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Health and safety data table
Health and safety data included in the 2023 column of this data table is relevant to the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 and was published on 27 February 2024.
Data included in the 2024 column of this data table is relevant to the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 and was published on 25 February 2025. Please note this table is updated annually in conjunction with the release of the corresponding annual report.
| Health and safety performance1 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workforce exposure hours2,3,4 | |||||
| Employees | 7,684,780 | 8,034,214 | 7,010,211 | 6,424,477 | 7,187,170 |
| Contractor | 15,630,142 | 12,880,269 | 9,689,519 | 9,076,377 | 5,271,462 |
| Total hours | 23,314,922 | 20,914,483 | 16,699,730 | 15,500,854 | 12,458,632 |
| Number of incidents4 | |||||
| Fatalities – employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fatalities – contractor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total fatalities5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| High-consequence work-related injuries (excluding fatalities) – employees | 1 | 1 | 0 | NPR | NPR |
| High-consequence work-related injuries (excluding fatalities) – contractors | 0 | 2 | 0 | NPR | NPR |
| Total high-consequence work-related injuries (excluding fatalities)6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | NPR | NPR |
| Recordable injuries – employees | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Recordable injuries – contractors | 49 | 34 | 24 | 19 | 8 |
| Total recordable injuries7 | 57 | 39 | 30 | 27 | 11 |
| Lost time injury events – employees | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Lost time injury events – contractors | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Total lost time injury events | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| High potential incidents8 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 11 |
| Recordable occupational illnesses – employees | 16 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Recordable occupational illnesses – contractors | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Total recordable occupational illnesses9 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| Number of process safety events10 | |||||
| Tier 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tier 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total Tier 1 or Tier 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Frequency rates4,11 | |||||
| Fatality rate - employees | 0 | 0 | NPR | NPR | NPR |
| Fatality rate - contractors | 0 | 0.08 | NPR | NPR | NPR |
| Total fatality rate12 | 0 | 0.05 | NPR | NPR | NPR |
| High-consequence work-related injury rate (excluding fatalities) - employees | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.00 | NPR | NPR |
| High-consequence work-related injury rate (excluding fatalities) - contractors | 0 | 0.16 | 0.00 | NPR | NPR |
| Total high-consequence work-related injury rate (excluding fatalities)6 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.00 | NPR | NPR |
| Total recordable injury rate – employees | 1.04 | 0.62 | 0.86 | 1.25 | 0.42 |
| Total recordable injury rate – contractors | 3.13 | 2.64 | 2.48 | 2.09 | 1.52 |
| Total recordable injury rate11 | 2.44 | 1.86 | 1.80 | 1.74 | 0.88 |
| Lost time injury frequency – employees | 0.52 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.14 |
| Lost time injury frequency – contractors | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.31 | 0.44 | 0.00 |
| Lost time injury frequency | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.45 | 0.08 |
| High potential incident frequency | 1.24 | 0.91 | 0.60 | 0.90 | 0.88 |
| Total recordable occupational illness frequency – employees | 2.08 | 2.24 | 0.57 | 0.78 | 0.14 |
| Total recordable occupational illness frequency – contractors | 1.09 | 0.47 | 0.83 | 0.33 | 0.19 |
| Total recordable occupational illness frequency | 1.42 | 1.15 | 0.72 | 0.52 | 0.16 |
| Total recordable injury rate by region11 | |||||
| Africa | 0.00 | 1.49 | 0.00 | 2.02 | NPR |
| Americas13 | 1.03 | 0.00 | 1.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Asia | 0.00 | 4.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Australia | 2.9 | 2.19 | 2.07 | 1.77 | 0.89 |
| Caribbean | 0.00 | 1.61 | 2.84 | NPR | NPR |
| Overall frequency | 2.44 | 1.86 | 1.80 | 1.74 | 0.88 |
| Total recordable occupational illness frequency by region11 | |||||
| Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | NPR |
| Americas13 | 2.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Asia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.02 | 0.00 |
| Australia | 1.42 | 1.55 | 0.88 | 0.48 | 0.16 |
| Caribbean | 1.47 | 0.00 | 2.84 | NPR | NPR |
| Overall frequency | 1.42 | 1.15 | 0.72 | 0.52 | 0.16 |
| Number of lost days by region14 | |||||
| Africa | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Americas13 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Asia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 294 | 78 | 121 | 454 | 28 |
| Caribbean | 0 | 21 | 0 | NPR | NPR |
| Total | 294 | 116 | 154 | 457 | 28 |
| Training time spent on health and safety by region (hours)15,16 | |||||
| Africa | 75 | 51 | 109 | 241 | 19 |
| Americas13,17 | 1,265 | 485 | 765 | 48 | 21 |
| Asia | 217 | 120 | 233 | 102 | 397 |
| Australia | 18,772 | 14,402 | 18,851 | 60,676 | 54,014 |
| Caribbean | 495 | 12 | 121 | NPR | NPR |
| Europe | 8 | 11 | 32 | 54 | 33 |
| Total | 20,832 | 15,079 | 20,111 | 61,121 | 54,483 |
NPR refers to not previously reported.
n/a Not applicable.