Safety

Our approach

Achieving excellence in safety is integral to Xstrata's success. Our aim is to operate an injury, illness and fatality-free business and we believe that all work-related incidents, illnesses and injuries are preventable. We work to eliminate incidents in the workplace by identifying, assessing and, where reasonably practical, eliminating or otherwise controlling hazards. We do this through effective safety leadership at all levels, our management standards, safety systems, engineering standards and behavioural programmes to ensure our employees and contractors take the right decisions to remain safe as they carry out their work.

Xstrata has made significant improvements in safety performance at its sites since acquisition, through implementing baseline, critical and issue-based risk assessments and action plans, job hazard analyses, planned task and behavioural observations and planned inspections. In addition, we have redeployed safety professionals back to the operations and away from corporate offices to ensure greater ownership of safety performance, dedicated safety resources and enhanced safety leadership at our operations.