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Our Performance at a Glance

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12 Mths to Sep 2003

12 Mths to Sep 2004

12 Mths to Sep 2005

12 Mths to Sep 2006

12 Mths to Sep 2007

12 Mths to Sep 2008

Number of Fatalities

1

1

4

1

1

0

All Worker Recordable Case Rate
(per 200,000 hours worked)

1.08

0.74

0.85

0.57

0.59

0.72

All Worker Lost Workday Case Rate
(per 200,000 hours worked)

0.34

0.23

0.37

0.18

0.2

-

Number of Significant Site Losses of Containment

3

5

7

7

10

5

Number of Significant Distribution Incidents

29

24

37

18

23

12

Energy Consumption (gigajoules per tonne of production)

6.51

5.3

5.01

5.27

5.22

4.25

Water Consumption (kilolitres per tonne of production)

3.02

2.57

2.47

2.8

2.84

2.33

Waste Generation (tonnes per kilotonne of production)

n.a.

8.5

7.41

6.63

5.23

4.83

Carbon Dioxide Emissions (tonnes per tonne of production)

0.49

0.42

0.39

0.42

0.49

0.33

Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions (tonnes per tonne of production)

n.a.

1.01

0.97

1.2

1.56

1.03


 

Specific Chemical Releases from Orica's Operations

Chemical

Releases

(tonnes)

Sites Responsible for Releases in 2007

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

 

Acetone

43.3

76.7

40.7

41.5

33.7

31.2

Gomia, Lorena, Padstow, Rocklea

Ammonia

648.0

1,078.6

797.4

1,165.1

1,130.9

531.7

Auckland, Carseland, Kooragang Island, Lorena, Monclova, Wyee, Yarwun

Antimony and compounds

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.8

0.2

Glenfield

Carbon monoxide

1,152.4

1,111.7

1,005.7

565.8

830.4

463.0

Botany, Cuatrocienegas, Deer Park, Kooragang Island, Laverton, Monclova, Port Kembla, Wyee, Yarwun

Chlorine

0.0

1.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

Botany, Laverton, Yarwun

Chromium lll compounds

0.9

0.8

1.0

0.9

1.2

0.2

Glenfield, Kooragang Island

Cobalt and compounds

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.0

Glenfield

Copper and compounds

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.5

0.5

0.1

Glenfield, Monclova

Cyanide and compounds

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Yarwun

Cyclohexane

 

 

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.0

Padstow

1,2-Dichloroethane

 

 

 

0.3

0.2

0.7

Botany

Di-2-EthylHexyl phthalate

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

Deer Park

Ethanol

0.6

7.5

11.3

12.0

21.3

15.8

Botany, Lorena, Rocklea, Troisdorf

Ethylbenzene

 

 

 

 

0.2

0.2

Dandenong

Fluoride compounds