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SUN INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT ’10
We again achieved a significant overall improvement in safety performance
and we remain ahead of our competitors in this field. Some of the highlights
were:
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A 79% reduction in injuries on duty, as reported to the Compensation
Commissioner: 44 vs 209 in the previous year
There was an overall 37% average reduction in incidents which
required treatment by doctors
As a result of an increased focus on at-risk conditions/tasks and safe
work procedures we achieved our target of a ratio of more lowerseverity
injuries (first aid) than higher-severity injuries (medical treatment)
A 79% reduction in reportable incidents
An average 9.9% reduction in lost time incidents
We maintained our target of zero fatalities in the workplace
We continued to maintain our increased health and safety awareness
levels and skills through 1 150 internal communication interventions
Risk management
The group has embraced robust risk management as the foundation of
effective OH&S management and a group OH&S Hazard Identification
and Risk Assessment Standard has been rolled out.
Legal compliance
Legal compliance is a minimum requirement and our internal audit
department monitors OH&S compliance at all properties. The Chief
Executive has overall accountability for OH&S legal compliance and to
assist him in this, all operational general managers are fully responsible for
OH&S compliance at their properties.
Incident/injury frequency rates
First aid, medical treatment (no lost time, restricted duty and lost work days),
occupational diseases, noise-induced hearing loss and fatalities were
continued as indicators. A leading safety indicator is near-hit incident rates.
Trauma induced stress disorders (TISDs) are measured as an occupational
health indicator because of our employees’ potential risk of exposure to high
trauma incidents such as armed robberies and serving on emergency and
first aid teams.
Training awareness and competence
Three group and 18 operational OH&S training workshops were conducted
in the year under review and in addition to these formal training interventions,
general OH&S training was conducted at most of our properties.
During the year, there were 1 150 OH&S awareness communication interventions
in the form of newsletters, safety talks, management sessions
and e-mails.
Our performance
The performance results exclude Monticello, Federal Palace and head office
and, unless stated otherwise, the statistics are limited to Sun International
employees only. We started reporting, as a voluntary option, on the OH&S
performance of our stakeholders in the last financial year and this will
continue to be phased in over the next two years.
Near hits
This indicator is a warning sign for management intervention and, if
investigated and the right corrective actions are put in place, can prevent
injuries. In the year under review, 68% of our properties reported nearhits.
The group’s average decreased from 26.5 in last year to 8.1 in this
year with a frequency rate decrease from 12.2% to 9.7% per 200 000
hours worked, or 100 employees.
First-aid cases (FACs) vs medical treatment cases (MTCs)
On a year-on-year basis we reduced our FACs as opposed to MTCs from
62% vs 38% to 68% vs 32%. Lost time cases were reduced by 53%;
restricted duty cases by 41% and lost workday cases by 3%. Overall, the
number of injuries requiring medical attention decreased by 37%.
Trauma induced stress disorders incidents (TISD)
During the year, there were no TISDs reported, compared to last year
where two were reported.
OH&S severity index frequency rates
For the year under review, 780 OH&S incidents were reported with a rate
of 10.7 per 200 000 hours worked or 100 employees.
Total recordable incident frequency rate (TRIFR)
This is an all-inclusive index of the higher severity incidents and is the
sum of work-related fatalities, all injuries (exclusive of first-aid cases), all
diagnosed occupational diseases and all noise-induced hearing loss cases.
The total reportable incidents (TRIs) decreased by an average of 21% and
the TRIFR average decreased from 4.3 to 3.4.
Total lost time incident frequency rate (LTIFR)
This is an index of work-related injuries that render the injured unable to
perform normal duties for one shift or more on the day following the day
of injury. It is the sum of all restricted-duty and lost workday incidents
occurring per 200 000 hours worked. Lost time incidents (LTIs) for the
group decreased by an average of 4.2% for the year and the average
LTIRF was 2.1.
The Wild Coast Sun (94%), Boardwalk (95%) and Carnival City (92%)
maintained the three best scores in the group for the last two audits.
The average group audit score for the last round of audits improved
to 78.4%.