Safety – Our Approach

The safety of our employees, contractors and the communities in which we operate is an integral part of our business. Our goal is Zero Harm.

To this end, we seek to create a mindset and an environment where people believe it is possible to work injury free – regardless of where they are in the world, what role they undertake or in which business they work.

Across the organisation we manage safety through our risk-based HSEC Management Standards. Our line managers are accountable for the implementation of these Standards and responsible for ensuring that supporting systems and procedures are in place. We are confident that our Standards and associated systems are the right ones, and have directed our efforts towards the effective and consistent implementation of these across the organisation. We call this Operating Discipline.

Our safety focus areas are:

  • Fatal Risk Control Protocols
  • Catastrophic risk management
  • Visible leadership
  • Behavioural/awareness processes
  • Leading indicators
  • Contractor management
  • Near miss reporting.

See the following for details on our approach to safety management:

See Safety>Our Performance for a summary of our safety performance for the reporting period.

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