Building a Health
and Safety
Culture: Behaviors and safety initiatives
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Summary Priorities 2025
• Health & Safety
‒ Safety culture implementation and monitoring
‒ Implementation of OHS Standard
‒ Industrial hygiene and occupational health
‒ Malaria strategy
• Environment
‒ Climate change: risk assessment, emission calculation, decarbonization
journey
‒ Implementation of Environmental Standard
‒ Monitoring data
• Community
‒ ASM Strategy
‒ Implementation of Social Performance Standard
• Governance
‒ RGMPs
‒ Data management (QA/QC review, database, tools)
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Desired behaviors
1.We have a collaborative approach to health 4. We never walk past an unsafe act; we are empowered
and safety whereby everyone can contribute to to stop it
eliminating injuries.
5.We report incidents/accidents and
2. We promote a learning environment to ensure thoroughly investigate them to prevent future
our injuries.
people are competent to do their work safely.
6. Our leaders are in the field demonstrating
3.We identify, assess, and mitigate risks to their
prevent injuries in the workplace commitment to safety (Our Leaders Walk the
talk)
1 We have a collaborative approach to health and safety whereby
everyone can contribute to eliminating injuries.
Safety System initiatives :
Workforce engagement forum: Strengthen the safety committee, formalize forums for workers to
express concerns about safety and recommend ways to improve safety performance (recognition for
improvement initiatives). Consider suggestion boxes or other anonymous ways of reporting safety concerns
or making improvement recommendations.
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2 We promote a learning environment to ensure our people are
competent to do their work safely.
Safety System initiatives :
Supervisor training: In collaboration with HR develop and launch leadership supervisor training program that incorporates health and safety in
the planning, assignment and execution of tasks. (Difficult conversations, assessing risk, addressing safety concerns, managing at risk
situations).
Workforce competence management: Develop processes to verify, assess, monitor and maintain contractor operator/workforce competence
Incident investigation training: Train supervisors and managers on ICAM incident investigation and root cause analysis, to improve
identification of root causes and selection of corrective actions.
Site induction revision: Revise site inductions to incorporate desired behaviors and detail available health and safety systems. Determine re-
induction period for the different critical site roles.
Develop training packages for the general workforce: Defensive driving, fitness for work, field level risk assessment , stopping unsafe work,
remote field (explo)
3 We identify, assess, and mitigate risks to prevent injuries in the
workplace
Safety System initiatives :
Improvement of site risk registers: Develop system to regularly review site risk register and track the implementation and
maintenance of critical controls.
Revision of departmental baseline risk assessments: Annual revision of departmental baseline risk assessments to identify
key risks and controls.
Field level risk assessment: Improve the quality of Job hazard Analysis performed for no routine tasks, drive the use of
personal field level risk assessments (SEE STOP CONTROL/TAKE 5).
Management of change (MOC): Drive the use of the Management of Change process to identify and manage risks
introduced by change:
Contractor management: Follow up contractual commitments made by contractors / Develop monthly reporting + Slide 5
audit
4 We never walk past an unsafe act; we are empowered to stop it
Safety System initiatives :
Duty of care: Communicate to the workforce that they have a duty to protect their own and their colleague’s health and
safety.
Include stopping of unsafe work in site inductions: Include specific information in site inductions stating that the workforce
is allowed to stop unsafe work/act (this should include the process to be followed). (Guidance on how do the stop)
Stop and fix: Train the workforce on stop and fix principles. Workforce to be empowered to stop work but, where its in their
ability (by qualification and competency), fix the unsafe conditions or call the supervisor to determine the best way forward.
Stopping unsafe work as part of investigation questions: In every incident investigation, ask why unsafe work was not
stopped.
Recognition process: Develop reward system for workers that stop unsafe work Slide 6
5 We report incidents/accidents and thoroughly investigate them to
prevent future injuries
Safety System initiatives :
Reinforce incident reporting and investigations in site inductions: Emphasize the reporting of all incidents during site
inductions.
Improve investigation: Requirement for diverse investigation team for level 4 and 5 (potential and actual) incidents - inter-
departmental, inter-mine, corporate
Take no disciplinary action until investigation is completed: To develop trust among the workforce, ensure all incidents are
investigated to root cause prior to taking any action against individuals. Always ensure that investigations target system
failures and not individuals. Develop progressive discipline process. Contractors to be engaged on matters of discipline
when incidents occur. – training is necessary (learning exercise and not necessarily disciplinary exercise)
Include stopping of unsafe work in site inductions: Include specific information in site inductions stating that the workforce
is allowed to stop unsafe work (this should include the process to be followed). Slide 7
6 Our leaders are in the field demonstrating their commitment to safety
(Our Leaders Walk the talk)
Safety System initiatives :
VFL: Improved tracking of VFL visits of individuals in supervisory positions. Encourage visiting
corporate/executive team members to conduct VFL visits when on site, be involved in launching site initiatives,
attend site safety meetings, present health and safety awards etc.
Site management commitment to health and safety: Health and safety commitments to be tied to bonus
considerations for Site management team (including leading activities)
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