Government of Western AustraliaDepartment of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

Quarterly Performance Snapshot

for the Western Australian minerals sector

Data for three-month period 1 April - 30 June 2019 Issued December 2019

The quarterly performance snapshots show lost time and restricted work injury and incident data provided to the Department by the minerals sector for a three-month period. The snapshots can be used by employers and workers to assist in the development and promotion of safe work practices on mining operations.

For more information about injuries and incidents in the minerals sector, visit our website www.dmirs.wa.gov.au

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Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

Injuries by severity

277 51serious injuries minor injuries

Age range with the greatest percentage of injuries was 30-39 years (27%)

Injuries by age

30-39 years

Age range 40-49 were 2nd highest (24%)

Underground: Long hole

drill and blast occupations had the most injuries

with 26%

Diamond drillers or raiseborers were 2nd highest with 18%

Injuries by occupation

Surface: Mechanical fitters

had the most injuries with 18%

Processing plant occupations were 2nd highest with 13%

68%

Underground: Production and development areas had the highest

percentage of injuries

Underground storage areas had the 2nd highest with 11%

Injuries by location

12%

Surface: Bench area (not haul road) had highest percentage of injuries

Crushing, screening or conveyor had the 2nd highest with 10%

Injury frequency rate for top 5 commodities(number of injuries per million hours worked)

14 8

Bauxite and Nickel Goldalumina

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Tin, tantalum and Iron ore lithium

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Injuries by nature

75% of injuries were

musculoskeletal disorders

Superficial injuries were 2nd highest with 19%

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Note: Injury statistics in this document include lost time injuries and restricted work injuries. Information for the three-month reporting period may be subject to minor changes due to late and corrected returns.

Data for five-year period 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2019

Injury frequency rate (number of injuries per million hours worked)

Last quarter, the total injury frequency rate decreased from 7.0 in the January to March 2019 quarter to 6.2 this quarter.

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Notifiable incidents frequency rate (number of incidents per million hours worked)

Specific types of incidents, including near misses, are required to be reported to the Department. This reporting is important to identify trends and clusters of incidents that need to be addressed to help prevent injuries.

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Outbreak of fire above or below ground (29%)Potentially serious occurrence (19%)Electric shock or burn or dangerous occurrence involvingelectricity (14%)Presence or outburst ofpotentially harmful or asphyxiant gas (13%)Loss of control, failure of brakingor steering of heavy earth movingequipment (6%)Serious or appears to be seriousinjury (including fatality) (6%)Extensive subsidence, settlementor fall of ground or any majorcollapse (5%)Incidents affecting registeredplant (4%)Other (3%)

12,382 incidents were reportedover 5 years

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