Safety performance
We believe that all our activities can be undertaken safely and any accident is one too many.
Tragically and unacceptably, two people lost their lives while working at our European sites within the year 2010/11. Both fatalities occurred at our Scunthorpe site. One employee suffered fatal injuries at the slab yard in a trapping accident with a crane and a contractor lost his life in the trailer park unloading his vehicle.
Our key safety performance indicator is lost time frequency (LTIF) rate combined for employees and contractors. Our latest performance data shows an improvement again after a historical improvement last year. The 2010/11 average combined employee and contractor rate was 1.34.- 12% lower than 2009/10. For 2011/12 we are aiming for an improvement of 25% to 1.0.
However, we believe that all of these incidents are avoidable. We ensure that all serious incidents are thoroughly investigated and every possible measure is taken to prevent similar tragedies in the future.
In order to improve our performance we have been running a Zero Harm initiative across our European operations for the last two years. In this health and safety awareness campaign the focus is on the most serious hazards that account for the majority of lost time injuries like man machine interface, loading and unloading and working at height.
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