Mining Weekly writes that after the deaths of four employees during the past year, South32 needs to initiate a complete step-change in the way it approaches its safety commitments in SA.  

The diversified mining company has therefore committed to investing time, energy and leadership into making a meaningful and sustainable change “to get this right”, CEO Graham Kerr said on Thursday.  He added:  “While our operating performance was strong [during the 2016 financial year], our safety performance in the past year has been unacceptable.  We need a complete step-change in our approach and behaviour.”  The group’s total recordable injury frequency rate increased from 5.8 to 7.7 per million hours worked, notwithstanding having the relevant protocols in place.

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