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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.
[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.
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.
