Safety presentation

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Safety presentation

• Dr. Mike Rose
• Sasol Limited GM - SHE centre

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Sasol expresses its concern and regret relating
to the incidents that have occurred and we again
extend our deepfelt sympathy to all those
affected
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Safety, Health and Environment at Sasol

• AGENDA
• Safety, health environmental policy, standards
  and organisation
• Corporate interaction with its businesses
• Safety performance in South Africa
• Benchmarking Sasols safety performance
• Additional safety initiatives and status of
  DuPont safety review
• Safety challenges facing Sasol
• Sasol and the WSSD

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Sasol SHE Policy
We, the people of Sasol, striving for excellence
in all we do, recognise the impact that our
activities can have on people and the
environment. Safety, health and protection of
the environment will form an integral part of our
planning and decision making. We will manage our
company, wherever we do business, in an ethical
way that strikes an appropriate and well reasoned
balance between economic, social and
environmental needs.
We are committed to Conducting our business
with respect and care for people and the
environment Responsible utilisation of natural
resources Implementing responsible care for all
Sasols chemical and associated businesses.
Non-chemical businesses will implement
appropriate, recognised codes of practice
Continually improving our safety, health and
environmental performance Complying, as a
minimum, with all applicable legal and other
agreed requirements Promoting dialogue with
stakeholders about safety, health
and environmental
performance
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Sasols safety culture, standards and systems

• Safety culture integral part of the Sasol
  Values
• Safety policy and guidelines apply to all
• All safety procedures written
• Safety systems benchmarked against global best
• practice
• In general, Sasol has good safety systems and
  
• equipment
• Continuous improvement a Sasol value

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Sasols corporate interaction with its
businesses

• Group SHE policy, guidelines and targets
• Specialist advice and guidance
• Exchange of best practice and sharing of
  learnings
• Regular safety, health and environmental
  audits
• Monitoring
• Data
• Reports

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Safety performance
Recordable Injuries A recordable injury includes
all injuries requiring more than first aid
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Safety performance
Lost Work Day Injuries
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Process Safety performance
80
Significant fires, explosions and releases
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Number of incidents
40
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Significant fires, explosion and releases
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Sasol Oil Chemical fatal incidents in SA - 2004

• 30 October 2004 Natref fuel depot
• 2 contractors (Driver and surveyor died as result
  of fire at loading bay).
• 1 September 2004 Polymers Ethylene Plant
• 4 employees, 6 contractors (Shutdown work.
  Ethylene release and explosion).
• 21 June 2004 Sasol Synfuels
• 1 contractor (Explosion at Phenosolvan Plant
  West).

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Sasol Mining fatal incidents - 2004

• 8 October 2004 Sasol Mining - Bosjesspruit Mine
• 1 employee (Tractor driver reversed into operator
  who died).
• 3 August 2004 Sasol Mining - Sigma Mine,
  Sasolburg
• 1 employee (Roof fall dislodged a wall and killed
  a worker 30 m away).
• 14 July 2004 Sasol Mining - Syferfontein coal
  mine
• 1 employee (Miner crushed by a shuttle car).
• 1 July 2004 Sasol Mining - Middelbult coal mine
• 1 contractor (Gas bottle explosion in container).
  
• 2 Feb 2004 Sasol Mining Twistdraai Mine
• 1 contractor (Working inside crushing unit, not
  isolated).

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Recent fatal incidents at Sasol

• Sasol management and employees very concerned
• Resulted in internal and external reviews
• Additional safety initiatives at each site
• Equipment failure low on the list of causes

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Benchmarking Sasols safety performance
Fatalities USA Census of Occupational Injuries
reports for 5559 fatalities in 2003 Agriculture/fo
restry/fishing 31.2 fatalities per 100 000
employees Mining 26.9 Transportation
17.5 Construction 11.7 SA Coal Mining (DME
2003) 45 Sasol (2003/04) 12.0 fatalities
per 100 000 employees Injuries Sasols injury
frequencies in best quartile of USA chemical
companies.
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Additional safety initiatives at Sasol

• There is no greater priority in Sasol
• Additional group safety objectives and
  requirements
• Behavioural-based safety rolled out to all
  South African sites
• Focus on recognition and addressing hazards
• DuPont review to obtain an expert and
  independent view
• Address business specific critical issues

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Status of DuPont safety review

• Site safety reviews will be completed end
  February
• Analysis and verification end March
• Feedback expected next quarter
• There is a good foundation for safety at Sasol

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Safety challenges facing Sasol

• Achieve zero fatality target
• Work with unions to improve safe working on Sasol
  sites
• All employees and contractors implement safe
  working behaviours
• Address contractor issues
• Agree and implement safety improvement plan
  (Includes input from Dupont safety review)

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Sasol and the WSSD

• Sasol is active in the following areas
• Health
• SHARP - HIV/AIDS PROGRAM
• Energy
• energy and greenhouse gas reduction
• Water
• water use reduction projects - SA Operations
• Mozambique community projects
• Significant investment in Mozambique in
  partnership with that government
• natural gas production and transmission
  project
• Governance, accountability and transparency
• http//www.quickreport.co.za/sasol_sr_2004/

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Thank you