Eliminating fatalities

The greatest challenge of any mining company is to ensure the safety and health of its employees and the wider community.

At Newmont, the occurrence of any injury is unacceptable. The Company invests significant resources in managing safety risks as it strives to achieve an injury-free workplace. The Company emphasizes to its employees and specifically stresses that any task that cannot be done safely, will not be done.

Accordingly, all of Newmont’s safety initiatives are aimed at identifying and managing hazards, increasing awareness amongst employees of potential hazards and making safe the environment in which employees work.

The Safety Management Program is based upon "The Three Pillars of Effectiveness:"

The program is appropriately balanced to address each of "The Pillars."

Safety management systems – including detailed standards and procedures – form the cornerstone of safety at Newmont. Through these programs, all employees have the ‘tools’ they need to work safely.

The Company also has various programs designed to ensure employees are fit to conduct their work in a safe manner. Alcohol consumption, drug use and fatigue are closely monitored and procedures have been established to manage non-conformance in these areas.

Health programs are also crucial in ensuring employees are fit for work. The importance of nutrition and exercise is emphasized – healthy meal alternatives and fitness equipment and activities are provided for live-in employees. Health assessments are made available at many of the Company’s sites.

Eliminating workplace injuries is an ongoing challenge as situations change and new hazards are identified.

Behavior & culture

Despite its progress towards an injury-free workplace, an unacceptable number of injuries still occur at Newmont’s operations around the world.

Many injuries are the result of reduced awareness and recognition of hazards in the workplace. To this end, Newmont developed a Statement of Belief and Safety Principles to clarify for employees the priority given to safe behavior at Newmont.

Similarly, Newmont requires safety leaders throughout all levels of the company if it is to achieve an injury-free workplace. The belief is that people will attempt to achieve what their leader values. If the leader values safety, people will attempt to achieve safety within the production goals set by the leader. In order to achieve this, a Safety Leadership Model has been developed.