Health and Safety
Health and Safety
PanAust is committed to the Zero Harm safety objective consistent with its Values statement. Zero Harm is a philosophy where injuries and safety-breach incidents are considered unacceptable regardless of their severity or frequency. By international comparison, PanAust’s safety record is excellent.
The Company continually improves its safety performance through risk management processes that identify systems, processes and procedures that need strengthening. PanAust implemented safety leadership training in 2012 to ensure people in leadership roles throughout the Company give safety their highest priority and that they create a culture of Zero Harm within their teams. Safety targets are included in leaders' performance measures.
PanAust undertakes occupational health and safety audits against ISO18001, and through identification of gaps puts in place management plans to ensure the Company is aligned to the standard.
Within the Lao working environment, particular attention is given to the development of Lao national employees to ensure they work in a healthy and safe manner.
2009 - 2011 PanAust Group Reportable Incidents*
|
Year |
Hours |
Fatalities |
Lost Time Injury |
Days Away |
Total Recordable Injury |
|
2010 |
12,896,451 |
0.00 |
0.47 |
0.62 (10.31) |
3.57 |
|
2011 |
16,072,278 |
0.00 |
0.06 |
0.31 (04.35) |
2.80 |
|
2012 |
19,983,937 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.55 (14.66) |
2.15 |
PanAust identifies contractors as the foremost safety risk to the Company. At the same time, the Company is committed to engaging local contractors to enable economic benefits to be shared with the broader Lao community.
The Company has a Contractor Management Plan that focuses on heavy equipment services. The Plan aims to lift the safety outcomes of contractors to the same high standard as PanAust's permanent employees. A dedicated contractor safety management team focuses on management systems development for, and capacity building and compliance auditing of contractor groups.
For further information about PanAust’s workplace health and safety policies and performance, please refer to the Sustainability Report 2011 (pages 60-69).
For more information regarding copper concentrate, please refer to the Material Safety Data Sheet.
*Reportable statistics prior to 2011 included both controlled and influences activities. From 2011, PanAust aligned external reporting methodology with industry reporting to enable performance to be transparently compared with peers.
