Safety

Safety comes first
 

Outotec has a Product Compliance Management process (previously called Technology and Plant Safety Management) that is mandatory in all Outotec entities to ensure that all products engineered and delivered by the company meet the applied safety standards during each phase of their life cycle. By following the process, including HAZOP and SIL methods - internationally known methods to analyze risks for personnel and environment within process plants - we ensure that we deliver a safe product. We measure our performance with the percentage of products and services assessed for which health and safety impacts are assessed for improvement.

 

The company enables all employees and subcontractors working under our responsibility to work safely and provides the relevant procedures, instructions and training. Outotec’s managers and leaders demonstrate clear commitment to the continuous development of our safety performance. Outotec’s occupational health and safety principles are defined in the Code of Conduct

and QEHS policy.

 

Since 2010, our personnel have been working persistently to develop and implement a harmonized QEHS management system. In 2013, we received global multi-site matrix certification for a total of 27 locations.  At the end of 2014, Outotec certification covered 34 locations. This QEHS management system defines procedures, work instructions and form templates to be used in global business processes during our daily work. The main aspects of the management system relate to compliance with legislation, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and BS:OHSAS 18001, identifying and minimizing health and safety risks, preventing incidents, recording and investigating occurred incidents, personnel training, and the continuous improvement of quality, environment and occupa- tional health and safety performance.

 

Safety rose as the most material theme in the 2014 materiality analysis, partly as a result of deeper stakeholder dialogue and analysis, and partly because the top management saw the need to improve our safety performance and culture. Outotec will develop a new long-term target and a roadmap for safety during 2015. There is also an obvious need for people to change their safety behavior, act according to global procedures, and use the Outotec health and safety templates.

 

The training of employees is in focus in 2015, and our target is to increase the awareness of Outotec Health and Safety Management System and processes. The progress is be measured by the number of completed EHS e-learning courses.  In order to monitor our safety performance, we also measure the Lost Time Injury Rate.