The Competency Iceberg

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1. The Competency Iceberg © Simplfy 2025 Costs to the WA Resources Industry
2. 77 Fatalities 2000 – 2020 1 50% Involved High -Risk work WA Mining Sector
3. Duration in the role Fatalities being workers who had been in their role for two years or less. 2 48% Duration at site Fatalities being workers who were in their first year working at a mine site. 2 49% Compliance with Procedures Fatalities where there was either no procedure in place or the procedures or rules were not complied with. 2 89% Fatalities, WA Mining Sector 2000-2012
4. Failure of safe work practices Fatalities where there was either no procedure in place or the procedures or rules were not complied with. 3 20% Failure of Competency Incidents where skills and knowledge were deficient. 3 57% Failure of hazard identification and risk management Incidents where situational awareness or site controls were lacking. 3 54% 85% Incidents affecting registered plant involved High -Risk work 3
5. A B C D E F 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total Recordable Injuries (TRI) A B C D E F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TRI Frequency Rate Safety Performance: Benchmarking progress of ICMM company members 4 Declining Safety Performance
6. 2952 Accidents in WA Resources 2024 Metal Ore Mining 2021 – 2024 20% Oil & Gas Extraction 2021 – 2024 38% 1772 Accidents resulting in Lost -time Bauxite & Alumina 3x the injury rate than any other commodity. 3x Industry Statistical Report Mining 2024 5
7. 480 FTEs Unavailable for work. 155k Days Lost 2024 Industry Statistical Report Mining 2024
8. COST Of Competency Competency Compliance Accidents & Injuries Quality & Non - Conformances
9. Direct (often visible ) costs of accidents and injuries. Consequential and indirect (often hidden ) costs of fatalities, accidents and Injuries, often that occur well beyond the actual incident. Accidents & Injuries
10. Workers Compensation payments Insurance premium increases Medical/Emergency costs Legal Fees Fines Remediation costs Legal expenses Lost production costs Equipment and facilities damage and replacement costs Admin costs Hiring/training replacement costs Social License/goodwill $1 $5-50 Accidents & Injuries
11. $1-10 $197 M5 BILLION 2024 Workers Compensation 2024 Accidents & Injuries
12. Costs of attempting to meet WHS legislation for a transient workforce where a lack of cross -industry recognition for competency assessments, mean workers are required to conduct repeated and often unnecessary assessments every time they move between sites. Competency assessment costs Lost worker availability Admin costs Delay costs of non -compliance Competency Compliance
13. Time spent being assessed every time a worker is mobilised to a new site 2days / site Workers Vendors 150 Time cost of competency compliance assessments for maintenance shutdowns days / job Spent on unnecessary compliance assessments $ 50Mpa Industry It is estimated that 40%7 of the 136,0008 WA resources workforce is employed by contractor companies. Competency Compliance
14. Variability in the system and lack of standardised work leads to variances, non -conformances and rework. Quality & Non -Conformances
15. Projects 569 8 yrs 92 Non- Conformances / Project $420k Direct Costs of Rework / Project 9 $2.5M Indirect Costs of Rework / Project Int. Lead Contractor $x Bn pa Quality & Non -Conformances
16. 19,314 Non -Conformances 20,393 Safety Incidents 99% Correlation between Quality & Safety 9 Quality & Non -Conformances
17. Hazard Identification and Risk Management Site Familiarity Safe Work Procedures (Lacking or Complacent) Plant Familiarity Competency Skills Familiarity Rework and Waste Non -Conformances Standardisation
18. Human error is identified as the primary contributor to quality and safety issues… but the organisational and project environment within which people work provides conditions for them to occur. 9 People make mistakes. Standardisation is the first step in reducing variances and increasing quality. (Kaizen). It starts with a common understanding of competency. Safety Incidents usually arise from unplanned work created by Non-conformances.
19. 1. Fatality risk management: Applying Quinlan’s Ten Pathways in Western Australia’s mining industry References 2. Fatal accidents in the Western Australian mining industry 2000-2012 3. DEMIRS Safety Regulation System - Incidents affecting registered plant 4. Safety Performance: Benchmarking Progress of ICMM Company Members 5. WorkcoverWA: 2024 Industry Statistical Report 6. Accidents: The total Cost – Colorado School of Mines 8. WA Government: Economic Indicators 7. Minerals Council of Australia 9. Unearthing the nature and interplay of quality and safety in construction projects: Curtin University
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