SAMRASS: Fatalities and injuries per commodity/region: Weekly report 2017 (Provisional statistics) 01/01/2016-10/07/2016 Fatalities* Actual 01/01/2017-10/07/2017 % change Total fatal accidents** 01/01/2016-10/07/2016 01/01/2017-10/07/2017 % change Total 47 39-17 36 1507 1257-17 Gold 19 15-21 14 628 496-21 Coal 3 5 67 5 116 75-35 Platinum 16 13-19 12 591 546-8 Other 9 6-33 5 172 140-19 * Provisional figures Fatalities* Region Actual Actual 01/01/2016-01/01/2017 - Total fatal 01/01/2016-01/01/2017 - % change 10/07/2016 10/07/2017 accidents 10/07/2016 10/07/2017 % Change Total 47 39-17 36 1507 1257-17 Western Cape 0 2 200 1 4 2-50 Northern Cape 6 0-600 0 76 57-25 Free State 8 6-25 6 120 126 5 Eastern Cape 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 KwaZulu/Natal 0 0 0 0 26 5-81 Mpumalanga 2 8 300 8 122 81-34 Limpopo 2 4 100 4 74 77 4 Gauteng 13 8-38 7 357 272-24 Klerksdorp 0 0 0 0 146 102-30 Rustenburg 16 11-31 10 580 533-8 * Provisional figures ** Number of accidents in which persons died, catering for multiple fatalities. Injuries* Actual Injuries*
Classification* Persons Fatally Percentage Injured FOG 8 21% General (Struck by object) 5 13% Transportation and Mining (RBE) 5 13% General (Overcome by gas) 4 10% Transportation and Mining (Winch) 2 5% Machinery (TMM) 2 5% General (caught between) 2 5% Machinery (Conveyors) 2 5% Miscellaneous 2 5% General (Fell in) 1 3% General (Fell) 1 3% Explosives 1 3% Machinery 1 3% General (Inundated with ore) 1 3% General (Mudrush) 1 3% General (Struck by rolling rock) 1 3% TOTAL 39 100% * provisional RBE: Railbound Equipment FOG: Fall of Ground TMM: Trackless Mobile Machinery All Mines Percentage Fatalities by classification (Provisional) (01 Jan. - 10 Jul.) - 2017 [PERCENTAGE] [PERCENTAGE] [PERCENTAGE] [PERCENTAGE] General (Fell) [PERCENTAGE] 3%
2017:All Mines Injuries per Classification 2017:Coal Mines Injuries per Classification Classification 01/01/2016-01/01/2017-10/07/2016 10/07/2017 % Change Classification 01/01/2016-10/07/2016 FALL OF GROUND/rockfall 265 221-17 FALL OF GROUND/rockfall 12 4-67 MACHINERY 110 107-3 MACHINERY 14 8-43 TRANSPORTATION AND MINING 255 219-14 TRANSPORTATION AND MINING 26 18-31 GENERAL 779 631-19 GENERAL 58 37-36 CONVEYANCE ACCIDENTS (SHAFT/WINZE) 23 21-9 CONVEYANCE ACCIDENTS (SHAFT/WINZE) 0 0 0 ELECTRICITY (Not causing fire) 9 4-56 ELECTRICITY (Not causing fire) 1 1 0 FIRES 3 4 33 FIRES 0 0 0 EXPLOSIVES 7 3-57 EXPLOSIVES 1 1 0 SUBSIDENCE OR CAVING 1 0 0 SUBSIDENCE OR CAVING 0 0 0 HEAT SICKNESS 1 1 100 HEAT SICKNESS 0 0 0 DIVING SICKNESS 0 0 0 DIVING SICKNESS 0 0 0 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES 1 0-100 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS (specify) 53 46-13 MISCELLANEOUS (specify) 4 6 50 TOTAL 1507 1257-17 TOTAL 116 75-35 2017:Gold Mines Injuries per Classification 2017:Other Mines Injuries per Classification Classification 01/01/2017-10/07/2017 % Change 01/01/2016-01/01/2017-10/07/2016 10/07/2017 % Change Classification 01/01/2016-10/07/2016 FALL OF GROUND/rockfall 151 111-26 FALL OF GROUND/rockfall 10 16 60 MACHINERY 39 41 5 MACHINERY 20 22 10 TRANSPORTATION AND MINING 107 88-18 TRANSPORTATION AND MINING 27 27 0 GENERAL 296 232-22 GENERAL 101 62-39 CONVEYANCE ACCIDENTS (SHAFT/WINZE) 6 7 17 CONVEYANCE ACCIDENTS (SHAFT/WINZE) 4 1-75 ELECTRICITY (Not causing fire) 3 1-67 ELECTRICITY (Not causing fire) 3 2-33 FIRES 0 1 100 FIRES 2 2 0 EXPLOSIVES 5 0-500 EXPLOSIVES 0 1 100 SUBSIDENCE OR CAVING 1 0-100 SUBSIDENCE OR CAVING 0 0 0 HEAT SICKNESS 1 1 100 HEAT SICKNESS 0 0 0 DIVING SICKNESS 0 0 0 DIVING SICKNESS 0 0 0 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES 0 0 0 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES 1 0-100 MISCELLANEOUS (specify) 19 14-26 MISCELLANEOUS (specify) 4 7 75 TOTAL 628 496-21 TOTAL 172 140-19 2017:Platinum Mines Injuries per Classification Classification 01/01/2017-10/07/2017 % Change 01/01/2016-01/01/2017-10/07/2016 10/07/2017 % Change FALL OF GROUND/rockfall 92 90-2 MACHINERY 37 36-3 TRANSPORTATION AND MINING 95 86-9 GENERAL 324 300-7 CONVEYANCE ACCIDENTS (SHAFT/WINZE) 13 13 0 ELECTRICITY (Not causing fire) 2 0-200 FIRES 1 1 0 EXPLOSIVES 1 1 0 SUBSIDENCE OR CAVING 0 0 0 HEAT SICKNESS 0 0 0 DIVING SICKNESS 0 0 0 OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS (specify) 26 19-27 TOTAL 591 546-8
2017 July Provisional statistics Region Mine name Technical manager Accident Description Classification (Provisional) Number of fatalities Date Commodity The now deceased a Contractor Employee was fatally injured by a belt clamp that he, the now deceased, had installed on the conveyor belt, during the slacking of the conveyor belt, in the process of performing a hot splice. He passed away en route to hospital, despite resuscitation efforts by paramemedics in the ambulance. No external injuries were visible during the resuscitation efforts. Machinery (Conveyors) 1 01-07-2017 Coal Subsequent fatality: The now deceased employee was injured on the 28th October 2016 while on duty at the mine. He had sustained traumatic brain injury and first degree burns on his upper left thigh. He had been hospitalised for treatment and rehabilitation. He has subsequently passed away on the 3rd July 2017. Miscellaneous 1 03-07-2017 Gold 2016 2017 % Change JAN 9 7-22 FEB 4 9 125 MAR 3 7 133 APR 9 5-44 MAY 9 4-56 JUN 8 5-38 JUL 5 2 AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Year 47 39-17 as on 10-07-2017 9 7 4 9 3 7 2 Fatalities per Month 2016 and 2017 2016 9 9 2017 8 5 5 5 4 2 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Fatalities 2017 Gold Coal Platinum Other January 2 1 2 2 February 6 0 3 0 March 1 1 3 2 April 1 2 1 1 May 3 0 1 0 June 1 0 3 1 July 1 1 0 0 Total: 15 5 13 6 Grand total: 39
Fatalities 2017 W Cape N Cape F State E Cape KZN Mpumalanga Limpopo Gauteng Klerksdorp Rustenburg January 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 February 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 March 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 April 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 May 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 June 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 July 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Total: 2 0 6 0 0 8 4 8 0 11 Total: 39
Fatalities 2017 January February March April May June July Total Goldfields 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Northam Platinum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sibanye Gold 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 Impala 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 Just Coal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 PetroSA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Harmony Gold 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Atlatsa Resources 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Pan African Resources 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 Lonmin 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 DRD Gold 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Exxaro 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Blaaubosch Diamond Mine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sefateng Chrome Mine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sibanye Platinum 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Petra Diamonds 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Anglo American Thermal Coal 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 HCI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Anglo Platinum 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 Primrose Gold Mine 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 Elephant Granite 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Total: 7 9 7 5 4 5 2 39 Grand total: 39