Topic 6 – Catastrophic Hazard Management:

  • Catastrophic hazard or risks are events that have the capability of causing 5 or more fatalities, the most serious environmental, reputational or financial outcomes.
  • These are high consequence, low probability events that rarely happens and they are often the result of circumstances in which weaknesses or failures of equipment, processes, systems and people line up – and multiple lines of defence fail.
  • Protecting Evander Gold Mines against catastrophic hazards is a major part of our Risk Management Framework

Catastrophic Hazards:

  • Explosion
  • Toxic or irrespirable atmosphere
  • Fire – Surface
  • Bus Incident
  • Tailings dam failure
  • Inrush – water, mud & other liquids
  • Hazardous Chemicals
  • Hot/Molten Material
  • Confined Space Entry
  • Working at Heights
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