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Summit drives safety focus at Exxaro
Date released: 8 October 2009
Diversified resources group Exxaro Resources Limited (Exxaro) today held its second safety summit aimed at identifying, prioritising and adopting safety improvement interventions within the group.
Following Exxaro’s first safety summit in March this year, chief executive officer Sipho Nkosi again convened a summit involving internal and external stakeholders to highlight progress and plan implementation.
“We have involved a range of stakeholders involved to identify key areas where we can make a tangible difference to our safety performance. These areas include consequence management, safety training, culture (Exxaro’s safety way of life), mini-HIRA (high impact risk assessment) and communication. Task teams are now driving a broad spectrum of action plans in these areas,” said Nkosi.
“Regular safety summits maintain a high profile for safety within the group which we believe will, in due course, help us to achieve a step change in safety performance to record 30% fewer safety incidents each year, and ultimately reach the goal of an injury-free workplace,” added Nkosi.
Exxaro’s 2009 safety record shows a lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) per 200 000 man-hours worked to date at 0,35 against a target of 0,21. In the 2008 financial year ending December the LTIFR per 200 000 man-hours was 0,39 against a target of 0,21 and compared to 0,36 in 2007. The group has recorded three fatalities this year following an accident at its Zincor operation earlier this month. In 2008 there were five fatalities.
“The achievement of improvement in safety performance is both non-negotiable and urgent and that is part of my message to the company via the safety summit,” said Nkosi.
“Exxaro has pockets of safety excellence and we want to include this knowledge and best practice as part of the roll-out of task team action plans throughout the group.”
To date Exxaro has adopted an aggressive, multi-pronged approach spanning, among others, enhanced safety awareness and preventive programmes, a strong focus on hazard identification and visible felt leadership.
Today’s Exxaro safety summit was attended by management and employees with inputs and support from the Chamber of Mines, Department of Mineral Resources and labour unions.
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Editor’s Note:
Exxaro is one of the largest South African-based diversified resources groups, with interests in the coal, mineral sands, base metals, industrial minerals and iron ore commodities.
www.exxaro.com
Enquiries:
Dr Nombasa Tsengwa
Executive General Manager: Safety and Sustainable Development
Tel: +27 (0) 12 307 4316
Mobile: +27 (0) 83 442 8499
Email: nombasa.tsengwa@exxaro.com
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