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Stop the Drop – Mercury’s above and beyond approach to safety culture
At Mercury, safety is our anchor value and underpins everything that we do. It’s everybody’s responsibility when working on-site. We’re committed to engaging with, educating, and consulting our workforce in all aspects of safety, providing them with the best tools, knowledge, and resources to always deliver leading edge construction solutions for our clients, meeting the needs of our constantly evolving industry. It’s of critical importance that our team goes home safe from work every day.
One crucial element of our Work Safe, Home Safe culture is addressing emerging topics and potential issues arising on an industry-wide level through active education. As part of our commitment to safety and on consultation with one of our valued supply chain partners, Mercury’s EHS team recently kicked-off our “Stop the Drop” initiative with our teams at our client’s request for what has been a long-standing industry trend.
“Mercury is delighted to partner with our clients to pursue solutions to identify industry trending topics. Our strategy for success always involves our team doing the work, and we enable them through engagement and consultation to identify practical solutions that can be incorporated into our workflows consistently and effectively minimising hazards that were previously difficult to prevent.”
This initiative began with a survey to team members working on the construction of a project, the aim of which was to encourage them to share insights which would in turn inform practical steps in preventing equipment dropping. The EHS team analysed the survey feedback to identify potential risks that can be experienced while carrying out work. Once the analysis was complete, our tool tethering partner was engaged to work on a practical solutions-focused plan to roll out across the organisation.
Interactive demonstrations were conducted with our teams to increase awareness of the dangers that can occur when tools and equipment is dropped, particularly from heights – and the impact this can have on the individual and the facility. The sessions focused on best practices when tethering different tools according to their size and weight, and were a resounding success, with positive feedback from our teams and the client.
“The Stop the Drop campaign highlighted to those who took part the severe injuries which can occur when objects, regardless of size, are dropped from height and the damaging results of a major force of impact. The sessions also demonstrated the toll which knock-on effects, both psychological and financial, can have on the injured individual and their wider circle of family, friends, and colleagues.” – Domenic Lynch, EHS Advisor
Following on from the practical demo and incorporating feedback from our team members, we worked with our tool tethering partner to create a dedicated tool tethering brochure, where each tool and equipment type has a dedicated identified solution. This publication is now being utilised by Mercury and our supply chain partners and will evolve over time to incorporate new topics and equipment and will promote safe practices across our operations in the long-term.
“Mercury is delighted to partner with our clients to pursue solutions to identify industry trending topics. Our strategy for success always involves our team doing the work, and we enable them through engagement and consultation to identify practical solutions that can be incorporated into our workflows consistently and effectively minimising hazards that were previously difficult to prevent.” – Michael O’Connor, QEHS Director
Following the success of this initiative and to further demonstrate our commitment to safety and quality, the EHS team plans to utilise the engagement and consultation strategy to promote continuous improvement and find practical solutions to trending industry topics. We place the safety of our people and our partners first. By engaging and consulting with our workforce, we’re making safety personal and reinforcing the responsibility of each team member in contributing to a strong safety culture at Mercury. It’s not just our policy, it’s our duty and we endeavour to continuously embed safety culture across all our operations.
WORKSAFE | HOMESAFE
We are dedicated to achieving the highest possible standards of Health & Safety. Safety is embedded in our DNA, it is the Mercury way – from design to construction, commissioning, and handover – our safety processes ensure adequate coordination and communication to enable our projects to be constructed safely.
Our team understands that by sticking to the safe coordinated plan we can guarantee that our people get home safely to their families at the end of every day. Safety is personal and we intervene proactively to ensure compliance day by day and hour by hour. We respect our workforce, and they respect our management as an integrated team with a common goal – to get home safe each day. Through our Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) policies and procedures, we ensure an industry-leading project delivery every time and most importantly – the safety and wellbeing of all our employees.
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