Safety

The Group’s commitment to a strong safety performance is a fundamental responsibility and also contributes to business performance and employee engagement. Effective safety management through identifying, managing and mitigating safety risks is a key element of developing a Total Performance culture.

We aim to ensure consistently good safety management across the Group and, over time, to drive performance to a level comparable with the best performing global companies by continuing to progress towards Level 5 on our Safety Maturity Matrix.

Our approach to safety covers the risks associated with manufacturing, daily office work, and working at our customer sites. Many of our employees are involved in manufacturing, often using heavy equipment and sometimes handling explosive or nuclear materials. Slips, trips and falls on the same level were the main causes of major injury in 2010, accounting for over 50% of the total. Accidents that result in injury are investigated and solutions identified to help prevent future occurrence.