IGO Interactive Annual Report 2019

IGO accepts our moral responsibility to provide a safe place of work, a safe system of work and a positive safety culture. Results IGO had no fatalities or serious injuries during FY19. Our people, a term we use in reference to both IGO employees and contractors, suffered a total of two lost time injuries, three medically treated injuries and 12 restricted work injuries. IGO acknowledges that beyond injuries, ‘near-miss’ incidents can have a wider impact causing distress not only to the affected individual, but also to their families and workmates. In FY19, IGO experienced five ‘near-miss’ incidents where there was the credible potential for a fatality. Although each of these events resulted in no injury or only a minor injury, the potential outcomes were recognised, and subsequent adjustments made to our business processes and practices to mitigate risks and minimise exposure to these hazards for the future. In FY19, IGO’s Lost Time Injury Frequency rate (LTIFR) per million hours worked was 1.37. IGO’s Lost Time Injury (LTI) results for FY19 compare favorably to the most recently published averages for the Western Australian nickel mining sector (1.9) and metalliferous underground mining sector (1.9) 1 . Our Medically Treated Injury Frequency rate (MTIFR) per million hours worked was 2.05, and our Restricted Work Injury Frequency rate (RWIFR) per million hours worked was 8.22. IGO’s Total Reportable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) 2 for FY19 was 9.58. Reducing the number of actual and potential incidents will continue to be a key focus in FY20. IGO’s Safety Philosophy Being an operator in the mining industry inherently brings with it risks due to the nature of our work. At IGO, our intention is, as a business and as individuals, only to take risks in a considered way. This means we do not accept any risk where there is any elevated potential for seriously harming someone or for a fatality to occur. However, it is unrealistic to suggest that we can offer a hazard-free work environment. Rather, we maintain an expectation of continuous improvement in the safety of our work places and the efficacy of our safety systems, and the creation of a culture that reflects real care for the safety and wellbeing of our people. At IGO, a safe place of work is a place where the hazards are recognised and the risks posed by OUR SAFETY PERFORMANCE REDUCED LTIFR Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate per million hours worked, down from 2.39 in FY18. EMPLOYEE SAFETY No fatalities or serious injuries for IGO employees or our contractors. REDUCED TRIFR IGO’s Total Reportable Injury Frequency Rate, down from 19.14 in FY18. REDUCING POTENTIAL INCIDENTS continues to be a key focus for the Company in FY20. AT A GLANCE 1.37 9.58 LTIFR TRIFR 1 Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, 2019, Safety performance in the Western Australian mineral industry — accident and injury statistics 2017-18: Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, Western Australia. 2 IGO uses a definition of Total Reportable Injury based on section 76 of the Western Australian Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 which requires that an accident be reported if it causes an injury that prevents a person from returning to his or her duties as they were being performed at the time of the accident. It applies where the person injured has lost time from work, been assigned to alternate or light duties, or been put on restricted hours. 14 — IGO ANNUAL REPORT 2019