Safety
The Group’s fatal injury frequency rate improved from 0.15 in
the June quarter to 0.08 in the September quarter. KDC East
and South Deep both achieved three million fatality free shifts
in August and September respectively. This is the first time
this has been achieved in KDC East’s history. Subsequently,
KDC East has surpassed one year without any fatal accidents
being recorded. South Deep has extended its fatality free
period to nineteen months at the time of writing. Despite
these encouraging results, three fatalities occurred during the
quarter at Beatrix. Two fatalities were tramming related and
one was due to a gravity related fall of ground. Management
extend their sympathies to the families concerned.
Tarkwa and Cerro Corona continued to report zero lost time
injuries (LTI’s), with both mines having achieved zero LTI’s
since September 2011. The Group’s lost day injury frequency
rate for the quarter regressed from 4.51 to 4.71 and the days
lost frequency rate regressed from 234 to 260.
Definitions
Lost Day Injury (LDI) takes into account any injury occurring in
the workplace where a person is unable to attend a full shift
due to his or her injury at any time following the injury.
Days Lost takes into account the number of days lost due to
injuries recorded.
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