Personal Protective Equipment Compliance
While the elimination of exposure risks is our key driver, often this is not readily possible or feasible, and personal protective equipment (PPE) is used.
At the end of the reporting period, the status of overall PPE compliance in the Company was 95 per cent, compared to 98 per cent in the previous reporting period, as shown in the graph below.
This is an area where we continually seek improvement, and we are encouraging operations to implement formal audit programs of PPE compliance. Read more about some of our initiatives at Health>Our Approach.
PPE Compliance
2002/03 to 2005/06
Note: Only includes data for those sites that have a formal PPE monitoring system.
PPE compliance has essentially remained stable in the Company over recent years.
With our continued drive for improvement in this area, we have recognised that our formal auditing programs for PPE compliance do not, in all cases, meet strict Company requirements. As a consequence, this parameter has reduced to 68 per cent from 83 per cent the previous year. We will be focusing on this area in the coming year to raise this performance.
Formal Audit Programs for PPE Compliance
2002/03 to 2005/06
Note: This is a ratio the number of Yes responses to the number of HSEC questionnaire responses received. Some BHP Billiton sites do not submitt an HSEC questionnaire and are therefore not included.
