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Performance overview: Safety
What we said we were going to do in 2008
- Equal or better our best-ever performance, with goal of achieving zero incidents
- Emphasize hazard recognition and reduce risk tolerance in our workforce
- Expand the use of proven behaviour-based safety tools and processes
- Increase awareness among employees of repetitive strain injury symptoms and prevention resources
- Support contractors in development of safety tools and processes
- Develop leading indicators of process safety to enhance performance measurement and identify areas for improvement
What we did in 2009
- Achieved best-ever employee and contractor lost-time and total recordable incident rates.
- Built on extensive safety training of leaders, widespread engagement of the company’s workforce, and increased use of behaviour-based safety systems
- Furthered programs to increase awareness among employees of repetitive strain injury symptoms and prevention resources
- Worked closely with contractors to increase their alignment with Imperial’s safety culture through enhanced processes and tools that reduce “at risk” behaviour
- Designed process safety enhancements to include development of a worker fatigue management system and leading process safety indicators
- Updated the OIMS framework, strengthening leadership and process safety aspects
What we plan to do
- Continue industry-leading safety record
- Deploy enhancements to the Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS) framework
- Improve effectiveness of existing safety tools used by our employees and contractors, including behaviour-based safety systems and hazard recognition processes to lower risk tolerance
- Implement a worker-fatigue management system and leading process safety indicators
- Enhance our emergency response preparedness
- Continue to hold safety forums with our contractors to strengthen commitment to the common goal of “Nobody Gets Hurt.”