2007 Full Report - Kinross Gold

Page 30 Kinross 2007 corporate responsibility reportRound Mountain’s MineRescue Team receivedfirst place in the GilletteInternational Mine RescueCompetition – the biggestmine rescue competitionin the United States. Itwas the first time in thecompetition’s 27-yearhistory that a Nevadateam won top honours.Health and SafetyCorporate safety performance is guided by our Health and Safety Policy, which is reinforcedin the Charter of the Environmental, Health and Safety Committee of the Board of Directors.Kinross is committed to world-class health and safety standards, and our safety performanceis integral to our strategy and annual business plans.Safety training for employees and contractors plays a critical role in promoting safework practices at each of our operating facilities. At Round Mountain, for example,we provide 50% more training time than required by the United States Mine Safetyand Health Administration (MSHA).We have a multi-layered system of accountability to ensure that safety is a top priorityencompassing our front-line managers at our operations, and project managers at ourexploration and development projects, as well as residual properties. These managers areaccountable to the Executive Management Committee and the Board of Directors. Safetyperformance improvement targets are set annually and managers have a portionof their compensation determined by safety performance.All Kinross operations, except for Round Mountain, Julietta, and the Kupol project, haveformal joint management-worker health and safety committees to monitor and advise onhealth and safety programs. At Round Mountain, employees are encouraged to participatein health and safety initiatives, risk assessment and change management processes.2007 Highlights• Crisis communications training was provided at all operations during 2007• Paracatu received the ABS (Brazilian Association for Safety) Award for reducingits accident rate, the TOP Prize in Management of Safety and Health at Work, SilverCategory (equivalent to second position nationwide), and the Merit in Safety andHealth at Work Award for reducing accident frequency rates by more than 27%• Kettle River was the recipient of the MSHA’s National Sentinels of Safety Award, themost prestigious mine safety award in the United States, in the Small UndergroundMine Category for the second consecutive year, achieving 29,254 person hours workedinjury-free in 2006• Round Mountain was the recipient of the MSHA’s Nevada Sentinels of Safety Award for827,842 person hours worked injury-free in 2006 in the Large Open-Pit Mine Category• We implemented a corporate risk competency training program and completed trainingat Kettle River, Round Mountain, Fort Knox, Paracatu and Maricunga. For moreinformation, see page 33• We dramatically improved safety performance at our Fort Knox operation, whichcompleted the year without a single lost-time accident• Health and safety risk assessment software was implemented at the Kettle Riveroperation and DeLamar reclamation site, completing the software implementation