Safety is of paramount importance to any industry seeking to provide a sustainable and productive environment for its workforce. To celebrate the improvements that have been made in the global aluminium industry, the IAI annually assesses company reported safety data and recognizes those plants and companies that lead the way in safety performance.

Top performers are selected through a multiple stage process, including an assessment of Total Recordable Incident Frequency, Lost Time Incident frequency and Incident Severity Rate, together with improvements on the previous year’s performance. Short-listed plants carry out self-assessment and finally an on-site assessment is completed if necessary to finalise the best performing mine, refinery and smelter.

Best Safety Performance in 2006

Best Performing Smelter 2006

more than 1.3 million hours worked - Poços de Caldas (Alcoa Inc.) and Grande-Baie Works (Rio Tinto Alcan)

less than 1.3 million hours worked - Lynemouth (Rio Tinto Alcan)

Best Performing Refinery 2006

more than 2 million hours worked - Nikolayev (UC Rusal)

less than 2 million hours worked - Ehime Works (Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited) and  San Ciprián (Alcoa Inc.)

Best Performing Mine 2006

Poços de Caldas (Alcoa Inc.)

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