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## Our 2010 safety, health and environmental performance 

## Reaching a plateau in occupational safety 

Tragically, eight people (six Sasol employees and two service providers) died this year as a result of injuries sustained at Sasol. In addition, there was one service provider fatality at premises leased from Sasol by the service provider and not under the control of Sasol. Fatalities at our facilities are unacceptable and are avoidable. With this in mind, each safety incident has been carefully reviewed to identify the underlying root 

cause and to ensure that appropriate preventive measures are identifi ed and implemented. 

The year-on-year improvement in our safety performance achieved up to 2008 has not been sustained during 2009 and 2010. Having achieved our earlier group target of a recordable case rate (RCR)* of 0,50 by June 2008, we committed ourselves in 2008 to a group target of less than 0,30 by June 2013. The RCR for the group in the 2010 fi nancial year was 0,51 and, although it still compares favourably with global benchmarks, the result was only a 5% improvement over 

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* The recordable case rate is a standard international measure for reporting work-related injuries and illnesses and other safety incidents resulting in injury. The RCR is the number of fatalities, lost workdays, restricted work cases, medical treatments beyond first-aid cases and accepted illnesses for every 200 000 employee hours worked. From 2006 onwards, our RCR includes employees and service providers, and recordable injuries as well as occupational illnesses. Currently, about 11% of the RCR is attributable to illnesses. 

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