F all of gr ound and tr ansporta tion w er e the tw o mos t signifcant c ontribut ors t o the o v er all indus try f a talities in 20 19 a t 20 and 17 r espectiv ely T he number of tr ansportr ela t ed f a talities incr eased t o 17 in 20 19 fr om 16 in the pr e vious y ear Ho w e v er ther e w as also a decr ease in the gener al ca t egory of f a talities fr om 18 in 20 18 t o 7 in 20 19 T he o v er all number of serious injuries r eport ed in 20 19 w as 2406 c ompar ed t o 244 7 in 20 18 T his marks an o v er all impr o v ement of 2 which is belo w the miles t one r eduction tar get of 20 T he lar ges t c ontribut or t o serious injuries w er e those clas sifed as gener al a t 136 1 Injuries by commodity 19992019 199 92 00 02 00 12 00 22 00 32 00 42 00 52 00 62 00 72 00 82 009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 4202 3549 3374 3288 3079 2861 2338 2318 2274 193 71 760 137 91 498 147 71 252 114 21 249 1200 1018 90 57 32 765 638 797 659 738 892 1155 1348 1233 1213 129 91 515 128 31 345 134 47 71 132 81 140 115 61 049 115 1 207 213 170 161 188 187 181 266 20 53 33 29 52 73 24 12 69 26 32 49 206 189 200 169 224 1079 971 1184 1008 296 314 309 257 261 25 52 96 27 12 77 27 62 67 37 23 55 31 72 90 32 42 99 6253 5371 5525 5116 4301 4254 3983 4189 3973 3738 365 0 3 43 8 3 299 336 7 3 126 253 4 3 138 284 6 2 664 244 7 2 406 Gol d Platinum Coal Other All 0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 000 7 00 0 f ollo w ed b y tr ansporta tion and mining a t 42 7 and then f all of gr ound a t 3 7 9 T he impr o v ement in the 20 19 saf ety perf ormanc e can be a ttribut ed t o the c ollabor a tiv e ef orts of emplo y ers emplo y ees go v ernment and or ganised labour Initia tiv es tha t ha v e also f acilita t ed the impr o v ement in perf ormanc e include the launch of the Miner als C ouncil s annual Na tional Da y of Saf ety and Health in Mining in 20 18 which also t ook plac e in 20 19 under the Khumbul ekha y a banner the incr ease in the r oll out and adoption of leading pr actic es b y mining oper a tions v arious health saf ety and or ganisa tional impr o v ement initia tiv es implement ed b y individual member c ompanies and the CEOled Khumbul ekha y a health and saf ety s tr a t egy T he 20 17 20 18 tr end shook the indus try and galv anised it int o action with the Miner als C ouncil Boar d immedia t ely initia ting a number of ne w saf ety measur es T hese w er e lar gely undertak en thr ough the CEO Z er o Harm F orum and included int ense scrutin y of the major causes of ac cidents the sharing of good pr actic e pr ot oc ols and additional fundamental r esear ch which w as c onduct ed b y the Mine Health and Saf ety C ouncil MHSC Sour c e Department o f Miner al Resour c es and Ener gy Gold Fields South Deep P age 15 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19