Health & Safety Overview
Nothing is more important at BlueScope Steel than the health and safety of our people. Our focus is Zero Harm. It's the way we do business at BlueScope Steel. We will never stop pursuing our goal of Zero Harm.
Nothing is more important at BlueScope Steel than the health and safety of our people.
Our focus is Zero Harm. It’s the way we do business at BlueScope Steel. We will never stop pursuing our goal of Zero Harm.
The following beliefs form the basis for achieving our goal of Zero Harm:
- Working safely is a condition of employment
- Employee involvement is essential
- Management is accountable for safety performance
- All injuries can be prevented
- Training employees to work safely is essential
- All operating exposures can be safeguarded
BlueScope Steel has a comprehensive Occupational Health and Safety Management System which is mandatory in all our operations. The system focuses on three basic areas:
- Safe and healthy people
- Safe systems
- A safe and tidy plant
The purpose of this system is to protect the health and safety of our employees, customers, contractors, visitors and the public. Under the Management System, Safety Management Standards have been established. Each business is required to demonstrate compliance to these standards.
Strong and caring leadership, engaged employees and a robust operating discipline support initiatives in these areas. BlueScope Steel’s safety improvement initiatives have seen a substantial reduction in injuries. We are making good progress overall, with many businesses reporting noteworthy health and safety results. But we remain vigilant in pursuing our goal of Zero Harm.
Essential to our health and safety strategy is the ongoing effort to further develop our leaders, as is the continued implementation of risk management practices, behavioural health and safety audits, the reporting of incidents and near misses and the identification and prevention of at risk behaviour and at risk conditions.
