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Occupational safety and health

5 Reporting in line with GRI Reasonable Assurance

Social performance indicators
Labour practices and decent work
Core indicatorsAdditional indicators
Health and safety
LA5. Practices on recording and notification of occupational diseases and how they relate to the ILO Code of Practice on Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and DiseasesLA14. Evidence of substantial compliance with the ILO guidelines for Occupational Health Management Systems
Recording and notification of occupational diseases and injuries in line with AngloGold Ashanti safety and health guidelines, which are informed by ILO guidelines. See safety and health policiesCompliance is assessed through internal and external assessment.
See complying with laws, regulations, standards
LA6. Description of formal joint health and safety committees comprising management and worker representatives and proportion covered by any such committeesLA15. Description of formal agreements with trade unions or other bona fide employee representatives covering health of workforce and safety at work and the proportion of the workforce covered by any such agreements
Joint health and safety committees exist at all operations, some less formal, and others such as at the South African operations, are required by lawAgreements in place at the South African operations covering all workplaces. Agreements or, alternatively, employee representative committees in place at all operations
LA7. Standard injury, lost day, and absentee rates and number of work-related fatalities (including sub-contracted workers)  
All statistics available in AngloGold Ashanti as an employer, key indicators, milestones 2004 and review 2004 of this section 
LA8. Description of policies or programmes (for the workplace and beyond) on HIV/AIDS  
See separate discussion related to regional health threats, HIV/AIDS and malaria 

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