Health and Safety

The company’s safety performance is exemplary, with no fatal accidents, and injury frequency rates continuing to improve significantly year-on-year. Notably, the Company was awarded both OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO 9001:2000 certification during the 2009 financial year. The frequency of total recordable injuries reduced by 76 percent year-on-year and the lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) of 0.79 per million man-hours worked represented a 48 percent reduction year-on-year. Industry averages for disabling injuries of 4.10, were significantly higher than reported by IFM, illustrating that IFM’s systems and policies are working effectively to maintain its safety track record.  IFM’s operations strive to eliminate, engineer out, control and mitigate workplace risks as far as is reasonably practicable. In order to monitor the control measures implemented to address workplace exposure to hazards such as noise, dust, thermal stress and others, IFM offers a comprehensive medical surveillance programme for its employees. Medical surveillance as an occupational health service is required for all entry, exit and periodical examinations, including, but not limited to: medical history, X-rays, audiology, lung function tests and a physical exam.