Imerys Safety System

September 2014

Christopher Sheehey. Esq.

Vice President, Global Environmental, Health and Safety

Group Sustainable Development Coordinator

Imerys Safety System (ISS) Introduction

Lost Time Accidents (LTA) Per Million Hours Worked (employees and contractors)

Sep-2014 Imerys EHS/SD2

Core Safety & Health Values – Health & Safety Charter

Sep-2014 Imerys EHS/SD3

Safety Pyramid: A two-pronged approach 4

No. of

Fatalities

No. of Injuries

No. of Near Misses

Serious Six

Behavior-Based Safety

ISS in One Slide

� Protocols

� Auditing

� Serious Six

� EHS Umbrella Policy

� Metrics

� Safety Culture Improvement Team

� Safety Alerts

� Behavior-Based Safety

Pillar One: Compliance Pillar Two: Continuous Improvement

� Imerys Safety University

� Web Seminars

� Welcome Sessions

� Site Manager Orientation

� High Impact Video/Poster Series

Supported by Communication and Training Tools . . .

Compliance - The “SERIOUS SIX”

Ground Control Machine Guarding

Lock Out/Tag Out/Try Out(Control of Hazardous Energy)

Electrical SafetyWorking at Heights(Fall Protection)

Mobile Equipment

Requires monthly self-auditing, including supervisor safety visit and interaction with employees

Sep-2014 Imerys EHS/SD6

Continuous Improvement - Metrics

Sep-2014 Imerys EHS/SD7

Sep-2014 Imerys EHS/SD8

Take 5 Program

� Take 5 is . . .

�A simple pre-task risk assessment.

�A process to remind us to actively

identify factors that could cause an

accident

�A system for self observation

�A thought process

� All operations must start using

a Take 5 approach starting

January 2, 2014.

� Desktop audit start since April

� Refresh web seminar

completed in August

Sep-2014 Imerys EHS/SD9

Compliance - EHS Protocols

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5

8

Web seminars

Sep-2014 Imerys EHS/SD10

Compliance - EHS Auditing

� Types of EHS Audits:� Comprehensive EHS Audits

� Audits focused on Imerys Protocols

� Audits focused on Mineral Solids Storage Facilities ( i.e., Tips and Dams)

� Audits focused on Mine Safety (esp. Ground Control and Mobile Equipment)

� Audits focused on Environmental Management Systems

� Audits focused on Sustainable Development Data (External Auditors)

FAILURE RISK IS:

CRITICAL OR VERY

SYSTEMIC

FAILURE RISK IS:

IMPORTANT

OR SOMEWHAT

SYSTEMIC

FAILURE RISK IS:

LESS SIGNIFICANT

AND ISOLATED

Sep-2014 Imerys EHS/SD11

Safety Begins with You!