| |
Milestones – 2003
 |
| |
| • |
The South African Department of Minerals
and Energy (DME) released its findings on the Mponeng accident,
a gas explosion that took place on 29 June 1999 and in which 19
employees lost their lives. The investigation conducted by the
DME after the accident highlighted a number of procedural
shortcomings at the mine, although these were found not to
relate directly to the accident. These shortcomings, together
with the recommendations made by the DME, have been acted upon
by AngloGold and support the steps already taken by the mine
following AngloGold?s own investigations into the incident. A
number of new procedures and technological changes have been
implemented to reduce the risk of similar accidents occurring in
the future. |
| • |
Serra Grande in Brazil was recognised by NOSA, a
group specialising in global safety and health auditing, in June
2003 as the winner in the Underground Hard Rock Deep Mining
category in its worldwide auditing programme. |
| • |
Morila mine in Mali was nominated the
overall winner in the Dynamic Health and Safety Competition in
May 2003. The competition, which is organised by the I?institut
National de Prevention Social (INPS) and is open to all industries
in Mali, had 150 entrants this year, including a cross-section
of industrial activities in that country. Sadiola mine achieved
second place in the competition. |
| • |
The Colorado Division of Minerals and
Geology and the Colorado Mining Association jointly recognised
the Cripple Creek and Victor mine (CC&V) and Safety, Health and
Environment Manager Larry Snyder, for the mine?s continued
exemplary safety record during the recent two-year Cresson
expansion project. |
| • |
In August 2003, the Namibian Chamber of
Mines recognised Navachab as the safest mine in Namibia based on
the number of fatality-free employee hours worked in 2002. |
| • |
In February 2003, Serra Grande mine was
awarded the inaugural Dick Fisher Global Safety Award for
excellent safety performance in 2002. This is an internal
AngloGold award intended as an incentive for outstanding safety
performance and recognises both the actual performance of the
operation, as well as the improvement year-on-year. Union Reefs
in Australia and TauTona in South Africa both received special
commendations for their performances. |
| • |
The second AngloGold Global Safety Award
was made to Sunrise Dam Gold Mine in Western Australia for the
best safety performance in the AngloGold group in 2003. The
award was ratified at a meeting of the Board committee on
safety, health and sustainable development in January 2004 in
recognition of Sunrise Dam?s improvement in safety management
systems, together with much improved accident rates. |
| • |
Ergo, the surface re-treatment operation in
South Africa, achieved one million fatality-free shifts on 22
June 2003. It took the 2,000 employees, including contractors,
23 months to reach this milestone. |
| • |
The Moab Khotsong mine, which is currently
under development in South Africa, also achieved a million
fatality-free shifts on 18 November 2003. Some 1,700 employees
took 22 months to accomplish this achievement in this deep level
mine, where the average depth of operations is about 2,900
metres. |
| • |
Mponeng mine won the South African Safety
Shield competition for 2003. The mine showed a 13% improvement
in its Serious Injury Frequency Rate, compared to the best
performance over the previous four years. |
