S AFETY AND HEAL TH INDUS TR Y PERFORMANCE REVIEW Or ganisa tional o v ervie w and s tr a t egy T he number of f a talities in the gold sect or r educ ed b y 55 fr om 40 in 20 18 t o 18 in 20 19 while the f a talities in other c ommodities decr eased b y 7 0 fr om 20 in 20 18 t o six in 20 19 An o v er all 7 0 impr o v ement w as r ec or ded when c omparing 20 19 and 200 3 saf ety perf ormanc e the highes t impr o v ement sinc e the 200 3 miles t ones Ho w e v er the number of f a talities r eport ed in the PGM sect or incr eased t o 20 20 18 12 r epr esenting a r egr es sion of 6 7 in tha t sect or T he indus try s saf ety perf ormanc e in the la tt er part of 20 17 and the frs t half of 20 18 w as a major c onc ern as the indus try e xperienc ed an incr ease in f a talities f or the frs t time in a decade A t otal of 90 f a talities w er e r ec or ded in 20 17 an incr ease of 17 y earon y ear c ompar ed with 7 3 f a talities in 20 16 T he spik e in the numbers of ac cidents during the la tt er half of 20 17 and the frs t half of 20 18 w as as socia t ed primarily with seismic activity f all of gr ound and under gr ound fr e incidents Saf ety perf ormanc e Saf ety perf ormanc e impr o v ed signifcantly in 20 19 with a 3 7 decline in r eport ed f a talities Sinc e 199 3 f a talities ha v e r educ ed b y 9 2 Mining fatalities per commodity 19992019 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 200 72 00 82 00 92 01 02 01 12 01 22 01 32 01 42 01 52 01 62 01 72 01 82 01 9 207 173 182 172 149 110 105 114 115 85 81 62 51 53 37 44 33 30 40 40 18 39 46 49 53 58 64 47 40 53 36 41 34 37 28 28 15 22 27 29 12 20 28 31 19 20 23 20 16 20 15 20 18 12 12 11 79 54 10 97 35 35 38 42 40 54 32 26 37 29 27 19 23 20 21 16 17 12 11 20 6 309 285 288 287 270 248 200 200 220 170 167 127 123 112 93 84 77 73 90 81 51 Gol d Platinum Coal Other All 0 10 0 20 0 30 0 40 0 Causes of fatalities 19992019 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 200 72 00 82 00 92 01 02 01 12 01 22 01 32 01 42 01 52 01 62 01 72 01 82 01 9 137 142 124 124 131 96 83 86 76 56 62 47 40 25 32 35 22 24 33 22 20 62 47 54 62 50 56 50 46 48 41 47 37 38 29 31 14 20 23 31 16 17 72 60 64 58 46 51 42 35 50 46 33 21 25 35 19 29 22 16 18 18 7 38 36 46 43 43 45 25 33 46 27 25 22 20 23 11 61 31 08 25 7 309 285 288 287 270 248 200 200 220 170 167 127 123 112 93 84 77 73 90 81 51 Fall of groun d Transportation and mining General Othe r Al l 0 10 0 20 0 30 0 40 0 DRDGOLD F ar W es t Gold R ec o v eries Sour c e Department o f Miner al Resour c es and Ener gy Sour c e Department o f Miner al Resour c es and Ener gy P age 14