ICMM has released a report that benchmarks the 2024 safety performance of its 24 member companies. Tragically, 42 employees of those members lost their lives at work in 2024 compared to 36 in 2023 and 33 in 2022.
“No one should have to risk their life to do their job. This remains our irrevocable starting point, our standard, and our shared responsibility. But tragically, for the second consecutive year, fatalities among ICMM member companies have risen, instead of continuing their previous long-term decline,” said Rohitesh Dhawan, president and CEO of ICMM.
“Together, we must turn this moment of reckoning into a movement of change. The industry can and must do better. To that end, we are revising our guidance on critical control management to better address current risks and realities. We are continuing to work on accelerating the adoption of safer vehicle technology to eliminate fatalities from vehicle interactions through our Innovation for Cleaner, Safer Vehicles (ICSV) initiative. We are strengthening our focus on psychological health and safety, alongside (and intertwined with) our work on physical safety. Finally, we are strengthening our commitment to peer learning and transparency by developing new mechanisms to better share learnings after fatal incidents within the ICMM membership.”
“Safety Performance: Benchmarking Progress of ICMM Company Members In 2024” analyses fatalities from ICMM company members based on the cause (hazard) and provides safety performance metrics by country and company. In 2024, the leading hazard was mobile equipment and transportation, accounting for nine fatalities or 21% of the total. The second highest cause was fall of ground related incidents.
Company member operations in South Africa had the highest number of fatalities (15), accounting for 35% of the total. Nine members reported zero fatalities.
The full report can be found here.
Source: ICMM