Kelian gets safety rating

Kelian gets safety rating

JAKARTA (JP): The National Occupational Safety Association
(NOSA) of Australia has assigned a three-star safety rating to PT
Kelian Equatorial Mining, a member of Rio Tinto group in Kutai,
East Kalimantan.

NOSA manager Neil Wilson said yesterday that the company was
awarded a three-star safety rating -- one-star higher than last
year -- because it had achieved a final report rating of 64
percent with a 12-month Disabling Injury Frequency Rate of 1.1
percent.

The gold mining company, with an annual output of 14 tons, is
the first mining company in Indonesia to receive a three-star
safety rating from NOSA.

A NOSA expert Brian Linnington said that even in Australia few
mining companies managed to achieve a NOSA three-star rating
because its standards were very high. (08)