Health and Safety
Health and Safety
Health and Safety

We adhere to the safety philosophy of “life comes first,” with our safety management work guided by the “Top 10 Safety Guidelines” to achieve our goal of “Zero Fatality and Zero Occupational Disease”. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contractors. We strive to prevent work-related injuries and health damage, effectively manage occupational health and safety risks associated with our production and operation to improve our occupational health and safety performance and bring health and well-being to our employees and contractors, as well as the communities in the places where our operations are located.

Our Goals
  • Using 2020 as benchmark, obtain ISO 45001:2018 certification for all production and operating sites by 2023; and get new production and operation sites certified within three years.
    Using 2020 as benchmark, obtain ISO 45001:2018 certification for all production and operating sites by 2023; and get new production and operation sites certified within three years.
    Using 2020 as benchmark, obtain ISO 45001:2018 certification for all production and operating sites by 2023; and get new production and operation sites certified within three years.
  • Using 2019 LTIR as the benchmark, lower 2022 LTIR by 30%.
    Using 2019 LTIR as the benchmark, lower 2022 LTIR by 30%.
    Using 2019 LTIR as the benchmark, lower 2022 LTIR by 30%.
  • Using 2019 TRIR as the benchmark, lower 2022 TRIR by 30%.
    Using 2019 TRIR as the benchmark, lower 2022 TRIR by 30%.
    Using 2019 TRIR as the benchmark, lower 2022 TRIR by 30%.
Our Performance in 2021
  • ISO 45001 certification coverage reached 87.5%
    87.5%
    ISO 45001 certification coverage reached 87.5%
  • 0.30 LTIR per million hours worked
    0.30
    0.30 LTIR per million hours worked
  • 0.68 TRIR per million hours worked
    0.68
    0.68 TRIR per million hours worked
  • We spent nearly 1.493 billion yuan on safe production.
    1.493 billion
    We spent nearly 1.493 billion yuan on safe production.
  • 100% of employees and contractors received safety training
    100%
    100% of employees and contractors received safety training
Governance & Policy

The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for making decisions on important safety and health matters. The SPC is responsible for managing safety and health work across departments, and establishing, managing and evaluating the Company’s safety and health objectives and guidelines. The safety and health department of each subsidiary carries out safety and health-related work as required by the SPC. Our responsible health and safety commitment and approach are stated in the Policy Statement on Management of Health and Safety.


On the basis of risk prevention and control, dynamic management, and full participation, we have developed our safety management system led by the Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment Management Guide (the “HSE Guide”)  

Occupational Health
In order to effectively prevent, control, and eliminate factors of occupational hazards in the work environment, we formulate occupational health management plan in strict accordance with the policy of “prevention first, combining prevention and control” to implement classification management and comprehensive control.

We organise regular occupational health check for the employees and create “one file per person” for occupational health monitoring and implement a mechanism for job rotation and movement for personnel subject to risk of occupational diseases. We also actively promote automation and remote control technology, and implement online monitoring and management and control of factors of occupational disease hazards such as dust, noise, and toxic gases to reduce the employees’ risk of exposure to occupational diseases.
  • Training and education on prevention and control of occupational diseases
  • Regular monitoring of occupational hazard factors
  • Reducing the risk of exposure to occupational diseases
  • Various employee care programmes
COVID-19

As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and pandemic control in China is normalised, our primary objective is to protect the health, safety, and well-being of our employees and contractors, as well as to ensure the stability and safety of our surrounding communities.

 

At the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, we set up a COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control steering group according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Chinese government’s pandemic control measures. It consists of senior management and is led by the Chairman of the Board of Directors. There are an office, a general liaison team, a production, safety, and environmental protection team, a publicity and training team, a material security team, and an emergency response team under the steering group to plan and coordinate the subsidiaries’ pandemic prevention and control work, which forms a comprehensive COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control system. The Company has also formulated the Work Plan for COVID-19 Pandemic Prevention and Control (updated to Version 4 in 2021) as a guiding framework for the pandemic prevention and control work of the Company’s headquarters, subsidiaries, and business partners, and actively launched all-rounded pandemic prevention and control measures according to the local pandemic prevention policies to effectively reduce internal COVID-19 infection risk, so as to ensure that our employees, communities, and operations remained unaffected. In addition, we pay close attention to the mental health of our employees who are affected by the pandemic, launch the collaborative “Sunshine Mindset” programme to check for mental health risks and carry out one-on-one psychological counselling to check if the staff have any hidden psychological problems. During the reporting period, we organised nine seminars on mental health in the context of the pandemic situation to relieve employees’ anxiety and ensure their physical and mental health and team stability.

 

In 2021, through active control efforts, the Company achieved zero infection in its projects in China; there were only a few controlled cases in some projects outside China. There was strong health protection for employees and stakeholders. Production and pandemic prevention were able to go hand-in-hand.

Safety Risk Management
Dedicated to the effective management and prevention of safety and occupational health risks that may arise in our business, we have formulated the Measures for Safety Risk Classification, Management and Control and Prevention, Investigation and Management of Hidden Hazards. Based on these measures, we established a dual prevention mechanism comprising the Company’s safety risk classification, management and control, and prevention, investigation and management of hidden hazards in an effort to eliminate risks at their source.
Dedicated to the effective management and prevention of safety and occupational health risks that may arise in our business, we have formulated the Measures for Safety Risk Classification, Management and Control and Prevention, Investigation and Management of Hidden Hazards. Based on these measures, we established a dual prevention mechanism comprising the Company’s safety risk classification, management and control, and prevention, investigation and management of hidden hazards in an effort to eliminate risks at their source.

Focusing on weak links and key issues, we carry out “the theme activity per season and monthly movement” and highlight the prevention of and solution to major safety risks. As a result, we’ve enjoyed “improvement every month and achievement each season”. On the spot, we promote risk control and management featuring “work after risk identification” with “one paper, one certificate and two lists”. Meanwhile, we pay close attention to change management, standardizing risk identification and control of irregular operations involving temporary, sporadic and dangerous ones to ensure all operations are controlled throughout the whole process.

Emergency Management System
To prevent emergencies, improve the ability to respond to emergencies involving public crises, prevent the expansion or escalation of incidents, minimise casualties and property losses, and reduce environmental damage and social impact, we have established an emergency management system with Zijin Mining’s characteristics. Meanwhile, we formulated emergency response plans to effectively and promptly respond to various emergencies such as safety incidents, environmental incidents, natural disasters, and public health events.
To prevent emergencies, improve the ability to respond to emergencies involving public crises, prevent the expansion or escalation of incidents, minimise casualties and property losses, and reduce environmental damage and social impact, we have established an emergency management system with Zijin Mining’s characteristics. Meanwhile, we formulated emergency response plans to effectively and promptly respond to various emergencies such as safety incidents, environmental incidents, natural disasters, and public health events.
Safety Management of Contractors

We regard contractors as our important partners in safety work. We integrate them into the Company’s occupational health and safety management system to establish a management model that treats all of us equally, manages all of us in the same way, subjects all of us to the same requirements, and makes all of us better.


In accordance with the Measures for the Management of Production Safety of Contractors, we assess the level of safety management and risks of the contractors and implement a customised plan for each contractor, raise the level of supervision on contractors with high risk level, poor management capability, abnormal staff turnover rate, low staff safety compliance, and frequent accidents, and assign safety supervisors to the individual projects. To improve the level of safety management of contractors, we manage our contractors as a whole to standardise management, training, inspection, assessment, and reward and punishment.

Technology for Better Safety

In order to overcome the safety risks caused by human factors and environmental factors at the mines, we have implemented the “Technology for Better Safety” strategy, which involves the use of advanced information technology data plat forms, intelligent equipment, and automated machinery to improve production safety or replacing humans, so as to prevent potential safety and health impacts on employees in the workplace and to enhance the intrinsic safety of our mines. 


We developed the “safe information platform for all members in Zijin Mining”, realizing the early warning and forecast of safe production risk and whole-process control. We also actively cooperate with intelligent service providers to introduce intelligent system and equipment into our mines and smelters.

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