Health & Safety
Health and Safety within International Power plc is based on three important elements:
All three are supported by a comprehensive risk assessment process.
Safety by engineering is delivered by comprehensive design reviews for new build projects, or in the case of an acquisition; a rigorous due diligence process is carried out to identify any risks. Plants are operated and maintained in line with applicable engineering standards with regular maintenance programmes ensuring that the equipment is always operating within design parameters.
Safety by management: all International Power plc assets have formally documented management systems which are derived from a set of corporate principles. These systems are reviewed against international best practice and updated regularly. The majority of our assets have obtained external accreditation of their management systems through OHSAS 18001. A process is ongoing to ensure that the remaining assets obtain accreditation by the end of 2008.
We also ensure that anyone in a supervisory position has an externally accredited health and safety qualification. In January 2007 the Executive Management team undertook the Institute for Occupational Safety & Health examination for senior executives.
Safety by behaviour: safety by engineering and management can only be effective if everyone involved behaves in the appropriate manner, i.e. complies with the rules, looks after themselves and their colleagues and reports unsafe conditions. To support safety by behaviour we have introduced a behaviour based safety program, across the company, called ‘Fresh Eyes’. The aim of ‘Fresh Eyes’ is that through regular work observations by colleagues, at risk behaviour and complacency can be identified and corrective action taken before any risks escalate into an incident.
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Fresh Eyes leaflet
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We carry out regular benchmarking both internally and externally to ensure that we are constantly up to date with international best practice.
In addition to providing a safe place of work for our employees, we also have proactive health programmes in place at the majority of our assets. These programmes provide regular health checks and encourage healthy lifestyles through a combination of training, health monitoring and subsidised gym memberships.
The reporting of health and safety issues is part of the Company’s regular performance reporting and review process. Data on our health and safety performance indicators is reported within our Annual Report.
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