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| Our social performance |
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Four workplace fatalities: three service provider employees
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Lowest ever employee RCR achieved of 0,68 − though failed to
meet target of 0,5. |
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Targets met for reduced process safety incidents. |
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Independent progress evalution conducted of safety practices
and a revised safety improvement plan agreed. |
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More than R170 million invested in developing employee skills. |
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More than 80% of South African employees have undergone
voluntary HIV testing. |
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| Sasol is committed to maintaining a safe, productive and equitable
workplace. In addition to improving performance in occupational
health and safety, we seek to promote the training and development
of our employees and foster a culture of equal opportunity. Due to the
nature of our operations, we recognise the importance and benefits of
being proactive to the expectations of the wider community, both
directly in terms of how we manage our operations and employment
expectations, as well as through our CSI programmes. |
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| Occupational safety and health −
Targeting zero fatalities |
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It is with sadness that we report that one company employee and
three service provider employees were fatally injured in workplace
incidents. This compares with 17 fatalities in the previous year and
nine in our 2004 financial year. While there has been a noticeable
reduction in fatalities, and a further reduction in our fatal accident
rate, any fatality is unacceptable. Our goal remains zero fatalities.
In May 2006, the GEC adopted a fatality review guideline in terms of
which the CE takes responsibility for reviewing the circumstances and
root cause of each fatality with the relevant site business executives. |
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| Employee and service provider fatalities |
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| August 2005 |
| Sasol Mining, South Africa − Molamo Thabo Mmako, a service
provider, was killed when he was struck by a makeshift conveyer
belt sling that failed under tension. |
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| September 2005 |
| Project Turbo, Secunda, South Africa − Zabathini Ntinta, a
service provider, died after falling from scaffolding. |
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| December 2005 |
| Sasol Mining, South Africa − Roger Ben Mhlanga died instantly
when an unsupported roof fell on top of him. |
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| May 2006 |
| Irenedale Shaft site, South Africa − Abram Moditse, a service
provider, was killed when a fire extinguisher ruptured while
being serviced on site. |
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| Improving our recordable case rate (RCR) |
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Important safety initiatives were undertaken throughout the year as
part of our comprehensive change management programme aimed
at ensuring safety remains the first priority and a core value of
everyone at Sasol. A review of our safety initiatives and the
implementation of our revised safety improvement plan (SIP) is
provided on page 26.
The effectiveness of our SIP was demonstrated both during DuPont's
second review and by the marked improvement in our safety record.
By year end, we achieved our best employee RCR of 0,68. This
compares with 1,23 in 2005 and 1,08 in 2004. An RCR of 0,5 is considered to be in line with global best practice. Although this is an
improvement, we failed to reach the 0,5 group target we set for
achievement by July 2006. (Note: In our 2005 annual report we
reported an RCR of 1,17 for 2005 and 1,03 for 2004. We have revised
our formula to incorporate the US Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) Rules definition, which states that the RCR
should be calculated as the number of fatalities, lost workdays,
medical treatment beyond first aid and job transfer cases for every
200 000 employee hours worked. Previously the calculation was
based on headcount, whereas the current calculation is based on
hours worked.
In our quest for continuous improvement, we shall be acting on the
recommendations of the DuPont safety management evaluation
conducted earlier in 2006 with the goal of meeting our revised RCR
target of at least 0,4 by July 2011 and 0,3 by July 2015, which will
include all of our service providers. Our underlying goal is to achieve
zero harm. Critical to achieving this target will be our continuing
strong focus on developing an appropriate safety culture and
mindset of safe behaviour throughout Sasol. |
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