SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 Hennie Kruger HSE Manager Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 Much Asphalt is a M & R company and 100% owned by M& R As an organization we strictly adhere to the M & R ethos of Health & Safety Today I would like to share with you: Some of the challenges we face on a daily bases and how we deal with these challenges with specific reference to: How do we work and live safely? Monitoring and reporting as a management tool Progress regarding the Du Pont Bradley Curve Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 Over the years we have made good progress in installing a positive safety culture and we have significantly reduced lost time injury rates nationally. Safety is a journey and needs all the help from renowned organizations to apply proven best practices that will improve safety performance. Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 Injuries Team Building Team Commitment Development in Team Help Others Conform Value for Each Other Team Goals Personal Commitment Self-Managing Self-Discipline Self-Responsibility Personal Goals Care for Self Discipline/fear Rules Supervisory Control Since our approach to eradicate accidents and incidents was reactionary, an independent comprehensive assessment of the organization’s safety culture was done by Du Pont Sustainable Solutions against best practice safety management standards and to develop a set of improvement recommendations. “I do it so I don’t get caught” “I do it so none of us gets hurt” “I do it so I don’t get hurt” Dependent culture Independent culture Interdependent culture Time Safety Culture 4
SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 DuPont’s view of Much Asphalt There are some indications of an independent culture at Much Asphalt and even early signs of a tendency towards inter -dependence as seen in an emerging team approach to safety responsibility that is developing at certain sites. However there is also a strong reliance on punitive measures to enforce operating discipline which is often necessary but has the potential of keeping the culture at the dependent level if the organisation does not find a more mature approach to progressive motivation. Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 Challenges How do we avoid accidents? Can one predict human behaviour ? How does human behaviour influence attitudes and actions? How do you instill good human behaviour? How do you instill a sound safety culture? Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 Safety Culture After suffering a series of significant incidents in the workplace, we soon realised that we have not been able to adequately address key factors that underpin our safety performance and culture. Cannot continue with same actions taken in the past Drastic measures needed to be taken Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
Independent assessment of the Safety Culture within Much Asphalt The M & R Holdings board and DuPont Sustainable Solutions undertook a comprehensive assessment of the Group’s South African operations against best practice safety management standards and to develop a set of improvement recommendations: Safety Perception Survey Safety Management evaluation Embarked on a journey to ZERO HARM Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 Challenge vs Solutions Safety Awareness Training Bitsafe Training (bit decanting) Hunt for Hazards (plant & offices) Reporting all incidents & accidents Investigations of all accidents & incidents Branches operating as little empires remained a challenge. Made progress – gap between actual practice and the desired result did not demonstrate the effort put into this campaign – moving from dependent to independent Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 Much Asphalt then aspired to become OHSAS 18001 accredited. As an accredited member, all branches had to live up to the standards and operate in this framework. This provided great sense of direction and uniformity among the branches – Same vision for everybody All documentation was standardized The implementation of a good Safety Quality Management System gave rise to new aspirations, greater heights, greater achievements that underpinned the Much Asphalt branding: “….Together we can…” Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
SABITA HEALTH AND SAFETY SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 2012 Monitoring and reporting as a management tool – monthly reporting Corporate & Branch specific objectives Branch Management plan Reporting on Near Misses (40-60 per month) No blame policy Added benefit visible felt leadership (VFL’s) Branch Indicators (Target vs Actual) Safety meetings Planned Task Observations Near Misses LTIFR Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
Continuous Improvements To align ourselves to get to next level of excellence in Safety 10 FRCP (Fatal Risk Control Protocol) were introduced Simple terms = 10 Life Saving Rules Core values of Much Asphalt Care - for our people Act with Integrity – in all business dealings Are Accountable – and taking responsibility for our actions Respect - peoples differences treating them with dignity Are Committed – to deliver on our promises Road show slide 1 Sustainability Beyond 2010
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