Safety Guiding Principles
Personal responsibility for Safety
Relentless commitment to Safety
Consistent and fair approach
Risks understood and managed
Resources to achieve safety objectives
Continuous assessment and review
Personal responsibility for Safety
Each person working with Silcar has a responsibility for Safety in their area of work. Each of us has a stake in a safe workplace and in an environment for improving Safety. It is OK to question something we have been asked to do if we believe it may be unsafe. It is also OK to question anyone who we believe may be working in an unsafe manner or may be in harms way. We behave in a manner that is caring and mindful of the Safety of people, our workplace and our community.
Relentless commitment to Safety
Our focus on leadership in Safety, through clear goals and concrete safety measures, reinforces the value we place on people and their Safety. We personally care for the Safety of people, set high standards and lead by example. Leadership in Safety is exhibited through consultation and engagement with people across the Silcar organisation along with contractors, visitors, suppliers and the community. Each part of Silcar is actively supported and regularly reminded of its own high safety standards.
Consistent and fair approach
A caring and mindful Safety culture sustains the willing participation of people in an environment of positive communication and mutual respect. Each person working with Silcar can expect to be treated fairly. A consistent and rigorous approach is applied to recognition and consequences for safe and unsafe behaviour.
Risks understood and managed
Silcar operates in an intentional state of chronic anxiety with regard to Safety and on the basis that the next incident is waiting to happen. Each individual has an important role in identifying hazards and controlling the risks associated with the hazards. Silcar backs this front line mindfulness with a systematic and documented approach to identifying hazards and threats to which people may be exposed, assessing the associated risks and putting appropriate control methods in place. The Safety Risk Profile for each operation and the processes for identifying, assessing and controlling risk are set out in a Health and Safety Functional Plan. Knowledge about risks is continually updated through reporting and investigating incidents and near hits.
Resources to achieve safety objectives
The knowledge, organisation, tools, systems, resources and training required to achieve safety objectives are set out in the Silcar Management System including Safety Standards, Management Instructions and Health and Safety Functional Plans. The collective knowledge, intelligence and experience of Silcar provides leverage to achieve safety objectives. Safety Standards define the required levels of compatibility, commonality and information interchange across the Silcar organisation.
Continuous assessment and review
Silcar nurtures a caring and mindful safety culture and monitors this culture through surveys. Health and Safety Functional Plans contain agreed objectives that define better future conditions and measures that indicate progress toward accomplishing the objectives. Regular reporting, review and audits provide evidence that the controls are in place and that the required work is being done.
