Abstract
Children engaging in small-scale mining could be adversely affected in terms of their school participation and health among others. A case study conducted by ILO-IPEC (2003) illustrates that, the mining and quarrying sector employed an estimated 17,980 children between 5-17 years old, who were subjected to daily hazards such as noise, high temperature/humidity, inadequate illumination, slip/fall hazards, as well as exposure to dust and chemical hazards.