Vestas’ way to safety

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 Vestas way to safety
Safety culture

Safety culture

Vestas 5 safety principles

Commitment

Reporting

The iceberg model

Unsafe acts

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 Safety house
Safety culture

SAFETY CULTURE
Physical conditions and tools

Physical Manuals Planning

conditions Education
and and
and tools and training
instructions organization

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 Vestas way to safety
Vestas 5 safety principles

Safety culture

Vestas 5 safety principles

Commitment

Reporting

The iceberg model

Unsafe acts

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 5 safety principles
Vestas 5 safety principles

1. All injuries can be prevented

2. Every hazard can be managed

3. Management is accountable for safety

4. People are the most critical factor in a safety effort

5. Working safely is a condition of employment

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 Vestas way to safety
Commitment

Safety culture

Vestas 5 safety principles

Commitment

Reporting

The iceberg model

Unsafe acts

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 Roles and responsibilities
Commitment

Vestas commitment to you

Vestas will
provide safety education and training

Vestas will
provide the necessary resources and equipment

Vestas will
insist safety policies and rules are followed

Vestas will
supervise and support your work

Vestas will
not compromise on safety

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 Roles and responsibilities
Commitment

Your commitment to Vestas

 Think safety first

 Never compromise on safety

 Respect the Vestas safety instructions

 Individually undertake responsibility in

ensuring that Vestas is a safe place to work

 Show awareness and

- speak up if you notice things that need
improving
- or back out if you feel that safety is being
compromised in any way

 Help co-workers to work safely

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 Vestas way to safety
Reporting

Safety culture

Vestas 5 safety principles

Commitment

Reporting

The iceberg model

Unsafe acts

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 Incident reporting
Reporting

The Site/construction manager or authorized supervisor

is accountable for safety, incident reporting and
investigation. (chapter 4.3)

All employees
can file a report in the Incident database
– no special access rights are required.

Special access rights are required to alter reports and to view

personal info etc.

However, each BU have decided upon on how to report incidents,

due to this: the reporting structure will differ from BU to BU,
(call center, technicians, safety representatives, HSE department,
safety professionals, manager……

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 Global incident database
Reporting

How to access the Incident Management System

Type “IMS” in the Internet Explorer

For further instructions about IMS follow

doc DMS 0045-0615

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 Global incident database
Reporting

When opening the database …

YOUR task list will be shown.
If you have NO task and haven’t filled a
report, your task list will be empty.
To fill a Safety report
Select ‘New Entry’ on “Incident”

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 Global incident database
Reporting

Select if it is an ‘Injury, Near miss or a Hazardous observation’.

Mandatory fields
appear with a
red asterisk
beside them and
must be
completed to
save/submit a
case.
Then select if it is a ‘Occupational Injury/illness, Environmental Accident or
Asset/Product Damage’

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 Global incident database
Reporting

When filling up information in the current tab other tabs can appear
asking to enter more info

When all mandatory fields are covered you can click on the ‘Submit’
button to send the Report to the ‘Case Handler’

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 Global incident database
Reporting

See Chapter 4.2 for further information:

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 Vestas way to safety
The iceberg model

Safety culture

Vestas 5 safety principles

Commitment

Reporting

The iceberg model

Unsafe acts

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 Statistics
The iceberg model

1 fatality

100 major accidents

1,000-2,000 accidents
with absence for more
than one day

10,000 minor accidents

and near misses

Risks / unsafe actions

This is why
your reports
on near-
misses are
vital.

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 Consequences of incidents
The iceberg model

• Employee falls, hit his head and dies

fatal injury
• Employee falls, hit his head and gets a
permanent head injury
serious injury
• Employee falls and breaks his leg
injury with absence
for more than one day
• Employee falls and needs a stitch in elbow

injury
• Employee slips in the oil without falling,
but no harm is done near-miss

hazardous observation
• There is a small spillage of oil on the floor

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 90% unsafe acts
The iceberg model

The 90% related to

behavior is guided by the
culture in the
organization

Unsafe
Conditions
10%

Unsafe Acts
90%

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 Vestas way to safety
Unsafe acts

Safety culture

Vestas 5 safety principles

Commitment

Reporting

The iceberg model

Unsafe acts

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 Your unsafe act may injure You or others
Unsafe acts

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 It has been seen in the wind industry
Unsafe acts

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 It had happened in Vestas
Unsafe acts

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 Don’t fall into the trap and follow colleagues
Unsafe acts

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 The safety culture only as good as what You do
Unsafe acts when no one is watching

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 Vestas way to safety

The End

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