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During 2011 Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) maintained excellent safety during a challenging period for the bsiness, with safety at the forefont of all activities to make ERA one of the safest mining operations across the Rio Tinto group - a truly world class safety result.

ERA's approach to improving safety focuses on three key areas:
- Building capability of safety leadership;
- Comprehensive systems, training and support materials; and
- Encouraging a workplace culture of shared and personal responsibility and accountability for safe behaviour.

By constantly engaging with leaders, employees and contractors on safety issues, awareness and training, ERA has achieved significant improvements to safety performance.

ERA achieved a world class 2.1 million hours without a lost time injury during 2011, eclipsing the 1.3 million hours without injury in 2010.

ERA measures safety by the All Injury Frequency Rate (AIFR). This is a measure of all reportable injuries - Lost Time Injuries, restricted work injuries and Medical Treatment Cases - per 200,000 hours worked. During 2011 ERA bettered the strong safety performance of 2010, with an AIFR of 0.57 (2010: 0.71). ERA's Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) per 200,000 hours for 2011 was 0.10 compared with 0.20 in 2010.