Eliminating Fatalities, Serious Injuries and Unsafe Behaviour

WE ARE COMMITTED TO HONOURING OUR SAFETY VALUES AND SUSTAINING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES, CONTRACTORS AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE OPERATE.

The wellbeing of our employees and their families, contractors and communities remains important to us. Our business depends on people and by providing a safe and healthy environment our people can contribute to creating and sustaining value. We believe that a culture of sustained health and safety awareness and proactive action maximises productivity; contributing to the Company being regarded as an employer of choice and will provide long-term benefit to both the Company and communities in which we operate.

Our Performance

In 2010, we were acknowledged by the Association of Mine Managers of South Africa for our leading industry safety performance. We were acknowledged for the following:

• Three million fatality free shifts was awarded to Rowland Shaft.
• Two million fatality free shifts was awarded to Lonmin Marikana Mines.
• Two million fatality free shifts were awarded to Saffy Shaft and ten years fatal free since inception.
• One million fatality free shifts was awarded to Karee 3 Shaft, Karee 4 Shaft, Karee 1 Belt Shaft and Karee 4 Belt Shaft.
• One million fatality free shifts were awarded to Hossy Shaft, Saffy Shaft and our opencast operations.
• One million fatality free shifts were awarded to Eastern 1 Shaft, Eastern 2 Shaft and Eastern 3 Shaft.

Our Eastern Platinum Concentrator won the National Safety Competition from the Mine Metallurgical Managers Associated Safety Awards, with our Karee 4 Concentrator attaining a merit award.

Summary of our safety performance

It is with regret to report that three of our employees were fatally injured whilst at work during the year.

Highlights

• We have developed a new Integrated Safety Strategy, standardised for the entire Company. The new strategy focuses on lead-indicators, emphasising proactive behaviour.
• We have improved and standardised the collection and reporting processes of safety data as well as the identification of safety risks.

Challenges

• Our severity rate was 267, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%; the days lost from work as a result of work related injuries was 21,489.
• Our principal risks include the disruption to our operations resulting from poor safety performance and culture.
• We have failed to eliminate fatalities from our operations.
• We continue to experience a reoccurrence of the same injuries and incidents.

Focus in 2011

• Implementing our new Integrated Safety Strategy and continued focus on safety across the Company.
• Shifting our safety approach to cultivate proactive behaviour.

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