GFG initiative continues to improve health and wellbeing
3 December 2024
LIBERTY Primary Metals Australia (LPMA) continues to make big steps towards health, safety and wellbeing at its Australian operations with another strong showing in the GFG Alliance Global Health Challenge.
With LPMA boasting 30 teams out of the 137 teams entered from GFG Alliance businesses across the world, including the Whyalla operations of LIBERTY Primary Steel and SIMEC Mining Iron Ore, there were many standout results and plenty of general health and wellbeing achieved across the board.
The annual GFG Alliance event challenges employees to put together teams and commit to taking at least 10,000 steps each, per day for eight weeks.
GFG Alliance Global Head of Safety, Fran Nores said it was a pleasure to share the final results of the challenge.
“Overall, we took over 383 million steps together over the eight weeks, the equivalent of 76% of the distance from Earth to the moon,” Fran said.
“Congratulations to everyone who participated.”
LPMA teams once again performed admirably in the annual event. In the Premier League, the Tahmoor Treadmills, from the SIMEC Mining Tahmoor Coking Coal operation in New South Wales, finished second with a total of 6,300,588 steps with fellow Tahmoor team, the Bench Warmers, finishing third with 5,844,587 steps
In the Division 1 Top 30, the SMR Step Brothers, from SIMEC Mining Whyalla, finished ninth with 4,664,073 steps. In 11th place was Bishop’s Pawns from SIMEC Mining Whyalla (4,627,047) up from 35th last year. In 14th was One Out, One Back from Tahmoor (4,553,082), 20th was the Surface Striders from Tahmoor (3,974,101) and 24th was the Green Steel Striders, LIBERTY Primary Steel Whyalla (3,822,745).
Overall, we took over 383 million steps together over the eight weeks, the equivalent of 76% of the distance from Earth to the moon
GFG Alliance Global Head of Safety, Fran Nores
James Supel from the Bench Warmers capped off another great challenge with 2,466,639 steps to take overall individual honours across both divisions while workmate Andrew Milne from the Tahmoor Treadmills came in sixth with 1,648,449 steps.
Amazing results but, as LIBERTY Primary Steel’s Stephan Palm from the AI Crowd in Whyalla said during the challenge … it wasn’t just about the competition, it was about health and wellbeing and improving on last year’s performance.
“We’ve got no illusions about winning the competition but we’re out there to improve on last year and just give it another go,” Stephen said.
“We do get stuck at our desks a bit so we’re always keen to keep pretty active in other ways and the Global Health Challenge is a perfect opportunity.”
Main picture: Stephen Palm, Michelle Schuh and Jose Sanchez Gonzalez from the AI Crowd Whyalla-based team. Above right: Tahmoor walkers step out together for a final walk in NSW.