MD's Golden Rules

All Rio Tinto Coal Australia operations and sites have seven rules designed to protect employees and contractors from serious injury or death.

1. Never work on equipment without first applying your personal isolation lock(s) in accordance with isolation procedures
2. Never work above 1.8 metres without fall protection or fall prevention
3. Never position yourself under a suspended load. In addition:
   • For underground mines, never position yourself under an unsupported roof without falling object protection
   • For open cut mines, never position yourself within 10 metres of the toe of highwalls, lowwalls or operating faces without falling object protection unless authorised to do so
4. Never approach within 50 metres of 'operating' heavy equipment in a light vehicle or on foot without making positive contact with the operator
5. Never park heavy equipment in a manner that will allow an unplanned movement; ensure it is fundamentally stable
6. Never work on electrical circuits above 32 volts AC or 110 volts DC before 'testing for voltage'
7. Never enter a confined space or specified restricted area unless trained and authorised to do so.

The rules are reinforced by a complementary regime of discipline:

• The circumstances of any breach will be investigated and considered. Any person who has been trained to recognise the Golden Rules and breaches any of them will risk termination of employment. As a minimum, discipline will involve recorded counselling.
• Any leader who fails to correct a breach or anyone who knowingly condones a breach will be regarded as having committed the breach themselves.