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STATUTORY COMPLIANCE
IGO has a governance process for identifying statutory
non-compliance as well as non-conformance with IGO
policies and procedures. These improvements will see
systematic audits to objectively verify conformance with
our sustainability standards and legal requirements,
as well as provide recommendations to improve our
sustainability performance. Work continues to improve
this process.
In FY2015 IGO received no fines or non-monetary
sanctions.
In FY2015 IGO received five improvement notices from the
Western Australian DMP’s Resource Safety Branch. These
required various modifications to our systems to further
improve workforce safety. All corrective actions associated
with these improvement notices are either complete for
on target for completion by the due date.
In FY2015 IGO received no improvement notices in respect
of environmental performance.
In FY2015, IGO’s internal processes identified a range of
minor non-compliances with our policies and procedures.
While these are important to the effective management
of our business at an operational level (and corrective
actions are pursued to completion), none were regarded
as material from the perspective of IGO as a whole, nor
were any material to our external stakeholders beyond
those addressed above.
STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK
In FY2015, IGO received feedback on our performance
and public reporting. In FY2015 IGO received no material
or re-occurring complaints from any of our stakeholders in
respect of nuisance or harm that we were seen to have
caused. However, of particular note was feedback received
in respect of the absence of public reporting on non–
financial matters.
In FY2016 IGO will introduce both a Community Policy
and a more clearly defined process to enable stakeholder
feedback.
In 2015, IGO commenced a functional analysis study to
evaluate the musculoskeletal risks inherent in job roles
that had over the years shown a trend in sprain and strain
injuries.
The study targeted back and shoulder injuries, which
have shown a trend in job roles that require repetitive
lifting above shoulder height, lifting and twisting at waste
height, and ascending and descending from heavy mobile
equipment.
Our aim is to educate our workforce on the best practices
that can be applied while carrying out these tasks and to
explore alternative options.
IGO has also recognised that adequate physical assessment
of personnel, prior to their employment, is crucial. Thus
extra consideration is being taken to incorporate job-
specific musculoskeletal fitness assessments during pre-
employment medicals to ensure that all new personnel are
able to meet the physical demands of their jobs.
By designing job specific pre-employment functional
medical assessments and educating the workforce on best
work practices, IGO hopes to reduce the frequency and
length of strain and sprain type injuries.
SAFETY CASE STUDY:
SPRAIN AND STRAIN REDUCTION STRATEGY – COMPANY WIDE
By educating our workforce on best work
practices and assessing the physical fitness of our
workforce against the physical demands of their
job responsibilities, we hope to further reduce
workplace sprains and strains.
SOCIAL IMPACT