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Is safety performance improving? What are the reporting statistics telling us? 2

What’s happening with serious injuries? 3 Number of serious injuries per million hours worked

Where to next? 4 Number of serious injuries per million hours worked ?

Where to next? 5 Number of serious injuries per million hours worked

What about occurrence reports? 6 Number of reports

Is the increased reporting “real”? 7 Number of reports per million hours worked 17% increase

Should we get excited? Maybe Number of reports

Was the trend sustained in 2011? 9 Number of reports per million hours worked No, 19% decrease

Any positives? Maybe Number of reports

Why focus on reporting? 11 What are the consequences if incident reporting is: Not done? Not done well? Not followed up? Not recorded (regardless of regulatory requirements)? Follow-up is not communicated to workforce?

92 exploration occurrence reports for Wall failure 1Gas ignition 2Truck/mobile equipment collision 2Truck/mobile equipment over edge 3Truck/mobile equipment not otherwise classified (NOC) 4Unconsciousness/fuming 5Truck/mobile equipment rollover 5Miscellaneous injury 5Incidents NOC 7Electrical NOC 10Light vehicle incident 16Drill/power shovel incident 31Outbreak of fire 12

63 reports to end-June Wall failure 1 1Gas ignition 2 0Truck/mobile equipment collision 2 0 Truck/mobile equipment over edge 3 3Truck/mobile equipment not otherwise classified (NOC) 4 13Unconsciousness/fuming 5 0Truck/mobile equipment rollover 5 4Miscellaneous injury 5 2Incidents NOC 7 8Electrical NOC 10 3Light vehicle incident 16 4Drill/power shovel incident 31 22Outbreak of fire 0 1Rockfall 13