BHP: COVID-19 business impact

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on BHP's business and employees' health, as with many businesses worldwide. In the financial year ended June 30 2021, there were five thousand confirmed COVID-19 cases among the employees of the company, with three fatalities. Furthermore, the company conducted 467,261 COVID-19 tests, of which 440,000 tests were conducted in Minerals Americas operated assets.

Selected figures on the impact of COVID-19 on employees of BHP in FY 2021*

Characteristic	Characteristic
Number of confirmed employee COVID-19 cases	5,000
Number of confirmed cases potentially infectious while at work**	1,100
Number of employee COVID-19 deaths	3
Number of tests conducted in Minerals Americas operated assets	440,000
Number of confirmed cases in Minerals Americas operated assets	2,277
Number of tests conducted in Petroleum operated assets	27,261
Number of confirmed cases in Petroleum operated assets	248

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September 2021

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Worldwide

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FY 2021

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* Financial year ended on June 30.

** The source adds:
Potentially infectious while at work is defined as being in one of BHP's managed locations (including camps and offices) within 48 hours before onset of symptoms and/or while symptomatic. Figures are included irrespective of where infection may have occurred.

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