What it Takes to Help Ensure a Sustainable, Safe Production 

12 March 2023

This year’s National Safety Month took a close look at the company’s previous year’s safety performance, diving into the types of incidents, common themes and ways to improve safe production.

“National Safety Month is another opportunity to remind everyone of our shared responsibility in safety and that nothing can be done unless we prioritize safety,” said Carl Tauran, PT Freeport Indonesia Executive Vice President-Site Operations and Technical Mine Manager.

Since starting operations nearly 56 years ago, the company has proven that safe production can be achieved through unwavering commitment and perseverance. Most importantly, everyone needs to understand that creating healthy and safe workplaces is a shared responsibility and will help achieve sustainable, safe operations.

Everyone has their part

While the company has worked tirelessly to address and find the root causes of the uptick in safety incidents, it is especially important to stress that underground mine hazards are mitigated by constant awareness, following procedures and proper training, said Henky Rumbino, PTFI Senior Vice President-Underground Mine. 

2023 National Occupational Health and Safety Month closing ceremony

Eksplorasi Nusa Jaya won the Fourth Place of the Incident Recall Safety Expo

George Banini and Carl Tauran officially launch the Safety Expo of 2023 National Occupational Health

Geo Engineering Division won the First Place of the Incident Recall Safety Expo

The launch of Safety Expo BK3N 2023

Judges took pictures in front of Operation Maintenance's booth

Trakindo's booth on the Safety Expo BK3N 2023

Supply Chain Management Division's booth on the Safety Expo BK3N 2023

Trakindo's booth on the Safety Expo BK3N 2023

Geo Engineering Division's booth on the Safety Expo BK3N 2023

Grasberg Earthworks Division's booth on the Safety Expo BK3N 2023

International SOS's booth on the Safety Expo BK3N 2023

Safety Expo BK3N 2023

Underground Mine Division's booth on the Safety Expo BK3N 2023

An employee gave presentation about Underground Mining

A child was trying to operate the automated loaders on the Safety Expo BK3N 2023

An employee gave presentation about safety initiatives in the Underground Mining

RUC Cementation's employee gave presentation about safety initiatives

Judges took pictures in front of Central Services Division's booth

Judges took pictures in front of International SOS's booth

Matthew N Sullivan - Senior Vice President Mine Underground gave presentation on the Safety Innovati

International SOS's team gave presentation on the Safety Innovation Talk Show

An employee gave presentation about safety initiatives in Concentrating Mill areas

Judges took pictures in front of Concentrating Division's booth

Judges took pictures in front of Supply Chain Management Division's booth

Judges took pictures in front of FPJO's booth

An employee gave presentation about safety initiatives in Facilities & Town Management Division

Emergency Preparedness and Response's employee gave presentation to the YPJ Kids

Judges took pictures in front of Eksplorasi Nusa Jaya's booth

Judges visited Mining Safety Division's booth

Judges took pictures at the Mining Safety Division's booth

An employee gave presentation about safety initiatives in Learning & Organizational Development Divi

Judges took pictures in front of Learning & Organizational Development Division's booth

An employee gave presentation about safety initiatives in Orica

Judges took pictures at the Orica's booth

Eman Widijanto - Vice President Occupational Health & Safety at the Grasberg Earthworks Division's b

Judges took pictures in front of Grasberg Earthworks Division's booth

Judges took pictures in front of Underground Mine Division's booth

Safety Expo 2023

Judges took pictures in front of Manpower Management's booth

Carl Tauran , PTFI Executive Vice President-Site Ops gave speech on the 2023 Safety Expo

George Banini, PTFI EVP Ops gave speech on the 2023 Safety Expo

Judges took pictures at the RUC Cementation's booth

An employee gave presentation about safety initiatives in Central Services Division

2023 BK3N Safety Innovation Talk Show

2023 BK3N Incident Recall Competition

Judges of the 2023 BK3N Incident Recall Competition

An employee presented the Incident Recall innovation by General Construction and Special Project Div

Employees presented the Incident Recall innovation by Concentrating Division

Employees presented the Incident Recall innovation by Central Services Division

Dance Performance by Mining Safety Division

BK3N-Orica Trail Run

BK3N-Orica Trail Run 10k participants

10k BK3N-Orica Trail Run participants' hit the finish line

Carl Tauran PTFI EVP-Site Operations and Technical Mine Manager hit the finish line

The first 21k BK3N-Orica Trail Run participants' hit the finish line

BK3N Safety Race participants

Management Team - Operations versus Support on the Safety Race BK3N

Management Team - Support on the Safety Race BK3N

Management Team - Operations on the Safety Race BK3N

Safety Race BK3N Participants

Management Team - Operations versus Support on the Safety Race BK3N

Geo Engineering Division won the First Place of the Incident Recall Safety Expo

2023 National Occupational Health and Safety closing ceremony

BK3N-Orica Trail Run 10k participant

BK3N-Orica Trail Run 10k participants

BK3N-Orica Trail Run 10k participant

BK3N-Orica Trail Run 21k participant

BK3N-Orica Trail Run 21k participants

BK3N-Orica Trail Run participants

BK3N-Orica Trail Run 10k participants

BK3N-Orica Trail Run 10k participant

BK3N-Orica Trail Run 21k participant

Ardhin Yuniar Senior Vice President Geo Engineering & Environmental hit the finish line after 21k ru

Management Team - Operations versus Support on the Safety Race BK3N

Management Team - Support on the Safety Race BK3N

Management Team - Operations on the Safety Race BK3N

Management Team - Operations versus Support on the Safety Race BK3N

Redpath's booth on the Safety Expo BK3N 2023

Winners announcement on the Incident Recall Safety Expo

Geo Engineering Divisions' employees celebrated their achievement as First Place on the Incident Rec

Safety is every employee's responsibility - Carl Tauran , PTFI Executive Vice President-Site Ops

YPJ Kids Performance on the National Occupational Health and Safety Month closing ceremony

National Occupational Health and Safety Month closing ceremony

You can make a difference by stopping the job if something isn't right - George Banini, PTFI EVP Ops

2023 National Occupational Health and Safety closing ceremony

2023 National Occupational Health and Safety Month committee

2023 National Occupational Health and Safety closing ceremony

Safe production becomes more complex when production is entirely underground. While there are multiple hazards in an underground mine, wet muck is one of the most dangerous threats.

“More than 5,000 employees are working in three different underground mines. Our operation has so many dynamics, and there is no silver bullet when it comes to health and safety. We continue developing and evolving our programs so that our workforce can go home safely daily,” Rumbino said.

Mitigating underground mining hazards is a complex task. In underground operations, so many aspects are taken into consideration before production begins. For example, it takes decades of planning and work to get an underground mine to the point of pulling ore.

“With the long underground mine lifecycle ahead, all of us must remain vigilant in our pursuit of zero fatalities, preventing high-risk incidents and maintaining personal accountability for our safety and the safety of others,” said Anton Priatna, Vice President-Underground Mine.

Priatna said he also expects supervisors and their team members to make a positive impact by identifying the risks, focusing on doing the job safely and competently, supporting their co-workers and stopping the job if something isn’t right.

“The company puts safety above everything else. Stop work if controls are missing or if a change in the scope of work requires new or different controls.” he said.

“Our focus on fatality prevention by using our Fatal Risk Management Tools is paramount to our success while highlighting that everyone’s support and contribution matter in improving our safety performance.”

(Puspita Saraswati)

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