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Seguridad y salud ocupacional
Continuamos persiguiendo la excelencia en la seguridad y salud ocupacional para proteger a nuestros empleados, contratistas, vecinos y al medioambiente de los riesgos.
Seguridad del personal
La seguridad es, y siempre será, nuestra prioridad. Incentivamos a todos los empleados y contratistas a mantener una concentración rigurosa.
Priorizamos la planificación eficaz de los proyectos, la adhesión a todos los procedimientos operacionales, el reconocimiento de los peligros potenciales, el uso apropiado de los equipos de protección personal (PPE, personal protective equipment) y la responsabilidad personal. Utilizamos un número de indicadores clave en todas nuestras plantas, que incluyen la atención a los “casi accidentes” y la generación de informes para que podamos prevenir potenciales lesiones más serias en el futuro. Si bien nuestro índice total de incidentes registrables (TRIR) está significativamente por debajo del promedio de la industria química en los Estados Unidos, continuamos enfocándonos en las evaluaciones culturales y de liderazgo, así como en las revisiones de planta prioritarias. Tomamos como referencia la definición de incidente registrable establecida por la Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional de los Estados Unidos (OSHA, Occupational Safety Health Administration). &
We have remained consistent in the occurrence rates of total recordable incidents and lost time. We did not experience any employee or contractor fatalities in the listed years.
We conduct a thorough evaluation of every incident, including "high potential near misses," to understand the root cause of such incidents and assess how we may implement measures to avoid similar safety risks in the future across our global operations. Throughout the years, these incident learnings and our strong safety culture have kept us an industry leader in safety performance and we will always focus on continuous improvement to achieve our goal of zero incidents.
Process Safety
In 2018, we undertook a project to refresh our approach to process safety management so that we may better track our performance and identify opportunities for improvement in our program. In accordance with this effort, we have revisited and updated our approach for how we categorize Tier 1 and Tier 2 process safety events to ensure we report such events as accurately and transparently as possible. Previously, these classifications were considered only for incidents that were reported according to our internal definitions for environmental nonconformances, recordable injuries or significant process safety events. However, we realized a more thorough and accurate approach should also take into account other process safety events that were less significant than those originally considered, which resulted in updates to the historical Tier 1 and Tier 2 classifications.
Last year, we experienced three Tier 1 events and 10 Tier 2 events. The Tier 1 events included a material release from a relief valve, a release within a process area and a process fire. There were no injuries as a result of these events. The majority of Tier 2 events were related to incidents including chemical releases, most of which were captured within secondary containment, minimizing the impact to the environment. To provide an additional level of focus in our process safety management program, we introduced a series of leading performance indicators that we believe will help us prevent future incidents. These indicators track on-time completion of our process hazard analysis plans as well as closure of corrective actions from events and process safety audits.
USA Benefits Team launches successful well-being program
We know that paying attention to our employees’ overall health and wellness can contribute to our goal to keep our employees safe. With that in mind, we launched our You Matter well-being program at USA-based facilities.
In the program’s first year, more than 50% of our USA employees participated in activities ranging from biometric screenings and health risk assessments to mindfulness activities and exercise challenges. The program has brought positive changes to participants’ overall health by helping them better manage stress, increase their physical activity and improve their sleep habits. We are proud that the New England Employee Benefit Council has recognized the You Matter program with a Best Practices Award for design and communication.
Wuhai construction project completed without a recordable incident
The critical role of safety in our culture is exemplified through our safety efforts during construction of our new fumed silica manufacturing facility in Wuhai, China.
From the start of the project to its recent completion, safety was a key focus for our teams. We completed the project having achieved nearly 1.6 million work hours without a recordable injury amongst our employees and contractors. In 2018 alone, nearly 750,000 work hours were completed injury-free. This performance is attributed to strong safety management and implementation, which included a high level of risk assessment, detailed safety plans and contractor supervision, optimization of construction resources, and thorough safety training. The safety culture of zero incidents has been deeply rooted in the minds of all personnel and has helped demonstrate our commitment to safety to the surrounding community and our industry peers.
Capacitación de líderes sobre gestión de seguridad
Seguimos invirtiendo en nuestros empleados mediante la capacitación en una variedad de áreas, que incluyen la seguridad.
En 2017, implementamos talleres de dos días centrados en habilidades de liderazgo prácticas sobre seguridad para más de 700 líderes en todo el mundo. Este programa se inició en América del Norte en 2016 y se expandió a América del Sur y Europa en 2017, con planes de llegar a toda nuestra red global a finales de 2018. El programa les ofrece a los líderes de atención al cliente un conjunto de herramientas de compromiso para empleados y métodos de capacitación comprobados para generar resultados de seguridad superiores, lo que incluye el uso de técnicas de interrogación, estudios de casos y ejercicios prácticos. Los talleres se centran en temas como el rol crítico que desempeñan los líderes, el valor de supervisar personalmente el sitio, abordar los comportamientos incorrectos y reconocer y reforzar las acciones positivas.
Compartir estrategias e información sobre seguridad de procesos
Realizamos análisis de riesgos de proceso (PHA) para mitigar los riesgos de seguridad en nuestras operaciones. Los PHA se llevan a cabo periódicamente en nuestras instalaciones para evaluar los riesgos y los posibles impactos de las fallas operativas y de los equipos.
Para utilizar mejor la información obtenida a partir de estos análisis, desarrollamos un programa continuo de seminarios web para conectar a aquellos que realizan los PHA con el objetivo de brindarles la oportunidad de recibir capacitación en técnicas de PHA, compartir las mejores prácticas y analizar los desafíos.
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