BUSINESS UNITS: People, safety & risk – Continued
HEALTH & SAFETY FY17 was the first year that Vector has run a concentrated and dedicated well-being programme. Vector workers have been able to take part in monthly well-being challenges, attend sessions with guest speakers on topics around health and well-being, get access to discounted mole checks and take part in the Well-being 360 self-assessment that provides staff with detailed reports of their own health and well-being. One of our biggest successes was the increase in participation for this survey – from 57% participation rate in FY16 to 71% in FY17. Our well-being programme is also underpinned by a range of occupational health services and health monitoring. Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) leadership engagements are a vital part of building on our HSE culture because they allow senior management to interact and engage with the wider workforce and have strong HSE conversations. Over 280 leadership activities took place over FY17 – including site visits, discussions with contractors, participation in health, safety and environmental committee activities, safe act reinforcement observations, and office floor walks with health and safety representatives. Ensuring we have competent and trained workers is key to our ability to deliver our services and products safely and efficiently.
Our workers completed over 2,688 hours in HSE-specific training during FY17, covering topics such as HSE leadership, asbestos management, environmental awareness, confined space and work at height training. Vector’s HSE performance is measured using a number of indicators. These include Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) and Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR). The severity of lost-time incidents is then measured by tracking and counting the number of working days lost due to the injury. Vector consolidates all contractor and direct employee safety statistics to provide a holistic picture of safety performance across our total business. We have made a 15% improvement in our LTIFR over FY16. While our TRIFR has increased slightly this year (by 2%), we remain optimistic of achieving our longer-term TRIFR goal of 5.59, which will contribute to WorkSafe’s 2020 goal to reduce the number of injuries and deaths in New Zealand by at least 25%. While it’s important to continue to track these lag indicators, our efforts are concentrated on a broad range of lead indicators including HSE leadership engagements, health, safety and environmental training, participation in health and well-being activities, and health and safety committee activity. These measure proactive activities which prevent incidents occurring.
AS/NZS
0
4801
281
Public safety incidents involving serious harm
Certification achieved for New Zealand and Australia business
HSE leadership engagements undertaken
2,688
4,027
Students attended Stay Safe around Electricity schools programme
HSE training hours completed
56
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