WELCOME Welcome to the latest edition of our SEAS magazine where we share important safety
Moving onto health issues, Covid-19 is still with us and the Omicron variant has resulted in a higher infection rate across our vessels. While many countries relax restrictions and we learn to live with Covid-19, we must keep our barriers strong onboard. Finally, in this edition you will see our celebration of our safety champions through our Safety Catch of the Month programme. We also recognise the efforts of the team onboard container vessel “Methoni” who rescued 19 migrants from the waters off Florida after their raft capsized. The crew onboard have been issued a Certificate of Merit from the US Coastguard Key West for their efforts to support Search & Rescue (SAR) activity during a week where the USCG rescued 200 migrants from the sea. Well done to all involved! We thank all our colleagues who have shared their feedback with us after our last edition, and we look forward to your ongoing support in making our Company the safest place to work. Stay well and stay safe.
and wellbeing issues within our fleet. In this edition, we look back on quarter four and reflect on a most challenging year. When comparing Q4/21 against Q3/21, there are noticeable improvements in total injuries and lost time injuries – we need to keep up this momentum of improvement. While the total crew accidents in Q4/21 is 11% improved on the same period in 2020, the number of lost time injuries doubled. So, to summarise, fewer colleagues sustained injuries, but those that were involved in accidents had more significant injuries than during the same period in 2020. Most accidents continue to occur between 0900 and 1000 ship time. This suggests crew are not fully briefed and vigilant to safety hazards when starting work. Our enhanced data analysis also reveals most injuries were to colleagues who have been in the company more than 5 years, and in terms of time onboard most injuries occurred during the 120-180 day period. This could imply a level of complacency where “Nothing bad has happened so far, nothing bad will happen to me in the future.” Remember - “A strong safety culture does not rely on luck; it relies on each one of us being safety vigilant, both for ourselves and for our colleagues – with a high level of curiosity as to what might go wrong this time.” Looking at our non-injury incidents, there were 87 reported incidents in Q4 of 2021, an improvement of 36% on the same period in 2020, and an improvement of 24% when compared to Q3/21. Chemical tankers had the highest incident reporting rate, followed by tankers although this may be indicative of the increased reporting culture in this sector. Within this edition we have set out our targets for 2022 and the key message is one of improvement. Too many colleagues continue to get hurt while working on our vessels and we need your help to deliver a step-change in 2022. Safety in the work place is your right, not your luck.
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