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FIVE steps TO effective contractor safety MANAGEMENT385 IntroductionWe at Lonmin are committed to creating a workingenvironment based on zero harm to our employees, to ourcontracting partners, and to the communities that host ouroperations. We also realize that reaching this goal is ajourney and not a destination. This paper describes how wehave taken the first steps in this journey more specificallyas regards our contractor health and safety the 2003 Mine Health and safety Summit,commitments were made by the CEOs to achieve the 10-year milestones, as per Chamber of Mines circular 2005 -- in the platinum, coal and other sectors - by 2013achieve constant and continuous improvement equivalent tocurrent international benchmarks ( fatality frequencyrate), at the least . Figure 1 shows Lonmin s performancecompared with the entire platinum industry as well as the2013 milestone. It should be noted that the majority ofLonmin s fatalities in 2011 hit contractors and first step was to recognize that part of the issue wasthat much of our work is outsourced on a contractor , we had no illusions -- hiring a contractor toperform a service did not absolve us of the obligations toprovide a healthy and safe place of work.
FIVE STEPS TO EFFECTIVE CONTRACTOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT 387 provide the potential for appreciable savings of time and money for employees and employers.
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