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ICP FALL FROM HEIGHT RESCUE PLAN

FOR ICP BIMHA MINE UPGRADE

Name TITLE SIGNATURE DATE

Originated by Lancelot Mvukwe ICP Senior SHEQ officer
Reviewed by Kudakwashe Tinago ICP Site Manager
Reviewed by Simbarashe Kufa DRA SHEQ Officer
Reviewed by Ian Adamson DRA Supervisor
Reviewed by Rudolf Beukes DRA Construction Manager
Reviewed by Winston Nyirenda Zimplats Projects Engineer
Approved by: Othniel Zvarevashe Zimplats Projects Manager

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1.0 OBJECTIVE
The objective of this fall from height rescue plan is to provide guidelines on the processes to be
followed to safely and efficiently rescue a fall from height victim.

2.0 SCOPE
The fall from height rescue plan covers all ICP emergencies involving personnel falling from heights
at Bimha Mine Upgrade Project

3.0 RESPONSIBILITY
3.1 The ICP Senior SHEQ Officer shall be responsible for the establishment, maintenance of this
fall from height rescue plan.
3.2 The ICP Site Engineer shall be responsible for the training of all workers on the requirements
of the rescue plan.
3.3 The Site Supervisor/Foreman shall ensure implementation, compliance with this plan and shall
conduct Planned Job Observations to assess compliance with procedures that seek to prevent
falls from height
3.4 The ICP Competent rescue team will be in charge of fall from heights emergencies which may
arise.
3.5 The SHEQ Section shall ensure implementation and compliance with the procedure.

4.0 COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS

4.1 Mining (Management and Safety) Regulations, 1990 (CAP. 165). Statutory Instrument 109 of
1990
4.2 Refer to the Compliance Obligations register BMSP- 6.1.3/01.
4.3 ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management System
4.4 ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System
4.5 ISO 14001:2015 Environment Management System

5.0 DEFINITIONS
5.1 Competent person means a person who has received requisite training to enable him or her
to perform the duty or discharge the function of using the device without endangering himself
or herself, any other persons or property.

5.2 Authorized person: means a competent person authorized in writing by the Supervisor or his
appointee exercising that power.

5.3 SHEQ is an abbreviation for Safety, Health, Environment and Quality.

6.0 OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
6.1 Exposure to falling objects.

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6.2 Inclement weather conditions.

6.3 At risk behaviour.
6.4 Using defective or improper fall from height rescue equipment.
6.5 Work at Heights Training.
6.6 Using incompetent personnel to perform height rescue activities.
6.7 Using incorrect fall from height rescue methods.

7.0 TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SIGNAGE

7.1.1 Tele handler
7.1.2 Scaffolding trolley
7.1.3 First Aid kits
7.1.4 30m Ratchet rescue kit
7.1.5 Stretcher
7.1.6 Mandatory PPE/C
7.1.7 No unauthorized entry
7.1.8 Whistle
7.1.9 Communication Radios
7.1.10 Chin Straps

8.0 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

8.1.1 Eye Protection
8.1.2 Protective Footwear
8.1.3 Hard Hat
8.1.4 Work Gloves
8.1.5 Chin strips
8.1.6 Full Body Harness and Life Lines
8.1.7 Lanyards
8.1.8 Any other PPE required by the hazard assessment for the job.

9.0 GENERAL GUIDE

9.1 The rescue team shall be trained on the different types of rescue methods that would be used
in the event of a person falling from heights.
9.2 Only trained personnel shall be allowed to conduct fall from height rescue processes.
9.3 Fall from height equipment shall be numbered, registered inspected and colour coded.

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9.4 Inspections shall be quarterly by a rigour and daily by a Fall from height rescue responsible
official.
9.5 No work at heights as classified in Clause 12.0 below shall be undertaken if the fall from
height rescue kit is not available.
9.6 In the event of a fall from height, the first person to notice the incident shall immediately advise
the Site Foreman who will in turn mobilize the height rescue team and advise site
management.
9.7 The site emergency serene shall be activated and all workers will proceed to the assembly
point and leave the height rescue to have focussed attention on rescuing the victim.
9.8 Rescuers shall assure the victim and maintain eye contact at all times during the rescue
process.
9.9 All from height victims shall be rendered first aid once evacuated to a position of safety.
9.10 The Zimplats ambulance and emergency rescue team shall be called immediately for them to
come and provide additional support to a fall from height victim.

10.0 NATURE OR TYPE OF WORK INVOLVING WORKING AT HEIGTHS

10.1 Erection, inspection and dismantling of Scaffolding equipment.
10.2 Bricklaying activities.
10.3 Roof sheeting and roof cladding activities.
10.4 Roof truss installation.
10.5 Steel fixing.
10.6 Form work- shuttering and dismantling.
10.7 Concrete work activities on deck and walls.

11.0 TRADES THAT WILL BE WORKING AT HEIGHT.

11.1 Steel erectors
11.2 Carpenters
11.3 Bricklayers
11.4 Scaffolders
11.5 Steel fixers

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12.0 AREAS WHERE FALL FROM HEIGHT RESCUE WILL BE REQUIRED

# Area Maximum Height
1. Stockpile Tunnel 7.2m
2. Control Room 4.4m
3. Change House 6.3m
4. SHEQ Arena 6.1m
5. Mine Office 4.4m
6. Mine Stores 5.5m

13.0 FALL FROM HEIGHT RESCUE METHOD AT THE STOCKPILE, MINE STORES, CONTROL
ROOM AND CHANGE HOUSE.
13.1 The 30m ratchet rescue kit will be deployed for use in the event of someone falling from
heights at the stockpile, mine stores, control room and change house.
13.2 The 30m ratchet kit shall be used in accordance with the guidelines provided in the OEM
manual for the kit.

14.0 FALL FROM HEIGHT RESCUE METHOD AT THE SHEQ ARENA

14.1 A tele handler with a cage attached to the boom shall be used to rescue a fall from height
victim at the SHEQ Arena.
14.2 In the event of a fall, one height rescue team member shall get into the man cage attached to
tele handler boom.
14.3 The tele handler operator will lift the boom and extend it directly under the fall from height
victim to allow the height rescuer to assist the victim to stand in the cage.
14.4 When the victim has assumed a standing position, the tele handler operator will lift the boom
to a position where the fall from height rescuer is able to disconnect the victim safety harness
from its anchored point.
14.5 Once the victim’s safety harness is disconnected from the anchored point, the tele handler
operator will retract the boom and move to a clear safe point.
14.6 The victim would be stretchered out the cage if unable to walk or will walk out of the cage if
able to walk to allow first aid to be rendered while awaiting the ambulance to arrive.

15.0 FALL FROM HEIGHT RESCUE METHOD AT THE MINE OFFICE

15.1 A mobile scaffolding shall be erected inside the Mine Office Building for use in the event of
someone falling from height at the mine office building.

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15.2 The mobile scaffold platform shall be installed at a height where the rescuers are able to reach
the fall from height victim.
15.3 In the event of a fall, two (2) rescuers shall climb up the mobile scaffold platform designated
for use when rescuing a fall from height victim.
15.4 Another fall from height rescue team member will climb on to the roof where the victim’s safety
harness is anchored.
15.5 A soon as they get onto the platform, four people shall move the mobile scaffolding platform to
a position directly under the fall from height victim.
15.6 The two rescuers inside the platform will assist the fall from height victim to assume a standing
position and the other rescue team member at the top will disconnect the safety harness from
its anchored point.
15.7 If the victim is able to walk, he/she will climb down the scaffolding platform.
15.8 If unable to walk, the victim will be strapped on a stretcher and lowered down to the ground by
the two rescuers on the scaffolding platform.
15.9 Four people will receive the stretcher from the ground and place the victim on a clear safe
place to allow first aid to be rendered.

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16.0 EMERGENCY CONTACTS

Designation Name Contact Number
Zimplats Projects Manager Othniel Zvarevashe +263 772 131 953
Zimplats Projects Engineer Winston Nyirenda +263 772 315 781
Zimplats Projects SHEQ Officer Wadzanai Dzvairo +263 776 630 8270
DRA Construction Manager Rudolf Beukes +263 780 999 968
DRA SHEQ Officer Simbarashe Kufa +263 778 509 318
Zimplats Ngezi emergency toll free Ngezi 08080007
Zimplats Bimha Emergency Number Tollfree 64 000
ICP Site Manager and Emergency Coordinator Kudakwashe Tinago +263 774 626 321
ICP Main Site Height rescue team leader Innocent Machida +263 773 193 501
ICP Stockpile Height rescue team leader Tapiwa Gadaga +263 775 621 127
ICP Senior SHEQ Officer Lancelot Mvukwe +262 782 240 969
ICP SHEQ Officer Christine Chikombe +263 774 049 259
ICP SHEQ Representative Loreta Goreraza +263 779 772 470
ICP SHEQ Representative Nyasha Mujaji +263 716 111 811
ICP Tele handler Operator Godfrey Mutenji +263 0775 359 223
ICP First Aider Tichaona Chada + 263 779 573 956
ICP First Aider Albert Manyere +263 775 804 891

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17. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

17.1. Number of successful fall from height rescue executions.

18. RECORDS
Doc No. Form Title Custodian Location Retention Destruction

18.1. Rescue plan SHEQ Officer Site Office 2 Years Shredding

training records

18.2. Pre-use inspection Supervisor Team leader file 2 Years Shredding

checklists

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19. ATTACHMENTS

19.1. Procedure Formulation Team sheet

19.2. Procedure Compliance Audit

20. REFERENCES

20.1. BMSP-8.1.12 Fall Protection

20.2. ISO 45001:2018
20.3. ISO 9001:2015
20.4. ISO 14001:2015

21. RECORD OF REVISIONS

Revision Date Description Sections Affected Revision Number

Appendix 14.1 Procedure Formulation Team Sheet

Name Job Title Signature Date

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Appendix 14.2 Procedure Compliance Audit

Date Records on trainings done for PJOs done to check compliance to

procedure the procedure

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