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S.4.1 – S.4.7

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Miner safety is our top priority

JSW is rapidly deploying globally unique solutions intended to enhance the safety of miners. Development of a modern, harmonised system for wireless communications and the highest-quality employee monitoring at all of JSW’s mines, increase in the level of training for mine emergency rescue personnel, formation of JSW’s next-gen Central Emergency Warehouse and changes in the work system for mine rescue staff. These are just the key recommendations from two teams formed by JSW’s CEO, Daniel Ozon, after the disaster at Ruch Zofiówka in May. The Management Board received reports from both of the teams and announced that they will be promptly implemented.

Risk to health and life is an inherent part of mining. However, we are certain that plentiful threats do not have to translate into accidents as long as the occupational health and safety area is managed in a reliable and systematised way. This is why safety and health protection at JSW are considered equally as important as production levels and financial results. Our objective is clear – to reduce the number of dangerous incidents and entirely eliminate fatal accidents.

Objectives within our Strategy include:

maintenance of certified PN-N-18001 management systems for: coal extraction, processing and sales
involvement of employees in improving the occupational health and safety management system, including development of solutions intended for specific jobs
maintenance of high quality of occupational health and safety training, with special emphasis on the discussed issues being up to date and practical
continuous development and modification of resources at the online training and information platform „Foreman’s Section and more” in order to expand employees’ knowledge and awareness in the occupational health and safety domain

[S.4.1 – S.4.7]

The following table presents data concerning accidents and expenditures on occupational health and safety

Name	JSW Group		including JSW SA
Name	2017	2018	2017	2018
Number of workplace accidents involving employees / involving subcontractors’ employees working within the facility	372/73	404/86	290/65	310/77
Accident frequency rate (accident at work per 1000 employees)	14.0	14.3	13.9	14.3
Number of fatal accidents involving employees / involving subcontractors’ employees working within the facility	1/0	7/0	1/0	7/0
Total number of days of employees’ incapacity for work caused by accidents	29 036	30 040	23 739	25 090
Accident seriousness rate (number of days of incapacity/1 accident)
without fatal accidents	78.3	75.7	82.14	82.8
Number of confirmed occupational disease cases	62	46	60	43
Number of employees working in conditions exceeding the concentrations in the limit values or maximum permissible concentrations	11 162	11 686	10 418	10 330
Expenditures on occupational health and safety (PLNk)	668 290.47	834 415.05	657 466.90	822 158.98

In hard coal mines, due to the specific mining conditions, workers are exposed to harmful and arduous conditions in the workplace. The most frequent occupational disease among current and former workers at JSW’s mines is pneumoconiosis. Other diseases such as occupational hearing damage, chronic musculoskeletal system diseases, vibration white finger have been eliminated or reduced to incidental occurrences.

An extended scope of preventive medical check-ups is in effect at JSW’s mines, which covers mandatory additional check-ups concerning prevention of cardiovascular diseases for all in-house employees and the employees of companies providing services at JSW’s mining facilities.

Innovations for safety

Following the unfortunate accidents in 2018, the Group is implementing globally unique solutions intended to enhance the safety of miners. These mainly include: development of a modern, harmonised system for wireless communications and the highest-quality employee monitoring at all of JSW’s mines, increase in the level of training for mine emergency rescue personnel, formation of JSW’s next-gen Central Emergency Warehouse and changes in the work system for mine rescue staff.

Foreman’s Section and more

The multiple-award-winning online training and information platform „Foreman’s Section and more” is a set of tools and information for raising occupational qualifications. The platform includes information on qualifications necessary to perform specific functions in a mining facility, consolidated texts of legal acts, the „LEGALIS” online legal information system, sets of exam questions, integrated questions and control tests, allowing to verify knowledge in the area of mining regulations, labour law and occupational health and safety laws, extracts from key mining regulations, video tutorials and presentations from a variety of mining areas, occupational health and safety brochures and flyers and materials describing first aid rules. All of this is presented in an innovative and attractive way. The platform is open and is modified and updated on an on-going basis.

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