STOP for Supervisors

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Generic Causes of Incidents
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Recap

• Lack of Effective Supervision
• Not Following Rules
• Inadequate Hazard Awareness
• Behaviour and Attitude

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Areas of Greatest Exposure
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• Road Transport - PDOs highest risk activity
• 8 Fatalities YTD and
• 40 of LTIs YTD (including 3rd Parties)
• Highest opportunity for gain
• Worksite - highest manifestation of system
  failures
• 1 Fatality YTD
• 6 Worksite Incidents YTD with Potential for
  Fatalities

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Root Causes of RTAs
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• Excessive exposure to road hazards
• Driving instead of flying (Cost considerations)
• Many long journeys to coast after hours of work
  (Fatigue)
• Too many individual vehicles shuttling coast to
  interior
• Use of private vehicles
• Preference for vehicles susceptible to roll-overs
• Underestimation of hazard over time
• Lack of defensive driving skills

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Root Causes of Worksite Incidents

• Lack of effective supervision
• competency gaps in supervision
• insufficient accountabilities
• Absence of the true STOP Culture (brothers
  keeper)
• Misplaced emphasis (STOP perceived as stop work)
• Workforce poor understanding of STOP
• Inadequate checks for the integrity /
  implementation of Management System
• violation of procedures / rules - especially at
  the coal face

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