Annual Report

QL Resources Berhad Integrated Annual Report 2021 52 53 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (Cont’d) Leading Health and Safety Practices This year, a Group OSH Work Committee was established to lead and drive the safety and health initiatives across the Group. QL increased the number of safety resource teammembers by 42% to improve effective implementation. The Group OSH Committee meets quarterly, with the aim of creating a platform for the team to collectively review the Group safety performance and set progressive action plans to address rising safety and health risks. Further sub-committees have been formed to support the Group OSH Work Committee to focus on key safety topics. Monthly OSH sessions have also been set up with attendance by all safety personnel and representatives from each business unit. Elevating Our Safety Practices Following the roll out of the Groups’ Occupational Safety and Health Policy last year, QL continues to embark on our commitment to build greater safety awareness and adoption of good Occupational Safety, Health and Environment (“OSHE”) practices. A standard OSHE induction programme was developed with trainers identified from all four business units. With this in place, we are aiming to have all our employees undertake the safety awareness training by FY2022. Underpinning our Occupational Safety and Health Policy is our safety principles, “WECARE” which was created to provide a framework for safety related decisions and actions. 19 LTIFR is calculated based on number of Lost Time Injuries against hours worked. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH Our Approach QL pledges to uphold the safety and health of our employees, contractors and communities by building and fostering a safe work culture within the organisation. A safe and healthy workplace leads to increased productivity and work satisfaction while reducing accidents at the workplace. To realise this objective, it is pivotal to embed the Occupational Safety and Health (“OSH”) culture across the Group, supported by globally recognised health and safety management and monitoring processes. To start, we are committed to obtaining ISO 45000 for our ILF business unit in the coming year. • Established Group OSHWork Committee • Established “WECARE”, OSH Guiding Principles • Safety resourcing increased by 42% across the Group Performance Managing Our Safety Performance Upholding our belief that “All Injuries Can Be Prevented”, we conduct hazard identification, risk assessment and risk controls at our workplaces to anticipate potential hazards and mitigate the risks. In the event of an accident, an investigation will be conducted to establish its underlying causes and corresponding control measures will be implemented. In FY2021, we enhanced the reporting process with additional parameters to monitor and measure our safety performance. Incident and Accident Database has also been reviewed and revised to enable better analysis. During the year, the number of lost time injuries (“LTI”) increased by 106.1% compared to last year. This corresponds to the increase in Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate 19 (“LTIFR”) by approximately 92.6%, equivalent to 4.41 LTI per million hours. The number of incidents reported has also increased by approximately 96.3%, reflecting the heightened awareness and involvement of employees in safety, specifically on the reporting of near-miss and non-compliance incidents. Further investigations revealed that the 67 LTI incidents are mainly due to supervision, awareness and human errors, and the hazards are mainly slip and fall, laceration, and nip and pinch. To encourage continuous performance improvement, the business units have set up safety programmes that are part of the Group OSH improvement strategy, with risk management and behaviour-based safety being our key focus. In FY2022, ILF will be implementing ISO 45001 to reinforce the health and safety management system and practices at one of its sites. We also continue to encourage proactive reporting of accidents and incidents, especially near-misses to identify the underlying cause for risk mitigation. GROUP LTIFR PERFORMANCE (Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate) GROUP SAFETY PERFORMANCE (Total Incidence Reported) LTIFR-12MMA FY2019 3.86 FY2020 2.29 FY2021 4.41 Incident Reported FY2019 276 FY2020 267 FY2021 525 GROUP SAFETY PERFORMANCE Fatality Lost Time Injury Non Lost Time Injury Occupational Illness/ Occupational Poisoning and Occupational Disease Near Misses/ Significant Safety Occurrences Non Compliance FY2019 0 42 234 0 0 0 FY2020 1 32 233 0 1 0 FY2021 1 67 428 1 25 3 OSH Guiding Principles - “WECARE” All Accidents, Injuries & Unsafe Conditions Must Be Reported To Your Supervisor Immediately W E C A R E W orking Safely is a Condition of Employment C ontinuous Training of Employees to Work Safely is Essential E mployee Involvement is Essential A ll Injuries Can Be Prevented R ole Modelling & Management Accountability is Important E xposures To Operational Hazards Can Be Safeguarded Sustainability Statement Sustainabi l i t y Statement (Cont inued)

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