Our approach
Our goal is to create safe and healthy workplaces. We collaborate to develop and innovate technical solutions, design construction processes, and improve ways of working to eliminate health and safety risks. We integrate robotics into high-risk tasks such as installations and demolition, as well as monitoring performance. By using drones and equipment controlled remotely, workers avoid direct exposure to hazardous environments, reducing the risk of injuries from heavy machinery and repetitive strain.
The Group Health and Safety Standard is mandatory: it is integrated into all our health and safety management systems, and applied in all work locations. It includes requirements such as on-site risk assessment, training, incident management and personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as instructions for the most high-risk construction site work processes. Skanska is certified by the ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system across our operations, which improves our capabilities to drive continuous improvements.
Performance
Some of our key indicators for monitoring safety performance are: lost time accident rate (LTAR); high-potential incidents that could have resulted in fatal accidents (serious near misses); Executive Safety Site Visits (ESSV) which promote clear and visible leadership; total case accidents (TCA); severity rate of accidents; and business operations delivery on improvement plans. Local indicators have also been established on actions towards reducing risks within lifting, loading, lowering and logistics, as well as training and auditing.
Safety performance follow-up is carried out monthly by the business unit leadership teams and quarterly by the Group Leadership Team and the Board. Each business unit undertakes a mandatory annual governance review of health and safety performance which includes identifying risks, describing control measures and establishing a plan of targeted activities for the coming year.
Focus and strategic actions
A mandatory health and safety road map is established and implemented across all our operations. It is reviewed and updated annually. The road map is built around four focus areas: Hierarchy of Control, Analysis, Subcontractors and Safety Culture. It steers efforts into developing and implementing safety practices with high impact.
The Hierarchy of controls illustrates the transition from a reactive to a proactive approach to safety risks. Our safety management systems include all stages of the hierarch of control. The greatest impact on safety is achieved in the early stages of design and planning, where risks can be effectively eliminated.
