Human capital indicators

Human capital indicators

Safety statistics

  Number of fatalities Fatal-injury frequency rate (FIFR)
Operation 2010 2009 2008 2007 2010 2009 2008 2007
Bathopele Mine 0 1 0 0 0 0.044 0 0
Khomanani Mine 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.052
Thembelani Mine 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0.076
Khuseleka Mine 0 2 4 5 0 0.024 0.035 0.046
Siphumelele Mine 2 3 2 5 0.052 0.047 0.021 0.056
Central Services* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tumela Mine 2 0 6 2 0.022 0 0
Dishaba Mine 2 0 0 1 0.031 0 0
Union Mine 1 2 0 1 0.013 0.020 0 0.008
Mogalakwena Mine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.040 0
Rustenburg Concentrators 1 0 0 0 0.130 0 0 0
Amandelbult Concentrators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Union Concentrators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mogalakwena Concentrators 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.091 0
Mototolo Concentrator 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polokwane Smelter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Waterval Smelter 0 1 0 0 0 0.052 0 0
Mortimer Smelter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rustenburg Base Metals Refiners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Precious Metal Refiners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Limb Tailings Retreatment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenfield projects 0 2 1 1 0 0.031 0.025 0.010
Total/aggregate° 8 14 18 25 0.012 0.016 0.018 0.025
* Central Services for 2010 includes all services department, previous year’s data are for Rustenburg Services. All other data are included with the mine.
° The number of fatalities do not add up to the total shown for 2007, 2008 and 2009 because the total number of fatalities includes three fatalities at BRPM and one fatality at Bokoni Platinum Mine in 2007; two fatalities at BRPM and one fatality at Bokoni Platinum Mine in 2008; and one fatality each at BRPM's concentrator and Bokoni Platinum in 2009. 
 

Membership of recognised unions and associations 

as at 31 December 2010 
  2010 2009 2008 2007
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) 28,538 28,173 30,233 30,501
United Association of South Africa (UASA) 5,098 4,806 5,036 4,972
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) 859 1,172 1,258 673
Total 34,495 34,151 36,527 36,146
Total percentage of workforce represented, excluding management 76 74 73 79
Note: From 1 January 2009 Anglo Platinum Limited recognised three major unions.
 

Safety statistics

  Lost-time injury-frequency rate (LTIFR) TRCFR
Operation 2010 2009 2008 2007 2010
Bathopele Mine 1.09 0.49 1.15 1.47 2.26
Khomanani Mine 1.35 2.03 2.77 4.94 1.73
Thembelani Mine 1.53 1.60 1.19 1.72 2.17
Khuseleka Mine 1.43 1.84 2.44 2.77 2.08
Siphumelele Mine 2.02 2.21 1.96 2.78 3.10
Central Services* 0.39 0.30 0.44 1.29 0.87
Tumela Mine 1.77 1.89 2.64
Dishaba Mine 2.03 2.58 2.83
Union Mine 1.16 1.21 1.32 1.45 1.91
Mogalakwena Mine 0.40 0.06 0.28 0.06 3.08
Rustenburg Concentrators 0.26 0 0.19 0.22 0.78
Amandelbult Concentrators 0.26 0.40 0.82 0.81 1.49
Union Concentrators 0.12 0.57 0.49 0.37 0.47
Mogalakwena Concentrators 0.43 0.33 0.27 0.12 2.39
Mototolo Concentrator 0.61 0 0.39 0 1.22
Polokwane Smelter 1.08 0.97 0.13 1.08 2.34
Waterval Smelter 0.57 0.52 0.59 0.45 1.76
Mortimer Smelter 0 0.87 0 0 0.59
Rustenburg Base Metals Refiners 0.50 0.68 0.12 0.54 2.04
Precious Metal Refiners 0.22 0.10 0.20 0.39 1.66
Western Limb Tailings Retreatment 0.67 0.31 0.28 0.61 1.66
Greenfield projects 0.44 0.51 0.74 0.17 1.61
Total/aggregate° 1.17 1.37 1.74 2.03 2.08
* Central Services for 2010 includes all services department, previous year’s data are for Rustenburg Services. All other data are included with the mine.
° The number of fatalities do not add up to the total shown for 2007, 2008 and 2009 because the total number of fatalities includes three fatalities at BRPM and one fatality at Bokoni Platinum Mine in 2007; two fatalities at BRPM and one fatality at Bokoni Platinum Mine in 2008; and one fatality each at BRPM's concentrator and Bokoni Platinum in 2009. 
 

HEALTH INDICATORS

 
Indicator 2010 2009 2008
Occupational exposure
Number of pieces of equipment emitting > 110 dB(A) 45 500 580
Number of employees exposed to eight-hour time weighted average exposure noise levels > 105 dB(A) 3 1,998 1,479
Number of employees exposed to eight-hour time weighted average exposure noise levels > 85 dB(A) 28,204 31,724 44,570
Occupational hygiene incidents 77
Occupational diseases      
Employee new cases of NIHL (ICMM definition) 19 42 28
Employee submitted cases of NIHL (> 10% deterioration) 32 79 68
Number of cases of deterioration of hearing 2.5% to 5% 676 829 607
Number of cases of deterioration of hearing 5% to 7.5% 257 342 363
Number of cases of deterioration of hearing 7.5% to 10% 95 105 193
Number of other new occupational diseases 4 11 10
Non-occupational diseases      
Number of new tuberculosis cases 654 894 886
Number of tuberculosis cases HIV positive 452 572 507
Total number of tuberculosis deaths 77 113 91
Number of HIV/AIDS-related tuberculosis deaths 74 100 81
HIV/AIDS      
Number of employees on voluntary counselling and testing 47,197 43,138 45,008
Number of employees on disease-management programme 5,075 4,427 5,043
Number of employees on antiretroviral therapy 2,952 2,588 2,314