Annual Report 2014

Social report
Health & safety
Our EHS Council pools together the
expertise of Engineers, Operational
Directors and colleagues from our HR
and EHS departments.
Coming together regularly, they will:
• further develop Etex’s unified and
well-structured vision, approach
and policies on safety and health
• pinpoint key issues and standardise
safety standards and procedures
• evaluate our EHS achievements and
performance.
On the road to zero accidents
In 2014, our gravity rate went slightly up
to 0.17 while we managed to lower the
frequency rate of work-related incidents
to 3.4 accidents per one million worked
hours. An important step towards our zeroaccident
objective. Around the globe, 69%
of our factories were completely incidentfree
last year.
Technical aspects
In 2014, all our plants continued to install
energy isolation systems on machines
with moving parts. These ensure that
machines do not power on by themselves
unexpectedly. Especially during
maintenance or reparation works, such an
event would cause serious injury.
Standard procedures
Across our factories, we are gradually
implementing global standards for a range
of safety matters, such as:
• When and where to wear personal
protective equipment, ranging from
helmets and safety goggles to earmuffs
and high-visibility jackets. These
guidelines were based on risk analyses.
• LoToTo procedures (Lock Out, Tag Out,
Try Out) to eliminate risks linked to
the mechanical, electrical, hydraulic
or pneumatic parts of machines.
• Preventive measures and standards
for working at height — from issuing
specific permits to scissors lifts,
interlocked outriggers and harnesses.
To prevent accidents from happening
altogether, we focus on safety in three
specific domains: technical aspects,
procedures and behaviour. In that way,
we aim to lower our frequency rate to a
maximum of 3 in 2015.
QQSafety is our key priority. Our factories in Germany (Eternit, Neubeckum), Indonesia (Eternit Gresik)
and Colombia (Skinco), for example, deliver great results.
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