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Health, Safety & Environmental Bulletin No 488

5 November 2015

Safety Observations

At Xmo Strata, our safety culture is based on a simple principle – if you spot a potential hazard and
make it safe, people won’t be hurt and your action could prevent an injury.

In 2013/2014 – the HSE reported the following:-

4.7 million days were lost to workplace injury

629,000 injuries occurred at work, of which 148,000 led to over-7-days absence

133 workers were killed at work, of which 42 were in the construction industry

Our Leading Indicators - 2014

Leading indicators are positive actions that we take to prevent people from being hurt.

The safety triangle that we share with all employees each month as part of The HSSE Lead Team
meeting minutes shows that we identified 324 potential hazards (also known as Potential Incidents or
safety Observations), equating to one for every 178 hours worked on site by us.

Of the 324 hazards that we spotted, we made 143 of them safe at the time of discovery (41%), equating
to one every 403 hours worked and we positively intervened to prevent someone from doing something
unsafe, or that could hurt someone on 27 occasions.

These leading indicators are very positive and credit must go to our clients that encourage us,
incentivise us and recognise safety best practice, but more credit should be given to our employees who
take the time to identify hazards, proactively make them safe, make positive interventions when
necessary and take the time to report them to us.

Our Lagging Indicators - 2014

Lagging indicators are negative issues (that we really want to know about) where an incident occurred.
In most cases, the incident could have been prevented if someone had spotted or foreseen the hazard –
we had 3 First Aid incidents.