EDC 2014 SR (UPDATED)

EDC 2014 Performance Report
The Health Management System
includes standards on health risk
assessment and management,
monitoring of health performance,
incident reporting and investigation
(including consumption of alcohol
and drugs), local health facilities and
medical emergency response, and
assistance both in the Philippines
and abroad, health and wellness,
health impact assessment for new
projects, and occupational health for
contractor operations. Particular to
the Head Office is the Lopez Lifelong
Wellness Program which provides
our employees and their families with
access to health-related education,
tools, and programs that promote
good health and well-being, as well
as technical occupational health
assistance to initiatives of other
Centers of Excellence, international
operations, and expansion projects.
Ninety-four percent of employees and
contractors in the SBUs are represented
in the Health, Environment, and Safety
(HES) Committee which determine
the occupational safety and health
programs of the steamfield and power
plant operations. The HES committee
includes the 42% (965 permanent
employees) who are members of our
12 labor unions and are covered by
collective bargaining agreements.
The committee meets regularly, with
monitoring systems in place to track
the agreed health and safety action
items and statistics, allowing us to
improve our performance in terms of
injury types and rates, occupational
Incidents
All our Strategic Business Units and our Head Office have trained Emergency Response Teams ready
to be activated in times of emergencies and disasters.
disease rate, lost days rate, absentee
rate, and work-related fatalities, for the
total workforce, i.e., total employees
plus supervised workers. Specifically,
we seek to keep raising the bar on our
HES performance by setting a goal of
0.10 as our Total Recordable Incident
Rate (TRIR) from a TRIR of 0.186 in
2014.
We make sure to anticipate safety
issues by engaging a wide range
of stakeholders in the upholding
of safety culture. Training is an
important factor in transforming the
organization. Last year, the Health,
Environment, and Safety Group –
Center of Excellence (HESG-COE)
continued to provide safety training
for on-site employees, specifically
modules on standards in fire and
2014
Company Contractor TOTAL
Fatality 1 0 1
Days Away from Work Cases 2 6 8
Restricted Activity Cases 0 0 0
Medical Treatment 2 10 12
Total Recordable Incidents 5 16 21
Manhours 4,846,084 17,679,100 22,525,184
TRIR 0.2064 0.1810 0.1865
electrical safety from the prestigious
American Trade Association and the
National Fire Protection Association. A
series of trainings to create a positive
safety culture was also conducted by
a consultant from Britain’s Institution
of Occupational Safety and Health. To
ensure that we are capable and ready
to respond to fire emergencies at any
facility, a live fire-fighting and rescue
training for 30 Emergency Response
Team (ERT) and fire brigade members
from all operating sites nationwide
was conducted.
In terms of third parties and external
stakeholders, we have a Contractor
Health and Safety Management
Program which requires all contractor
workers to attend and pass the
Safety Passport Training before being
allowed to work at EDC’s operating
sites.
We organized a Disaster Preparedness
and Response Unit (DPRU) to prepare
the facilities for incoming weather
disturbances such as typhoons,
responding to emergencies and
disasters, and assisting these during
the recovery period. The HESG-COE
has also started standardizing and
acquiring emergency equipment and
supplies that could be deployed and
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