Safety means many things for us. Safety means the well-being and health of our employees. It means ability to work safely without fear or risk of getting hurt. It is not only about our own operations but extends also beyond the company's boundaries.
We strive for a culture where workplace injuries and illnesses are prevented, where people drive safety by leading by example, and where everyone plays a part in building a safe and healthy working environment.
Safety is deep in our DNA. Our safety culture is based on the principle that there is no work so urgent or important that it cannot be done safely. Our target is to create and maintain a culture where everyone takes responsibility for safety and embraces the mindset “If You See it, You Own it!” This mindset is based on a principle that anyone who sees a deviation in safety, must challenge the situation, stop the unsafe action, rectify or remove the hazard, and finally, report it through our HSE reporting tool for proper corrective measures to be taken. We should never walk by when seeing a safety issue.
Our global safety work is built with three focus areas: Life-Saving Behaviors, Global HSE standards and Certified Management Systems. We want to enhance our safety culture continuously.
- The Life-Saving Behaviors is a collection of behavioral requirements, grouped around the main hazards and risks in our operations, both in the factories and at our customer sites. They are the expectations around the way we work.
- We continued having our operations certified according to ISO 45001 and management system standards. A total of 79 percent of all manufacturing units were certified against the ISO 45001 standards at the end of 2023.
Safety is vital in everything we do, and prioritizing it in all areas of our activities gives us a competitive advantage. We provide our customers with services and equipment that enable them to work efficiently and safely throughout the product’s life span. Safety in in the core of who we are.