(403-4) SASB: EM-EP-320a.1. Employees are represented on joint occupational health and safety committees that help guide our programs. Fulfilling legal requirements in each of the countries we operate in, we created these joint committees in 2020 in Colombia and Chile. The committees met monthly.
In line with the legislation of each country, these committees’ responsibilities are to propose and evaluate health measures and initiatives in the workplace, develop training, coordinate with authorities, mediate with work teams to resolve occupational health and safety disputes, analyze causes of accidents and illnesses and propose corrective measures, and check and monitor the management system.
(103-3) At GeoPark we guarantee health and safety management through the follow-up and monthly monitoring of the following health and safety indicators and goals:
(403-9) IPIECA: SHS-3 In the last four years the LTIR (Lost Time Incident Rate) for contractors and employees has steadily declined, to the point where we recorded the Company’s lowest-ever rate in 2020. This reduction is due to coordinated management between the leaders of the Company’s operation and health and safety professionals, in addition to having implemented management tools in the field and in offices to reduce risks and take appropriate measures in the event of unwanted incidents.
Health and safety indicators
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
Total person hours worked | 7,210,831 | 8,146,183 | 6,921,751 |
Total fatalities because of workplace accidents or occupational illness | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total incidents with injury | 90 | 94 | 90 |
Total recordable incidents | 9 | 15 | 6 |
Total lost time injury incidents | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Kilometers travelled | 11,089,391 | 16,126,920 | 15,900,505 |
Total recordable vehicle incidents | 6 | 6 | 2 |
Total days lost through accidents | 132 | 188 | 209 |
Total days lost through absence | 1,152 | 2,516 | 1,293 |
TRIR (Total Recordable Incident Rate) | 1.25 | 1.84 | 0.87 |
LTIR (Lost Time Incident Rate) | 0.42 | 0.61 | 0.29 |
MVCR (Motor Vehicle Crash Rate) | 0.54 | 0.37 | 0.13 |
At GeoPark we use the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) incident classification guide Safety data reporting user guide – Scope and definitions. Data includes direct personnel and contractors.
See the Safety Appendix for detail of indicators 403-9 and 403-10.