Electric Utilities Sector Supplement - Global Reporting Initiative

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Indicator Protocols Set: LA
EU18: Percentage of contractor and
subcontractor employees that have
undergone relevant health and safety
training
1. Relevance
This indicator reports specifically on health and safety
training for contractor and subcontractor employees.
This is one element of health and safety management,
LA7 gives more information on reporting topics around
rates of injuries.
Given that contractor and subcontractor employees may
engage in high-risk activities, reporting organizations are
expected to ensure that they are trained on health and
safety issues (e.g., electrocution, falling objects, confined
spaces, containers, etc) for their own protection.
This indicator does not directly address health and safety
of the communities served, but relevant health and
safety training of workers indirectly ensures health and
safety of the surrounding communities.
2. Compilation
2.1 Training programmes reported in this section
should be equivalent to the training that the
electric utility gives its own employees, or that
meets national international or industry standards.
Sub-contractor
Sub-contractors are companies working onsite or offsite
on behalf of the reporting organisation and will have
a direct contractual relationship with a contractor /
sub-contractor but not necessarily with the reporting
organization.
A sub-contractor may hire their own staff directly or hire
independent contractors.
Independent contractor
An independent contractor is an individual working
for the reporting organisation, a contractor, or a
subcontractor who has a contract but is not a formal
employee.
4. Documentation
Information may be obtained through Human Resources
department; management information systems, health
and safety department, safety audit results, procurement
department.
5. References
None.
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2.2 Report the total number of contractor and
subcontractor employees (broken into the
categories given in EU17 Section 2.1) that have
undergone health and safety training.
2.3 Report this value as a percentage of the
total number of contractor employees and
subcontractor employees (including independent
contractor) in each category.
3. Definitions
Contractor
Contractors are companies working onsite or offsite on
behalf of the reporting organization with a relationship
to the reporting organisation determined by a contract.
A contractor may hire their own staff directly and/or hire
sub-contractors or independent contractors.
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