INDEPENDENCE GROUP NL ANNUAL REPORT 2017

IGO had no fatalities or serious disabling injuries during FY17. There were 32 injuries that required medical treatment or resulted in people being assigned to alternate duties (FY16: 33). IGO’s lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) for FY17 was 1.69 injuries per million hours. This result compares favorably with the most recently published averages for the WA metalliferous surface mining sector and the metalliferous underground mining sector at 2.0 and 2.7 respectively. Tropicana’s LTIFR, which is not included in IGO’s statistics, for the FY17 was 0.46. In addition to actual safety outcomes, IGO is focused on the potential outcomes; the ‘near- misses’. In FY17, there were 12 incidents where there was the credible potential for a fatality. Whilst each of these events resulted in either no injury or a minor injury, the potential outcome was acknowledged and our business practices were changed to minimise exposure to the hazards involved in the future. IGO acknowledges that the injuries and ‘near- miss’ incidents have a wider impact causing distress not just to the individual, but to their families and workmates. In FY18, IGO will continue its ongoing program to improve safety behaviours, our systems of work, and our workplaces with the goal of minimising the risk of harm to our employees. For further information on IGO’s safety performance and improvement programs, please refer to the 2017 Sustainability Report, which will be released in October 2017. and ethnicities. Our Graduate, Vacation and Apprenticeship programs continue to receive strong support with a record number of applicants across all disciplines. In FY17, we employed graduates in the disciplines of Geology, Mining Engineering, Finance, Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Science. In FY17, we established the Independence Group Scholarship in conjunction with Curtin University to be awarded annually to a second- year student who demonstrates academic achievement and financial need. We also participated in the “Get into Resources” program for secondary students and hosted primary students to our mine sites to introduce them to the range of possibilities for career choices in the mining sector. In FY18, IGO intends to expand our programs in the belief that these are essential to building our succession plans and the resilience of our organisation, along with the sustainability of the Resources sector more broadly. KEEPING OUR PEOPLE SAFE IGO ANNUAL REPORT 2017— 09