Safety

COSOL is committed to providing a healthy and safe environment for all activities under its jurisdiction. The health and safety of all staff, partner organisations and visitors is key in the planning and conduct of all COSOL activities and customer engagements. This broad policy requires that the health and safety standards of Australian State authorities are met. Key points include:

  • All injuries, occupational illnesses and incidents are preventable. Our goal is zero injuries, occupational illnesses and environmental incidents.
  • At COSOL offices, all employees, contractors and visitors must comply with Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) standards and all relevant legislation. Incidents are reported, investigated and analysed. Corrective and preventative actions are taken and lessons shared within the COSOL organisation;
  • At customer sites, all employees, contractors and COSOL commissioned visitors must seek out the specific workplace EHS induction on arrival irrespective of prior mine site experience or familiarity of other customer sites.
  • All employees have a responsibility to themselves and others to act in a way that contributes to a safer, healthier and improved environment at work.
  • COSOL supports the fundamental human rights of employees, contractors and the communities in which we operate.
  • COSOL seeks to actively participate in and contribute to support programs which deliver sustained benefits in areas such as health, education and training.

Full Year
Man-hours
Lost time Injuries
Classified Injuries
LTIFR
CIFR
2007 
104,610
0
0
0
0
2006
71,809
0
0
0
0

CIFR = Classified Injury Frequency Rate (Fatality, Lost time case, Restricted Work case)
A classified injury is any workplace injury that results in the person not returning to their unrestricted normal duties after the day on which the injury was received. The Classified Injury Frequency Rate (CIFR) is the number of classified injuries per million work hours.

LTIFR = Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
The number of lost time injuries per million hours worked