engagement; digital engineering makes the result durable and auditable. Filter by stream to see challenge, approach, results and downloadable briefs.

Platinum & gold mining
Project Winch Guard
Scraper winch failures resolved and Section 54 instruction uplifted
Platinum & Gold · North West, South Africa · 6 weeks
Repeat scraper winch failures were stopping production and exposing crews to rope and entanglement risk. We ran an independent investigation and closed the instruction out.
- Incident investigation
- Mechanical engineering
- MHSA compliance
Upliftment success
100%
Upliftment success
Repeat failures post close-out
0
Repeat failures post close-out
Investigation to closure
6 wks
Investigation to closure
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Manganese mining
Project Shaft Signal
Shaft signalling redesigned to restore compliant hoisting availability
Manganese · Northern Cape, South Africa · 10 weeks
Signalling failures on a hoisting installation were halting vertical transport. We rebuilt the signalling protocol and the compliance evidence behind it.
- Shaft & winding plants
- Compliance engineering
- EPCM
Signalling compliance
100%
Signalling compliance
Assessment to commissioning
10 wks
Assessment to commissioning
Hoisting availability restored
24/7
Hoisting availability restored
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Coal mining
Project Belt Safe
Conveyor fire risk closed out after a regulator finding
Coal · Mpumalanga, South Africa · 8 weeks
A regulator flagged conveyor fire hazards across a coal handling plant. We built the risk matrix, the preventive regime and the standards uplift that closed it.
- Conveyor systems
- Risk assessment
- Compliance engineering
Finding to close-out
8 wks
Finding to close-out
Transfer points remediated
100%
Transfer points remediated
Belt life and throughput
↑
Belt life and throughput
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Diamond mining
Project Water Balance
Dewatering stabilised after recurring pump station failures
Diamond · South Africa · 7 weeks
Repeat pumping failures threatened the water balance of an operating mine. A structured audit rebuilt both the system and the reporting around it.
- Pumping & dewatering
- Root cause analysis
- MHSA reporting
Energy per m³ pumped
↓
Energy per m³ pumped
Audit to closure
7 wks
Audit to closure
Dewatering stoppages after handover
0
Dewatering stoppages after handover
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Platinum mining
Project Paperless
Paper inspections replaced with digital forms and tracked actions
Platinum · Delivered with Thomvision Projects & Solutions · 6 weeks
Findings were being raised and then quietly lost. Electronic inspections plus corrective action tracking closed that gap.
- Digital workflows
- Compliance monitoring
- Corrective action tracking
Findings with an owner and due date
100%
Findings with an owner and due date
Rollout duration
6 wks
Rollout duration
Paper checklists in the loop
0
Paper checklists in the loop
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Project index

Every engagement at a glance.

Commodity, engineering focus, duration and the outcome each engagement delivered.

Buhlenathi Solutions project index
Project	Industry	Engagement	Location	Duration	Outcome
Project Winch Guard	Platinum & gold mining	Scraper winch failures resolved and Section 54 instruction uplifted	North West, South Africa	6 weeks	Section 54 instruction uplifted on first submission
Project Shaft Signal	Manganese mining	Shaft signalling redesigned to restore compliant hoisting availability	Northern Cape, South Africa	10 weeks	Hoisting availability restored to plan
Project Belt Safe	Coal mining	Conveyor fire risk closed out after a regulator finding	Mpumalanga, South Africa	8 weeks	DMPR instruction uplifted
Project Water Balance	Diamond mining	Dewatering stabilised after recurring pump station failures	South Africa	7 weeks	Water balance stabilised
Project Paperless	Platinum mining	Paper inspections replaced with digital forms and tracked actions	Delivered with Thomvision Projects & Solutions	6 weeks	Findings traceable from raise to close-out

Investigation workflow

From incident to regulatory upliftment.

Our investigation methodology is structured, evidence-led and built to close out.

01
Incident
Formal notification and site securing.
02
Investigation
Evidence gathering, interviews and site inspection.
03
Root Cause Analysis
Structured RCA against MHSA principles.
04
Fishbone Analysis
Ishikawa diagnostics across man, machine, method, material.
05
Corrective Actions
Prioritised action plans with owners and due dates.
06
DMPR Presentation
Boardroom-ready evidence pack for the regulator.
07
Regulatory Upliftment
Section 54 / Section 55 instruction upliftment.

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Outcomes a regulator accepted and an operation could run.

Industries served

Selected engagements, measured outcomes.

Scraper winch failures resolved and Section 54 instruction uplifted

Shaft signalling redesigned to restore compliant hoisting availability

Conveyor fire risk closed out after a regulator finding

Dewatering stabilised after recurring pump station failures

Paper inspections replaced with digital forms and tracked actions

Every engagement at a glance.

From incident to regulatory upliftment.

Incident

Investigation

Root Cause Analysis

Fishbone Analysis

Corrective Actions

DMPR Presentation

Regulatory Upliftment

Let's solve the engineering problem in front of you.