OFFICIAL which resulted in lost work time per 1,000,000 hours worked), (3) Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR - total number of recordable work-related injuries per 1,000,000 hours worked). The Fatality Rate is considered the most reliable indicator at the global level due to the reporting of fatalities across countries, regions, and operations, while non-fatal injury data is often subject to underreporting which negatively impacts reliability. International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) members represent about one-third of global mining output, industrial operations. The ICMM dataset is the best available source for analysing global safety trends (ICMM, 2024). There were noticeable changes in accident rates across the years of 2015 through 2018 as shown in Table 1 because measures taken to improve safety management and control activities are now making a difference in reducing the number of accidents occurring during years. However, the improvement in accident rates was disrupted within 2019 due to a statistical spike, which was attributed to one major incident (Vogel, 2024). The period from 2020 to 2022 shows the best safety performance on record, with historically low accident and fatality rates correlated with the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially due to reduced activity levels and more tightly controlled environments; however, in 2023 and 2024 the long-term downward tendence reversed, driven mostly by an increase in mobile equipment accidents, terrain failures, and organizational or critical control failures. The plot provided in Table 1 shows the behaviour of LTIFR for the global mining industry, according with ICMM. correlated to Covid pandemic and possible reduced activity / better controlled environments Table 1 - Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate per year at global mining operations (ICMM, 2024) Year Fatalities LTIFR 1 2015 60 0.027 2016 63 0.032 2017 50 0.026 2018 50 0.022 2019 287 2 0.118 2020 44 0.018 2021 45 0.018 2022 33 0.012 2023 36 0.013 2024 42 0.015 1 per one million hours worked 2 includes the Brumadinho dam disaster Brazil 2019 (Vogel, 2024) The mining industry worldwide has made tremendous strides to reduce fatalities within the industry over time. Between 2015-2022 some measures of achievement, like the Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR), experienced a decline of roughly 30-40% because of increased innovation, enhanced Safety Management Systems (SMS), and increased understanding of the ways to identify and control risk. However, since 2022, this success has shown signs of levelling off. Although gains have been made within mining, the mining industry still poses one of the largest risks of injuries and fatalities across all 0,000 0,020 0,040 0,060 0,080 0,100 0,120 0,140 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 LTIFR [per one million hours worked] rate without Brumadinho dam rate considering the exceptional event 2019
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