Zimplats: A Journey in Safety Excellence Case StudyOverview Solutions being used IsoMetrix EHS Go live date November 2016 Number of Employees 6000 Industry MiningNine million fatality free hours, and counting. A lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) of 0.19 per million hours worked. These are the safety statistics that bear testimony to the extraordinary achievements of the board, manage- ment and employees of Zimplats, Zimbabwe’s largest mining operation. Dr Abednego KB Chigwada, Group Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Manager at Zimplats, explains the company’s approach: “In 2008 we realized we had a problem. That year we had 154 injuries, of which 11 were lost time injuries (LTIs). Ten years later – as at end September 2018 – we have had 3 injuries, of w

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