Aiming for zero accidents
As people are our most important asset, safety is a priority. It is the foundation of all our projects and a fundamental principle of their execution. Our safety approach is implemented at all levels of the organisation. The personal commitment of each employee to respect collective health and safety rules allow us to make continuous progress towards excellence.
Our absolute priority is to reach “zero accidents”. Ensuring the safety of all our employees is a genuine opportunity to develop performance. There are many human and financial issues associated with safety policies. Thus, our ambition is to always guarantee the physical integrity and safety of all our employees in their workplace.
A proactive approach
Safety is everyone’s business! At Sixense, this is much more than just a slogan. It is a commitment that we live by every day. Our proactive approach to making this commitment a reality relies on:
- A strategy and action plan on safety, health, and the quality of life at work
- A dedicated organisation for effective implementation of safety protocols
- Risk analysis for all work sites and operations
- Raising the awareness of personnel in the field about safety rules and accident prevention and training them accordingly
- Developing a comprehensive workplace accident dashboard, involving all stakeholders on our projects.
Making safety part of everyday life
Every year we organise Safety Days, a week dedicated to safety in the workplace. This is an opportunity for our teams to look deeper into this fundamental element of our activity. In 2023, we focused on “prestart meetings” and the management of unexpected changes. Prestart meetings are collaborative meetings carried out in the field at the beginning of each day or the start of each mission, focused on risk prevention and safety.
Unexpected change can occur during any mission, such as a change of team or a choice of a new off-loading location. These changes are very often risk factors if the teams are not prepared for them. In 2023, the Safety Days program included a challenge for teams around the world to create the best short video illustrating how they organise prestart meetings.
Here are a few examples and figures:
- At Sixense Monitoring, 2164 hours of dedicated safety training were provided in 2023.
- At Sixense Engineering, more than 200 site safety visits were conducted in 2023.
Preventing all types of risk in our business units
Some of our employees work in high-risk jobs. In 2020, Sixense acquired
Helimap, a Swiss company providing data acquisition and processing services using helicopters and ULMs. Sixense Helimap employees received very structured safety training, focused on the fundamentals of a good mission preparation and its application in real conditions.
They were also trained in first aid. The main focus in Sixense activities is to anticipate and prevent all types of risks.