Safety ambitions for the next decade
Published 14 December 2020
Safety had always been a priority, but as of 2001, the industry set about developing common metrics and sharing of safety best practice. This led to demonstrable yearly improvement in safety performance across the globe. In 2009 a comparison with other industry sectors identified that the cement industry could potentially further improve its safety performance by a factor of 10. A decade later, in 2020, a highly-laudable seven- to eight-fold improvement has actually been achieved. However, a plateau in recent years hints at the need for fresh thinking on safety strategy in the coming decade. By Jim O’Brien, CSR Consulting, Ireland.