92 Safety and Health
geted involvement of employees in safety discussions, occupational
safety training, an examination of workplace ergonomics,
the establishment of binding rules for managers and
employees, and the introduction of work facilitators, for
example vacuum lifters and high-lift trucks. A new e-learning
platform is used to train not only the company’s own employees
on occupational safety, but also staff of contractors.
With the implementation of further measures, ACTEGA DS
is striving for the BG RCI quality seal “Sicher mit System” (Safe
with System).
At most of ALTANA’s production sites, so-called safety
talks are held regularly during the different shifts to raise
employees’ awareness of the issue of safety. New production
employees receive intensive training as part of their induction
so that they can act safely right from the start. In addition,
ACTEGA continued its cooperation on the topic of
“behavior-based safety culture” with an external partner at
its Grevenbroich site. In view of the extremely positive ex-
perience to date, similar coaching sessions are also planned
at other sites.
ECKART introduced an electronic alert system at its
Painesville site. In the event of an emergency, it informs all
employees by text message or e-mail.
Incidents in Detail
Based on the instructions for reporting on globally harmonized
process safety key figures in accordance with the Inter-
national Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) and the
definition provided by the German Chemical Industry Association
(VCI), there were 13 significant incidents in the year
under review.
Twelve incidents involved the release of chemicals, and
one incident involved a fire. None of the incidents had an
impact on the environment and no employees were injured.