Responsible Business Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 5
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS REPORT
We act with
integrity
Safety and wellbeing culture
We work hard to create a culture in which health,
safety and wellbeing are our top priorities. Our
ultimate goals in this area are zero work-related
accidents and the provision of safe and healthy
working environments for all. We continuously
improve our management systems to underpin
our objectives and to ensure compliance with
all health and safety related legislation as a
minimum. Our thorough and varied health
and safety management activity programme is
designed to keep safety at the top of everyone’s
agenda, with actions ranging from safety
awareness initiatives and safety training,
to site audits and reporting.
Over the past 12 months we have continued to
review our workplace activities and focus on
reducing risk through the implementation of
suitable control measures. Our health, safety
and wellbeing related activity has included:
• Ongoing review and roll-out of updated
risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Internal training, including dynamic risk
assessment, contractor control and accident
investigation.
• Provision of IOSH Working and Managing
Safely courses across our supply chain teams.
• IOSH Managing Safely/Safety for Managers
courses.
• Provision of Mentally Healthy Workplace
Training for Managers.
• Two-way communication via health and
safety committees and representatives
across all business areas.
• Continued partnership with the Keil Centre,
supporting and validating our performance
against our safety cultural maturity targets.
• Health, Safety and Wellbeing Days – a series
of face-to-face events carried out across all
of our sites to help drive improved behaviours,
awareness and decision making. This year we
invited external speaker Lisa Ramos to deliver
powerful impact sessions at our Cumbernauld
and Milton Keynes sites. Lisa was injured in a
forklift truck accident and recounts the impact
on her and her family.
• Health and Safety Awards – recognising those
employees who have gone above and beyond
to improve the safety of themselves and others.
• Health and Safety pulse surveys gauging the
views and priorities of employees.
• Robust internal audit programme to help
ensure compliance with legal requirements
and identify and implement continual
improvement opportunities.
• We implemented new health and safety
management system software that provides
easy to use and robust accident and near
miss reporting.
• We implemented a new driver safety
programme for everyone who drives a car
as part of their work activities. This comprises
of a driver risk assessment and tailored
e-learning modules.
• Focused leadership training for our health
and safety representatives at Milton Keynes
and Cumbernauld.
S A F E T Y
H I G H L I G H T
Accident incident rate
reduced from 4.0 to
2.7
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