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29Metals 2023 Annual Report
Safe and inclusive workplace continued
Safety
The safety of our people, workplace
and the communities around where
we conduct our business comes first.
We believe a safe and inclusive
workplace is key to our success.
Within 29Metals, there exists a well-established correla琀椀on
between safety and employee engagement, linked to short term
incen琀椀ve outcomes. Recognising that a secure work environment
fosters engagement, we assess opportuni琀椀es each year to
cul琀椀vate a posi琀椀ve workplace culture for our employees.
The following highlights shows our efforts in
promoting a safe workplace:
Capacity
Case study
Management of Critical Risks
Ten new Emergency Response Team (‘ERT’) team members were
trained up to the level of Cer琀椀昀椀cate III in Emergency response at
Capricorn Copper.
Historically, our two opera琀椀ons adopted di昀昀erent processes
for risk management resul琀椀ng in di昀昀erences in the way that:
Underground Specialist (‘BG4’) training was rolled out for ERT
team members at Golden Grove.
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cri琀椀cal risks were iden琀椀昀椀ed;
bow琀椀e risk assessments were conducted;
preventa琀椀ve and mi琀椀ga琀椀ng cri琀椀cal controls were designed;
cri琀椀cal risks were veri昀椀ed and audited; and
correc琀椀ve ac琀椀ons and con琀椀nuous improvement
was managed.
Topic-specific training
Leadership training programs held at Golden Grove.
Regulatory awareness
To address this, 29Metals has developed a Group cri琀椀cal
risk management (‘CRM’) framework as a key component
of 29Metals’ HSEC MS in 2022. The intent of CRM is to
systema琀椀cally validate the existence of essen琀椀al controls for
ac琀椀vi琀椀es associated with the risk of fatality and serious injury.
Con琀椀nual re昀椀nement and updates to relevant site procedures
and plans in response to updated regulatory requirements in WA,
including prepara琀椀on of principal mine hazard plans that will be
rolled out in early-2024.
29Metals CRM program was progressed during 2023
through the development and implementa琀椀on of a cri琀椀cal risk
governance and assurance program, as detailed below:
Risk reviews
Critical Control Engagement (‘CCE’) program:
The CCE program is focused on the supervisor level and
incorporates a “Train the Trainer” program to ensure CRM
consistency across the opera琀椀ons. In 2023, the CCE “Train the
Trainer” program was completed at both Capricorn Copper
and Golden Grove. The full implementa琀椀on of the frontline
CCE program will be a key focus in 2024.
Critical Control Verification (‘CCV’) management review
committee:
The CCV commi琀琀ee comprises the Chief Opera琀椀ng O昀케cer,
site General Managers and senior safety personnel. The CCV
process was implemented successfully at both Capricorn
Copper and Golden Grove in 2023. This included the monthly
senior safety review commi琀琀ee reviewing:
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CCV results and ac琀椀ons;
signi昀椀cant incidents inves琀椀ga琀椀ons (and learnings); and
discuss safety ini琀椀a琀椀ves and improvements.
Once the establishment of CCE and CCV programs are
completed at both Capricorn Copper and Golden Grove,
a third-party external audit of the CRM process will be
undertaken.
Both opera琀椀ng sites updated their risk assessments and
risk registers in 2023 as a part of a Group-wide update to
29Metals’ understanding of current risks.
Progress was made on the ongoing implementa琀椀on of the Mine
Safety Management System (‘MSMS’) regulatory requirements
at Golden Grove during the Repor琀椀ng Period, in response to the
updates to WA’s WHS Act and regula琀椀ons. In 2023, Golden Grove
conducted the following ac琀椀vi琀椀es:
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modi昀椀ca琀椀ons to the MSMS Improvement Project to iden琀椀fy
gaps, and addi琀椀onal processes and procedures that will be
implemented across the site in 2024;
HSEC MS Standards were reviewed to align with updated
regulatory requirements;
100% of supervisors and managers completed the statutory
supervisor training programs;
development of Principal Mine Hazard Management Plans; and
upgrade of the controlled documents management system.
In 2024, Golden Grove will complete the following ac琀椀vi琀椀es to
enhance safety compliance:
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implementa琀椀on of the Principal Mine Hazard Management Plans;
conduct a Training Needs Analysis for 29Metal’s MSMS
improvement project; and
integrate new training management so昀琀ware called
‘’Peopletray’’ to enhance compliance with internal processes
and pinpoint areas requiring further improvement.
Golden Grove had three Health and Safety audits from the WA
Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regula琀椀on and Safety
(‘DEMIRS’), and all improvement no琀椀ces and defects were closed
within the due dates.
