Health & safety
At Equans, safety is one of our absolute must have. Our goal is to have 0 severe accidents. Major risks must be defined and followed from design to execution, to ensure the safety of all. To achieve this, we have implemented a strong prevention approach, with 5 major actions.
1. Leaders in Safety
All managers lead by example, include safety in their decision, conduct monthly site visits, have a demanding, positive management and fair culture.
Actions: 100% of operational managers conduct safety walk aligned with their target 100% operational managers are trained on leadership principals, consistently recognize or sanction as needed.
2. Training & on-boarding
Everyone must receive an on boarding training and safety trainings adequate to their jobs.
Actions: 100% of new hires receive a health and safety on boarding training and temporary workers get appropriate induction 100% of employees are regularly trained consistently to the risks they are exposed to.
3. Lessons Learnt
A learning culture is developed at all levels . Sharing successes as well as improving from our failures or the ones from the industry is an essential condition for success.
Actions: 100% of the fatal/serious/ HiPo are thoroughly investigated, identify management failures and lessons learnt are implemented. Every site collects good practices and near misses and promotes crossed benchmark against direct and managerial causes.
4. Manage Clients, Partners, Subcontractors and temporary workers
It is our responsibilities to level up all players on the job sites we manage.
Actions: Each entity selects, contracts, train, support, risk assess, on board, audit and evaluate subcontractors & temporary workers. Ensure Partners complies with our minimum health & safety requirements and Clients fulfill their duties as well as we comply with their requirements.
5. Execute safely & efficiently
Identify risks, integrate safety at design stage, prepare safe and efficient working methods & tools . Absolute focus on major and health risks or tedious tasks.
Actions: Each entity ensure that the golden rules are fully known and respected on every site, office, warehouse. Each entity ensure that sites are prepared, all risks assessed including tedious tasks. Pre start meetings are completed every morning.
Health & Safety 12 Golden rules
Strictly enforced by all
