Supporting Our Employees

Our extensive Employee Wellness Program supports employees on multiple fronts, including mental health, HIV/Aids, lifestyle diseases and cancer. The Employee Wellness Program is available to employees and onsite contractors. Our employees also have access to a dedicated Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) that provides counselling and similar support services. Campaigns, training sessions and communications are used to create awareness amongst our employees and contractors; this includes recognizing World Days such as for HIV, TB, Cancers and Mental Health.

We believe in providing employees with guidance, as well as the means to implement the advice provided. As such, we offer wellness-related monitoring through our onsite clinic, as well as through focused events such as cancer screening campaigns, wellness weeks, and HIV testing and counselling campaigns. The onsite clinic also provides basic primary healthcare. Employees that conduct physical work in plant environments are also provided a daily meal while onsite.

Looking out for Our Employees

We require fit employees to work at the Smelter, and we must protect these persons against workplace hazards. These two concepts are fully embedded in our comprehensive occupational health program, including extensive medical surveillance, an occupational hygiene program and emergency response measures.

By continually identifying and monitoring potential risks in the work environment, we are able to control exposure and significantly reduce associated health risks. We have an extensive occupational hygiene and biological monitoring programme, a risk-based medical surveillance programme and formal training and awareness. Risk assessments are carried out on various fronts, with new hazards identified and controlled, and effectiveness of existing controls verified.

Medical surveillance, cases and records are managed through a comprehensive digital solution, whereas occupational hygiene monitoring is conducted in line with a formal program, with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. IoT-ready devices are being explored to provide exposure information in near real-time, allowing pro-active response.

Our Occupational Health Clinic and Emergency Response Department are equipped and ready to respond in the unfortunate event of an injury or other medical event.