How to Improve Safety Performance

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• How to Improve Safety Performance ?

Keep in mind
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A. START Where we are?B. Actions-
Technical improvements- Organisational
improvements- Improvement of safety awareness
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• A. START Where we are?

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Chemical industry average 2 per year by ca.125
employees
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• B. Actions- Technical improvements-
  Organisational improvements- Improvement of
  safety awareness

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• Assessment of the ergonomic situation at the
  workplace by an outside expert
• Installation of equipment
• Remember 34 ergonomic related

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• Other things (among others)
• Example Inspections of the pots and other
  equipment with wheels on a regular basis

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• Drum lifter
• Training for proper lifting techniques

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• B. Actions- Technical improvements-
  Organisational improvementsof safety awareness -
  Improvement

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Clean up the site less tripping! Remember 18
walking related
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• And NOW?
• - Technical equipment is installed
• Site is clean
• How being at a high level
• all the time?

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• B. Actions- Technical improvements-
  Organisational improvements- Improvement - of
  safety awareness

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• 1. Responsibilities
• 2. Safety trainings
• 3. Safety meetings
• 4. Incentives

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• 1. Responsibilities
• 2. Safety trainings
• 3. Safety meetings
• 4. Incentives

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Safety engineer Safety respresentative Company s
doctor Works council
Head of the legal entity
Site manager
Sales manager
Maintenance manager
Purchasing manager
Production manager
worker at the shop floor
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• Who is responsible for EHS?
• See organisation chart
• List with obligations from a law software
• For what am I responsible?
• Delegation of obligations
• EHS-Binder for supervisors
• Training schedules for departments
• Identification of hazards -stopping unsafe acts -
  responsible that actions are taken
• VPC board for workers

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• 1. Responsibilities
• 2. Safety trainings
• 3. Safety meetings
• 4. Incentives

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Monthly WATCH OUT PICTURE and Safety topic
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• ? 7 basic rules for preventing accidents

The Seven Deadly Sins of Safety
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• EHS Training schedules
• Every meeting starts with 5 minutes for Safety
  (example newspaper article)

- Circulation of Safety magazins
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• Indication of accident free days
• Out site contractors are also involved
• in training system

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• 1. Responsibilities
• 2. Safety trainings
• 3. Safety meetings
• 4. Incentives

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• Quarterly meeting with top manager, works
  council, company doctor, safety engineer, safety
  respresentatives and maintenance -gt protocol
• Biweekly meeting with supervisors and monthly
  manager meeting also safety engineer is
  participating

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• 1. Responsibilities
• 2. Safety trainings
• 3. Safety meetings
• 4. Incentives

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• For each month without an reportable incident the
  whole company gets a breakfast

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• Monthly quiz for the Watch out Picture and
  Safety topics vouchers for cleaning the car,
  dinner, etc.
• System for suggestions -gt money

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• SUMMARY
• Safety culture driven by top management and
  supervisors !
• 6 years for implementation !
• Every employee feels responsible for Safety !
• React to safety concerns immediately !
• Safety is Quality !
• It helps also to reduce environmental incidents !
• Future
• Health management to reduce illness rate
• Train the trainer improvement
• Integration of Safety in the quality system

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DO YOU REMEMBER? Countdown to an accident
bad ergonomic
no hearing protection
no dust mask
no long sleeves
no safety glases
shoe is not bonded
no gloves
cable can be damaged by grinder
no safety shoes
grinder can hurt leg
brick is not proper fixed
tripping hazard
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• Merci et
• Vielen Dank!