On Sept. 20, Calderys organized its 2024 safe.day – a day on which the company halts operations around its sites for a few hours to promote and strengthen a strong health and safety culture.
The theme of this year’s event was “Shared Vigilance” focusing on how everyone can contribute to lowering risks and maintaining a safe workplace by staying alert. Everywhere, activities and workshops were organized involving employees, contractors and sometimes, customers.
The safe.day has been launched with the aim of taking the time to reflect on our approach to health and safety in order to constantly improve it and reinforce our general health and safety culture,” said Michel Cornelissen, Calderys president and CEO. “It is a key event in the life of our company and I was very proud to witness the engagement and enthusiasm of the teams on September 20th.”
In addition to the workshop on “Shared Vigilance,” sites were requested to hold an activity around the “line of fires” and how to mitigate the risks of being in harm’s way. They had then the option to introduce a third workshop tailored to their local needs. A global internal webinar was also organized during the day for all colleagues who were not able to be on site for the occasion.
Global Vice President, Operations Excellence David Secret said: “We tailored our safe.day to ensure absolutely everyone was able to dedicate some time to health and safety on that day. But it’s important to note that health and safety is a never-ending journey; we have robust health and safety processes and policies in place and we strive for continuous improvement in all areas.
“Everyone is empowered to stop their job if safety conditions do not meet our standards. We want to create working environments where our people feel healthy and safe and where everyone who works for us or visits our sites goes home safe and healthy,” he concluded.
