Health and Safety
The health and safety of people is everyone's business and takes precedence over any other activity.
Intentions
- Make every effort to ensure and enforce the health and safety of employees, external service providers and visitors.
- Manage the health impact of all products and activities on local residents, customers and the public.
- Create working conditions that preserve physical and mental health, promote work-life balance and overall well-being of people, foster their aptitude for work and make workstations accessible to as many people as possible.
Guiding Principles
- The safety and health of people take precedence over any other activity.
- Each person has a duty to respect the rules and to put an end to any risky situation. Each person has the right not to carry out an activity if they have not been trained and validated to do the activity safely. An employee working at a non-Group site, for example at a customer’s site, has the right and duty to refuse to perform operations that, in the employee’s good faith judgment, are not safe.
- The opinions of employees and their representatives are taken into consideration when defining action plans to improve working conditions.
- Between the Group's prescriptions and local regulations, the company chooses to respect the most protective standards.
- The company implements the means and conditions to sustainably preserve aptitude for work, reduce the physical burden of activities, preserve physical, mental and social health, and ensure the safety and well-being of everyone.
Responsibilities
Health, safety and quality of life at work are the subject of accountability at all levels of the Company:
- Employees and their representatives
They are responsible for their own health and safety. They are vigilant for the health and safety of their colleagues and are a source of ideas to improve prevention and the quality of life at work.
- Teams
They have a collective role in integrating newcomers and alerting them to risks.
- Managers
They are responsible for the physical and psychological health of their teams. They steer the development and deployment of improvement plans concerning health, safety and quality of life at work. They demonstrate exemplary and empowering leadership in the application of these provisions.
Guarantors
- EP (Environment and Prevention) managers
They define and guarantee, where it is required, the application of the EP Management System (SMEP), allowing the sustainability of performance and its progress. They are responsible for assessing physical and chemical risks and ensuring the proper deployment of appropriate prevention programs. They are responsible for boosting progress in the health & safety field and decide on the management of risks associated with changes for new chemicals, new installations and new working conditions.
- SP managers (Personnel Department)
They guarantee the protection, by the manager, of a person at risk, and the deployment of the health and safety policy and expected behavior. They are responsible for monitoring actions relating to the quality of life at work and the prevention of psychosocial risks.
- Health personnel
They are in charge of care, medical monitoring, medical fitness, advice on health/safety/quality of life at work/psychosocial risks to employees and the employer. They are a source of proposals in terms of prevention and have a duty to warn in the face of situations that they consider unacceptable.
Do: I must
- Wear the Personal Protective Equipment required in the for my work post and site as described in the safety instructions.
- Check the safety protections of my station.
- Stay vigilant to ensure my own safety and that of others.
- Speak up about any risky situation. Ensure compliance with health and safety rules by setting an example.
- Preserve my well-being and that of others. Use the Ethics Line if necessary.
- Contribute to respecting and improving the working environment and company premises (including order and cleanliness).
- Observe the rules for moving inside and around our facilities.
- Be proactive in improving the quality of life at work.
Don't: I must not
- Carry out an operation/task without having the appropriate training (post qualification, etc.).
- Disable a safety protection for my post, except during a planned and controlled operation.
- Perform my job under the influence of psychotropic substances (alcohol, drugs, tranquilizers).
