Health and safety of workers are the main priority of the Company. We strive for the highest standards in the field of safety management and have adopted the “Vision Zero” concept of zero injury at the production.
The Company strives to implement the requirements of the “Strategy for the H&S Development of Samruk-Kazyna JSC for 2024-2028. To achieve the set target values of this Strategy, the Company is working in the following areas:
- People and increasing the level of safety culture
- Ensuring safety during operation of technological equipment
- Emergency prevention
- Information and explanatory work.
The Company monitors the activities of contractors and subcontractors in terms of their compliance with H&S standards on the territory of the Customer (Company), including work sites. This work is regulated by the Standards of management of contractors, subsidiaries and dependent organizations.
In order to develop industrial relations, maintain favorable working conditions and zero tolerance for all forms of violence (physical, economic, psycho-emotional) in the workplace, develop internal communications and effective interaction with contractors, Standards for the Development of Industrial Relations have been introduced. There are also Standards for conducting behavioral safety audits at the Company’s production facilities and subsidiaries.
Improvement of the Occupational Safety System in Subsidiaries of JSC NMC Tau-Ken Samruk
Multifunctional Safety System for Emergency Notification, Positioning and Personnel Search (MSS), to Be Introducedat the Mine of ShalkiyaZinc LTD JSC
The key MSS task is to ensure reliable protection of the life and health of workers in terms of underground work, as well as to maintain the functioning of the Shalkiya mine in a regular mode.
MSS opportunities:
- EMERGENCY ALERT AND SEARCH FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE RUBBLE
In case of an emergency, each worker receives a signal on a personal device.
- POSITIONING OF PERSONNEL AND UNDERGROUND TRANSPORTATION
Real-time safety monitoring, automatic registration of personnel at the entrance and de-registration at the exit of the mine, the ability to quickly track the number of people in different areas, operational tracking of routes of people and equipment.
- INTEGRATED DISPATCH CONTROL
The dispatcher’s automated workplace makes it possible to monitor the status and performance of all systems, analyze data, respond quickly to emergencies, and generate incident reports.
- TIME TRACKING
The automated workplace of the time-keeping service provides control over working hours, formation of shift schedules and time-sheets, integration with the system of control and accounting of personnel access.
The system provides data storage for at least 90 days.
As part of implementing the Policy of JSC NMC Tau-Ken Samruk in the field of labor protection, occupational safety and environmental protection, the “Safe Production – ASPANS” information system was implemented in Tau–Ken Altyn LLP since 2021.
The goal of implementing is to create an effective and integrated occupational safety and health system, reduce production risks and improve the level of production organization.
ASPANS is a universal digital platform that provides automation of key occupational safety processes, including:
- registration of inconsistencies and defects;
- production control and accounting of regulations;
- control over staff training, certification and medical examinations;
- control over technical inspection and examination of equipment;
- electronic accounting of work permits and PPE;
- consideration of environmental aspects and suggestions of employees;
- integration with external information systems.
As a result of implementing the ASPANS system in Tau-Ken Altyn LLP, the following effects were achieved:
- improving the safety culture and staff engagement;
- reduction of production risks and accidents;
- reduction of paperwork and labor costs;
- taking managerial decisions based on current data;
- reduction of financial losses related to production downtime.
At the moment, the ASPANS system is being implemented in JSC ShalkiyaZinc LTD.