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MAKING AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT

In mid-2019, B2Gold launched a fatigue risk assessment for 90 days at the Fekola mine. The results
were immediate.

“THE INITIAL TRIAL PERIOD USING 24 DRIVERS OVER A ONE-MONTH
PERIOD RESULTED IN A 98% REDUCTION IN FATIGUE EVENTS,
AND A 28% REDUCTION IN DISTRACTED DRIVING EVENTS -

AN IMMEDIATE POSITIVE IMPACT,” THE COMPANY REPORTED.

THE SYSTEM AND
ITS BENEFITS HAVE

BEEN RECOGNIZED
AND SUPPORTED
BY THE DRIVERS,

AND WE’VE MOVED IN DISTRACTED IN FATIGUE
DRIVING EVENTS EVENTS
FORWARD AND

HAVE FULLY IM-
PLEMENTED THE
SYSTEM

DURING 2020

With information provided by the DSS, the site B2Gold is working with Caterpillar to integrate opera-
B2Gold follows a defined Fatigue Intervention Plan to manage tor identification into the system so that events will
events: be tied to specific operators. This consulting service
helps the site coach operators and manage chronic
• First event during the shift: fatigue issues.
The operator is contacted and asked if they are
OK to continue working. “Caterpillar and B2Gold continue to work together to
increase the value of the DSS system by enabling the
• Second event during the same shift: system to relate events to specific operators, which
A supervisor asks the operator to pull over in a safe greatly increases the value of the data created by the
area and they meet face to face to determine if he system,” said Cedric Lolliot, Caterpillar Area Manager
or she is safe to continue. for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
• Third event in the same shift: This additional capability support’s B2Gold’s approach
The operator is relieved and/or given a break. to manage and support operators, not to punish them.
“The system and its benefits have been recognized
and supported by the drivers, and we’ve moved
forward and have fully implemented the system during
2020,” said B2Gold.

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