Fortescue wants to be global safety leader

Fortescue Metals Group wants to become a global leader in mining safety, says CEO Nev Power (R). Source: AAP

FORTESCUE Metals Group wants to become a world leader in mining safety, as it examines its use of contractors following two workers' deaths.

The contractors died in separate incidents at Fortescue's Christmas Creek mine in WA in 2013, sparking multiple investigations and orders for the company to improve safety.

Chief executive Nev Power said the Pilbara iron ore miner had made a lot of safety improvements so far in 2014.

"We're committed to making a step change in our safety performance and become global leaders in safety leadership," he said.

"We're already global leaders in so many areas of the field and we want to now ensure that we're also leaders in safety."

Fortescue has reviewed its lockout and isolation procedures for workers, and is now exceeding industry standards in most cases, he said.

A review of the company's use of contractors is continuing, Mr Power added.

"We consistently and constantly review across all of our operations to determine what's the appropriate model to operate, whether that's a contracting model or a direct employment model and that process will continue into the future," Mr Power said.

Fortescue recently bought out two crushing plants at Christmas Creek which were operated by contractor Crushing Services International (CSI).

A 24-year-old man was crushed to death while carrying out maintenance work in CSI's crushing plant in August 2013.

Less than four months later a 33-year-old, employed by contractor Global Surface Mining, died while carrying out maintenance on a large piece of mining machinery at a heavy vehicle workshop.

The most recent death prompted the mining regulator to issue a special order to improve safety procedures at the mine.

At the time the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) suspended operations and ordered Fortescue to improve its safety procedures at all of its operations.

Also in 2013, a contractor had his leg amputated after a truck crash on a Fortescue site.

Fortescue has expanded rapidly on the back of strong Chinese steel demand, using a host of contracting companies to build and operate its iron ore operations in the Pilbara.

The company opened the final stage of a $US9.2 billion expansion of its Pilbara operations on Friday, lifting the company's production capacity to 155 million tonnes.

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