In line with Severstal’s
Health and Safety
Policy, signed by Alexander Shevelev, CEO of Severstal, health
and safety is a key priority throughout the Company’s production processes:
from the mining of coal and ore, coke production and pig iron and steel
smelting, to the final output of our industry-leading metal products.
We strive to achieve a zero fatality rate. To achieve this goal, we
implement international best practices and working methodologies to ensure safe
behaviour, improve our employee safety training and motivate our employees to
never ignore any violation of safe working practices. Our goal is to become the
best company in Russia in terms of key safety performance indicators and we
involve not only our employees and managers at all levels, but also employees
of our contractors who work on-site in Severstal in our work to achieve
this.
2018-2025 Health and Safety Objectives
- By 2025, reduce LTIFR by 50% compared with 2017 and eliminate all
work-related fatalities with our personnel1
- By 2025, ensure all businesses achieve ISO 45001 certification
[1] Though the stated target of zero fatalities refers to our
own staff, Severstal also requires all its business partners to respect the
highest standards of health & safety and environmental sustainability in
their work with our company. Please view the Code of Business Conduct of the
Severstal Group of Companies.
Annual remuneration of executives, including
CEO, consists of the following two parts: a fixed salary and
a variable part known as a bonus. The bonus is based on performance
against individual targets and the Company’s financial and operational
KPIs among which there are safety results.
8 enterprises of Severstal are certified with OHSAS 18001
(Cherepovets Steel Mill, Karelsky Okatysh, Olcon, Izhora Pipe Mill,
Severstal-SMC–Vsevolozhsk, Severstal Distribution, SPB-Giproshakht,
Severstal-Proekt) that covers c. 76% of employees.
Key areas of activity
Training
Our occupational health and industrial safety training
complies with the requirements of Russian federal laws and uses corporate
methodologies and occupational safety tools. All our educational events are
focused on promoting a culture of safe behaviours based on personal commitment,
accountability and the active involvement of all Severstal employees in
mitigating health and safety risks.
Identification, Analysis and Elimination of Safety Hazards
We work
to mitigate safety hazards by analysing injury rates, including micro injuries,
conducting surveys to identify hazardous operations, and utilising our
industrial control system.
We have integrated Behavioural Safety Audits, Industrial Process Safety Audits
and Problem-Solving Dashboards into our industrial control system. We use
automated software to summarise audit results, log issues that were unresolved
at foreman level, maintain a record of unsafe actions, as well as plan and
track corrective actions.
Increasing Staff Involvement in Occupational Safety Matters
All
Severstal’s businesses have employee feedback monitoring systems in place for
safety matters. Information from different sources is stored in a central
registry to ensure timely responses to newly-identified problems. All employees
are able to review proposals, and managers can follow up on their
implementation.
Supply Chain Responsibility
All on-site contractors are required
to comply with Severstal’s safety requirements. In 2018 we organised
occupational safety testing for 357 line managers of Cherepovets Steel Mill
contractors; of those 152 managers received classroom training due to failing
the result of their first test. In 2018 we introduced a voluntary corporate
occupational safety certification for our contractors.
Social Activities Implemented in 2018
-
Health and Safety
- A positive trend in APS audits reached
- Ensured 100% reach of our corporate knowledge assessment and training
system among line managers— at least 3,700 people and extend these practices to
suppliers
- Severstal Russian Steel: rolled out corporate certification of
contractors
- Severstal Russian Steel: increased engagement of OHS coordinators
- Vorkutaugol: installed Strata comprehensive safety system (air and gas
monitoring, dust and gas explosion protection, miner location, etc.)
