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Report to Society 2006

 

Safety Data    

Business unit

Work-related fatalities

Lost-time injury
frequency rate

 

2005


2006

2005

2006

      Core
businesses
Due for disposal
  Core
businesses

Platinum

24

18

-

2.07

2.52

Coal

6

7

-

0.48

0.50

Base Metals - 3 - 0.46 .039
Industrial Minerals 2 1 - 0.60 0.84
Ferrous Metals and Industries 9 2 12 0.30 0.25
Mondi 5 - 1 0.29 -
Exploration - - - 0.86 0.90
Technical and other - - - 0.29 0.09
Total managed companies 46
31
13
0.94 1.58
44

 

Causes of fatal injuries

 

21 (48%) underground
− 9 (20%) falls of ground
− 4 ( 9%) ore scraper winch incidents
− 4 ( 9%) ore pass incidents
− 3 ( 7%) locomotive incidents
− 1 ( 2%) explosive related

23 (52%) on surface
− 12 (27%) transportation (trucks, forklifts, pedestrian collisions)
− 4 ( 9%) explosions (2 of steam)
− 3 ( 7%) lightning
− 2 ( 4%) falling
− 1 ( 2%) falling objects
− 1 ( 2%) moving machinery

 

Group occupational health

 

Total occupational illness incidence rate

0.66
Total employees potentially exposed
86,196
Total compensation paid (all diseases)
$4,838,229
Total new cases of occupational illness (all diseases)*
856
Total number of employees compensated
714
Total number of occupation changes
70
Total number of fatalities from diseases
0
Numbers of exposures as % of workforce
66%
Nature of exposures
Noise-induced hearing loss
76%
Occupational tuberculosis
7%
Hand-arm vibration syndrome
2%
Pneumoconiosis
8%
Musculoskeletal disorder
2%
Asthma
6%

* Core businesses: new cases of occupational illness (all diseases): 815

Health statistics

 

Number of employees

129,928

 

NIHL

Pneumoconiosis

COAD

Occ.
TB

Occ. Asthma

HAVS

MD Other Total

No. of employees potentially exposed to risk

65,861

6,664

 

5,686

4,880

1,327

1,778    

No. of new cases

695

67

5

28

12

0

32 17 856

No. of existing cases

6,605

81

8

 

33

382

0   7,109

No. of employees compensated

698

0

0

1

1

0

0 14 714

Compensation paid ($)

4,816,277

0

0

0

20,102

0

0 1,850 4,838,229
No. of occupational changes 65 0 1 4 0 0 0   70

No. of fatalities

 

0

0

0

0

 

0 0 0

NIHL: Noise-induced hearing loss
COAD: Chronic obstructive airway disease
HAVS: Hand-arm vibration syndrome
MD: Musculoskeletal disorder
TB: Tuberculosis

 

HIV statistics

 

Indicator

Platinum

Coal

Base
Metals

Ferrous
Metals and
Industries

Mondi
SA

Corporate
centre

Sub
total
AngloGold
Ashanti
Group
total

Employees in high risk
areas* (at 31/12/2006)

40,492

8,229

2,338

27,793

5,282

923

85,057 30,821 115,578
HIV prevalence rate 22% 16% 2% 16% 4% 3% 18% 30% 21%

Estimated no. of HIVpositive
employees

8,908

1,317

42

4,447

227

24

14,195 9,246 23,442

VCT participation

20,123

6,773

1,639

17,856

3,305

491

50,187 23,383 73,570

% VCT participation

50%

82%

70%

64%

63%

53%

59% 76% 63%

Employees on HIV wellness
programmes

4,422

1,069

24

1,399

136

22

7,072 4,531 11,603
% HIV-positive enrolment 47% 81% 57% 31% 60% 92% 48% 49% 49%

Employees on ART

1,999

338

5

688

84

10

3,124 1,474 4,598
% Expected ART uptake
(30% of HIV-positive)
75% 86% 40% 52% 123% 139% 73% 53% 65%

* High risk areas: countries with an HIV prevalence rate of >5% of the population.
† Totals for core businesses: HIV prevalence rate 19%, VCT participation 36,375, employees on HIV wellness programmes 5,808, employees on ART 2,443.