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Benchmarking Safety Data: Progress of ICMM Company Members (2017)

28 May 2018

ICMM is committed to strengthening the health and safety performance of its members and reducing operational fatalities to zero. As part of this commitment we produce an annual safety data report of our membership.[1]

Recognising that companies report differently and adhere to different calendar years, we have developed a common approach to reporting as defined in the ICMM publication: Health and Safety Performance Indicators.

ICMM regrets to report 51 fatalities occurred across its membership in 2017. This represents a 19 per cent decrease from 2016 when there were a total of 63 fatalities.

This is viewed against a background of a 4 per cent reduction in the total hours worked by companies and an overall decrease in the number of incidents that resulted in a fatality. There were 2 incidents which resulted in more than one fatality, which is a decrease from 5 incidents in 2016. This year’s data also sees an 11 per cent decrease in the number of total recordable injuries from 8,445 in 2016 to 7,515 in 2017.

The fatality and injury rate – which provide the number of fatalities/ injuries per million hours worked – show a similar story with the fatality frequency rate showing a decrease from 0.032 in 2016 to 0.027 in 2017, which is the first downward trend since 2013-14. There was a decrease in the injury rate from 4.26 in 2016 to 3.94 in 2017, which continues the reduction in previous years.

Table 1: ICMM Safety Performance Data (2012-2017)

Year Total Recordable Fatalities Fatility Frequency Rate (FFR)[2] Total Recordable Injuries (TRI) TRI Frequency Rate (TRIFR)[2] Total Hours Worked
2017 51 0.027 7,515 3.94
1,906,708,433
2016 63 0.032 8,445 4.26
1,981,148,588
2015 60 0.027 10,494 4.70
2,231,437,832
2014 56 0.024 10,455 4.50
2,324,525,784
2013 91 0.035 11,636 4.52
2,571,500,557
2012 90 0.033 13,895 5.07
2,738,579,590

Fatalities by Hazard Category and Location

While it’s difficult to attribute these trends in fatality and injury frequency rates to a single cause, it is possible to identify the most common type of incidents and where member companies are focussing prevention efforts.

Graph 3 shows that a high number of fatalities are attributed to either fall of ground in underground mines or machinery & transportation.

Table 2: 2017 Fatalities per Continent

Continent Total Hours Worked % of Total Hours per Continent Total Recordable Fatalities Fatality Frequency Rate[2] % of Fatalities per Continent
Africa 695,856,702 36 28 0.040 55
Americas 681,919,237 36 13 0.019 25
Oceania 319,525,375 17 4 0.013 8
Asia 113,328,130 6 3 0.026 6
Europe 95,310,241 5 3 0.031 6
Other 768,749 0 0 0.000 0
Total 1,906,708,433 100 51 0.027 100

Table 3: 2017 Fatalities per Country

Country
Total Hours Worked per country
% of Total Hours per Country
Sum of Fatalities
Fatality Frequency Rate[2]
% Fatalities per Country
South Africa
451,587,018
24
25
0.055
49
Peru
92,447,469
5
4
0.043
8
Chile
277,563,367
15
3
0.011
6
USA
71,689,562
4
3
0.044
6
Australia
239,323,244
13
2
0.008
4
Bolivia
4,510,786
0
2
0.443
4
Indonesia
60,213,104
3
2
0.033
4
Kazakhstan
50,367,070
3
2
0.040
4
Canada
64,839,015
3
1
0.015
2
Ghana
47,061,730
2
1
0.021
2
Italy
2,759,841
0
1
0.404
2
Japan
27,047,110
1
1
0.037
2
Niger
10,560,836
1
1
0.095
2
Norway
9,708,563
1
1
0.104
2
Spain
5,504,238
0
1
0.193
2
Zambia
59,955,112
3
1
0.017
2
Sub-Total
1,475,138,063
77
51
0.035
100
Rest of world
431,570,370
23
0
0.000
0
Total
1,906,708,433
100
51
0.027
100

Graph 4 and Table 2 show that 55 per cent of the fatalities occurred in Africa, 25 per cent in the Americas, 6 per cent in Asia, 6 per cent in Europe and 8 per cent in Oceania. A total of 25 fatalities were located in South Africa, which accounts for 49 per cent of the total fatalities across ICMM members – this is illustrated in Table 3.

This regional data plays an important role in determining focus areas for our health and safety work going forward. In 2018, ICMM’s work on safety will continue to focus on the sharing and learning between company members at our member Health & Safety Forums, and we will continue work on a project related to collision management, as a response to one of the key hazards linked to the fatalities.

2017 Safety Data per Company

Below are two graphs that show a more detailed analysis of data for calendar year 2017 per company member. Graph 5 shows the fatality rate for each company for 2017.  Graph 6 shows the injury rate for companies in 2017. The total number of fatalities per company is shown in Table 4.

Table 4: All Data for ICMM Company Members in 2017

Year Total Recordable Fatalities Fatility Frequency Rate (FFR)[2] Total Recordable Injuries (TRI) TRI Frequency Rate (TRIFR)[2] Total Hours Worked
African Rainbow Minerals
1
0.020
204
4.17
48,918,802
Anglo American[3]
9
0.035
810
3.17
255,879,180
AngloGold Ashanti[4]
7
0.057
913
7.49
121,890,637
Antofagasta Minerals
0
0.000
189
4.58
41,283,065
Barrick
2
0.030
115
1.74
65,926,124
BHP
2
0.015
557
4.29
129,791,957
Codelco[5]
2
0.014
860
6.22
138,203,671
Freeport-McMoRan
5
0.043
442
3.80
116,297,195
Glencore[6]
9
0.028
989
3.09
320,344,981
Goldcorp
0
0.000
132
3.57
36,942,052
Gold Fields
3
0.053
138
2.42
57,099,862
Hydro
2
0.040
148
2.94
50,416,216
JX Nippon
0
0.000
22
1.79
12,278,400
Lonmin[7]
4
0.048
829
10.02
82,724,233
MMG
1
0.024
49
1.17
41,887,038
Mitsubishi Materias[8]
0
0.000
7
5.23
1,339,321
Newmont
0
0.000
130
2.31
56,328,122
Orano[9]
1
0.056
55
3.10
17,769,212
Polyus
0
0.000
79
1.89
41,692,824
Rio Tinto
2
0.012
339
2.09
162,052,051
South32[10]
0
0.000
288
5.74
50,213,814
Sumitomo
1
0.055
22
1.20
18,322,538
Teck[11]
0
0.000
198
5.06
39,107,138
Total
51
0.027
7,515
3.94
1,906,708,433

Notes

While all effort is made to ensure the data complies with the definitions, it should be noted that some minor differences still exist between companies. Acknowledging this, we are continuously looking at ways to improve the consistency of data.

1. This report includes data from 23 of the 25 ICMM company members (as of the start of 2017) Newcrest and Vale are omitted from this report as they became ICMM members during 2017 but will be included in future years.

2. Rates are per 1 million hours worked (calculated by dividing the total number of fatalities or TRIs by the hours worked at the companies, and then multiplied by 1 million).  Fatality rate is shown at 3 decimal places, injury rate shown at 2 decimal places.

3. The data is compliant in terms of injury severity classification, however the scope of reporting excludes those off-site work-related incidents that are not within Anglo American management. Anglo American’s TRIs reported in this disclosure include fatal injuries, lost-time injuries and medical treatment cases only.

4. AngloGold Ashanti's report of total recordable injuries in 2017 includes First Aid Cases in South Africa which is not aligned to the ICMM definition.

5. Codelco does not consider incidents outside of Codelco’s controlled location (eg public roads, interaction with another –third parties). Codelco also does not differentiate between First Aid Case and Medical Treatment.

6. A few specific exclusions exist in Glencore's classification guidelines that apply in the determination of whether incidents are workplace related to assist in the decision making process.

7. Lonmin reports the total recordable injuries including some first aid cases.

8. In the hours worked and TRI, contractors were not included.

9. Orano (formerly Areva) have differences regarding the classifications of the No Loss Time Injuries (NLTI - medical aids and first aids). ORANO group classifies its events regarding the location of the treatment.  If the injured person has to go for treatment outside the sites - and come back to work the day after, it is considered as medical aid.  If the treatment occurs at the first aid station on site (no matter what the treatment is) and the injured person goes back to work immediately after, it is considered as a first aid.

10. South32 data fully complies with the ICMM recording boundaries.  South32 use Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) definitions for Injuries and Disease classification which differs slightly from ICMM definitions.

11. Teck Medical Aid Definition: The use of prescription medication alone for any treatment other than eye injury is not a reportable medical treatment. Use of prescription medication for eye injuries is a reportable medical treatment. Medical treatment also includes the application of a cast or other professional means of immobilizing an injured part of the body. The total number of TRIs for Teck includes TRIs attributed to operations where Teck is a partner but not the managing partner.  These TRIs are included pro-rata based on the percentage of Teck ownership. Teck currently reports occupational disease cases based on accepted workers compensation claims.