2012 SuStainability RepoRt
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the prysmian Group is as committed as ever to the health,
safety and well-being of its employees at all places of
work and business units in every country in which the
Group operates. the corporate hSe function organises its
activities based on this principle, which is embodied in the
Group's health, safety and environmental policy, and issues
operational guidelines requesting all departments - at both
corporate and operating unit level - to work constantly
to prevent accidents and professional illnesses. Most
accident-prevention activities are carried out using tools
(e.g. procedures, instructions, notes and other forms of
support) provided by corporate hSe for the management
of safety. the objective is to prevent accidents, improve
working conditions and avoid professional illnesses.
internal audits also highlight any risks to be addressed
in order to prevent accidents and safeguard the health of
employees. in 2012, the senior management of prysmian
established an improvement objective applicable to all
operating units throughout the Group. this objective,
designed to reduce the frequency of accidents that involve
the loss of work, is quantified using the ohSa “lta”
(lost time accident), which is set at 3.1. hSe monitors
performance monthly, communicating the results to the
various organisational levels.
particular attention is dedicated to serious accidents. a
detailed survey has been carried out and the resulting
“hSe Safety lessons learned” reports were distributed
throughout the Group, in order to avoid the repetition of
similar situations. compared with the above objective,
ohSa lta 3.1, the Group achieved 3.6 at the end of
2012. the same objective (ohSa lta 3.1) will therefore
be retained for 2013 as well. performance will also be
measured in terms of the severity of the accidents,
considering the number of lost work days due to accidents.
analysis of the causes for accidents and near-accidents,
initially carried out locally and subsequently at central
level based on the information gathered from all operating
units, shows that the majority of recordable lost time
accidents, relate to time worked relate to cuts or injuries
to fingers linked, respectively, to the movement of drums
and to the cutting and stripping of cables at the machine
set-up stage. based on the results identified in 2012,
corporate hSe will intensify its monitoring, analysis and
communications activities during 2013, promoting the
exchange of knowledge and experience about safety at
work within the Group at all levels of the organisation.
lastly, action to implement and improve systems for the
management of health and safety will continue, with a
view to extending further the certifications awarded under
ohSaS 18001. at the end of 2012, these covered 42% of the
Group's operating units.
OSHA LTA indicator: (Total number of accidents with loss of work *
200,000)/Hours worked
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