Ericsson Safety Day

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EHS ASP Workshop

Abdelmalek ACHOUR EHS Algeria Manager October 2018

OHS IN ERICSSON

Safeguarding the health and safety of employees and

anyone working on our behalf is a top priority.

We actively seek to prevent injuries and work-related

ill-health and our vision is zero major incidents.
OHS IN ERICSSON
Our core values

Increasing
Increasing awareness Preventing
awareness to to protect health and incidents by reporting,
protect health safety in relation to our investigating and taking
operations action
and safety in
relation to our
operations
Care

Taking care
to ensure a safe work environment
Safety Culture curve
World Class
Safety
is here!

Reactive Dependent Independent Interdependent

— Safety by Natural Instinct
— Compliance is the Goal
— Delegated to Safety Manager
— Lack of Management Involvement
— Management — Personal Knowledge, Commitment, and — Help Others Conform
— Commitment Standards — Others’ Keeper
— Condition of Employment — Internalization — Networking Contributor
— Fear/Discipline — Personal Value — Care for Others
— Rules/Procedures — Care for Self — Organizational Pride
— Supervisor Control, Emphasis, and Goals — Practice, Habits
— Value All People — Individual Recognition
— Training

Zero is impossible Zero is difficult Zero by chance Zero by choice

OHS IN ERICSSON

Personal Protective
Equipment.doc
 While driving, do not use your phone and do not exceed
speed limits

— Never use hand held mobile phones whilst

driving (unless to call the emergency services).
This includes but is not limited to SMS, video
calls, voice, MMS and downloading of content
whilst driving.
No alcohol or drugs while working or driving

— Always ensure that you are not under the

influence of alcohol or drugs while driving or
performing tasks on a work site or in the office
— Assign work to people who are fit to work
— Immediately remove people from the work who
are under the influence of alcohol or drugs
 Do not walk within a drop zone

— This area should be clearly marked using

suitable temporary barriers, cones or rope and
accompanied by adequate signage in order to
protect those on the ground
— Work to reduce the risk of tools and equipment
being dropped
— Make sure only persons who have been made
aware of the danger, who are authorized and
are wearing safety helmets shall be allowed
into the Drop Zone
 Always wear seat belt

— It is the driver’s responsibility that all

passengers are wearing seat belts
— Use seatbelts in all kind of vehicles
— Secure that employees are following the rules
— Educate and train employees to raise
awareness and understanding
 Protect yourself against falling from height

— Always wear the proper equipment for climbing

— Always be ready to show a valid certificate for
climbing
— Pay close attention to conditions and abort if
there is any cause for concern
— Secure that all climbers have the needed
training and certificates before conducting the
work
Use correct life saving PPE whenever
required

— Personal Protective Equipment termed ‘life saving’ are

personal fall arrest systems and personal respiratory
protection equipment (except dust masks).
— A personal fall arrest system must be used when working
outside a protective environment with a fall hazard over 2
meters.
— Make sure that the specific life saving PPE is available and
personnel are trained
— Confirm that suitable anchor points are available if
personal fall arrest system is to be used
— Confirm that it is safe to start work at height or in the
hazardous or potentially hazardous atmosphere
 Verify energy isolation before work

— Ensure only competent persons undertake

electrical works
— Be aware and inform personnel of the hazardous
energy sources at the work site
— Confirm all hazardous energy sources have been
isolated and isolations are in place, for example:
blinds, fuse locks or valve handle locks
— Confirm no stored energy or other hazards remain
— Confirm that it is safe to start work
High risk activities
• Working with Electricity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhtQGQbuq6w

• Working at Heights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM982U86wrs

• Driving and Vehicle Safety

What do you think would be an acceptable number of fatalities ?
https://www.elwatan.com/regions/centre/alger/accidents-de-la-route-moins-de-deces-en-2018-21-01-2019
Ericsson Instruction for safety:
• Climbing and Working at Heights

• Working with Electricity

• Driver and Vehicle Safety

• Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields

• Chemical handling

• Lone Working

• Environmental and Occupational Noise

• Fire Prevention

• Manual Handling
Prevention & Protection
• Prevention then protection:
A-Prevention: Identify the following elements
• Human resources (Moyen Humain)
• Tools (Materiel)
• Method (Methode)
• Material (Materiaux)
• Environment (Milieu)
B- Analyze the impact of the interaction of the (Tools, Method, Material & environment) on the Human resources
And define the proper solution to let him perform do a good quality job is the must safety condition

•Tools •Method •Material •Environment

(Materiel) (Methode) (Materiaux) (Milieu)
•Human resources
(Moyen Humain)
Prevention & Protection
C- Communication and Trainings:
Infrom the Human resources, what is the expected job, what are the risks he/she may be exposed
Train the Human resources on how to avoid, master & act in front of the risks
NB/ Training is not an habilitation, (Training + Medical check) can lead to habilitation, the habilitation is provided by the employer as
per Algerian regulation.

D-Protection:
Personal Protection Equipment (PPE):
The employer has to provide normalized & adequate PPE to all his employees based on the risk analysis performed.

Collective Protection Equipment (CPE):

Railings on site
Lifeline on site
Balisage on site
Triangle car kit
Reflective Jaket
First aid kit
ASP is instructed to report with evidence (pictures, video) any missing CPE that may lead to a NON Safety work
 OHS Audit Compliance score: Target:
ASP team non Compliant to All audit score has to be between 95% and
100%.
40% 35%
35%
29%
30% 26% Results:
Average audit result 80%
25%
20% Off track
15%
10%
3% 3% 3%
Top 3 recurrent miss compliant are:
5% ➢ Personnel not wearing PPE
0%
Are all site Is mandatory PPE Is general PPE being Are there enough Is mandatory PPE Is there any life
➢ PPE Properly used
personnel wearing
appropriate PPE
being worn or
equipped by all on
used appropriately persons for the task
and in good including
being worn or
equipped by all on
threatening
situations on site ➢ Team partially equipped with PPE
site (Safety Boots / condition (PPE supervision site (Safety Boots / (i.e. free climbing)
Hi Vis Vests / Normalisé) Hi Vis Vests /
Helmets) Helmets)
Some Critical cases where ASP has been asked to quit
the site due to the life threatening working situation
Ref Non compliant to %
3,14 Are all site personnel wearing appropriate PPE 35%

2,2 Is mandatory PPE being worn or equipped by all on site (Safety Boots / Hi Vis Vests / Helmets) 29%
2,1 Is general PPE being used appropriately and in good condition (PPE Normalisé) 26%
3,13 Are there enough persons for the task including supervision 3%
3,24 Is mandatory PPE being worn or equipped by all on site (Safety Boots / Hi Vis Vests / Helmets) 3%
3,4 Is there any life threatening situations on site (i.e. free climbing) 3%
Evidence
Monitoring and Control
• Ericsson is putting in place a monitoring and control process to make sure
that the work is being executed in safe way:
• RSA: Remote site activities: Ericsson will be auditing each team before to start any
activity, based on audit results the team will be provided or not with a permit to
work
• On site Audit : Ericsson OHS Auditors are on site to make sure the assigned team is
complying with the OHS Directives
• On site ID Passport:

Né le : xx/xx/xxxx

NB: Auditors are representing Ericsson authority

Incident Handling
Your responsibility

1. 2. 3.
Know the ZTSR: Ensure and verify that Keep your team engaged
purpose; application; you and your sub with the ZTSR, always
reporting; investigation; contractors personnel recognize positive
consequences have been informed behavior

4. 5.
Lead through personal Verify, measure and
example. Ensure and continuously improve
verify that the ZTSR are compliance
applied in a fair way

* ZTSR – Zero Tolerance Safety Rules

#Safety Starts With Me