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Bio-rostering reduces the risks associated with fatigue at Kolomela

Addressing the link between fatigue and safety

Fatigue is a major contributing factor to workplace incidents, particularly in activities involving transport. During the year, the Tripartite Health and Safety Initiative between Anglo American, the South African Department of Mineral Resources, and three prominent labour unions, worked together to identify opportunities for addressing the challenge of fatigue.

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Inspecting the truck's wheel at Los Bronces, Chile

Driving transport safety

To improve the management of these risks further, we developed a transport safety improvement plan which included the establishment of a task force to consider the best ways in which to take forward the findings of our 2009 global transport safety audit. Complementing this is a behaviour based safety programme to build awareness and help people identify and manage the risks associated with transport.

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Employees inspect safety netting Employees inspect safety netting

Fall of ground management

Uncontrolled falls of ground continue to be responsible for a high percentage of fatalities and lost-time injuries at Anglo Platinum. We have developed a system to integrate and refine existing efforts to eliminate falls of ground.

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Chief executive Cynthia Carroll demonstrates the SMART Cap Chief executive Cynthia Carroll demonstrates the SMART Cap

Introducing the SMART Cap

As part of Anglo American's integrated, global approach to reduce transportation incidents, our metallurgical operations are trialling a SMART Cap to aid driver safety.

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