Our Safety
For us, putting Safety First is not just a legal requirement but a business imperative.
At ENPROTEC, it goes without saying that all projects we execute at mineral processing plants should be fully compliant with all the relevant safety, health and environment (SHE) laws and regulations, to achieve “zero harm”.
What sets our safety approach apart however, is that it is not just aimed at “checking the boxes”, but it is inspired by our genuine care to keep our people and our clients’ people safe. For this reason, “safety first” is one of our three top business objectives that has become deeply engrained in our corporate culture.
To this end, we have an ever-evolving safety system that is managed by our dedicated inhouse Safety Department and that is underpinned by a completely unique set of ten safety principles and twelve safety values. This safety system has enabled us to achieve the kind of SHE results that are almost unheard of in the industry, year-on-year.
ENPROTEC safety principles
Place people before protocol
We proactively establish a “safety culture” which instils a belief in the importance of safety and leads to the adoption of safe behaviour. We acknowledge that encouraging people to take ownership of their own safety and the safety others is more sustainable than enforcing it.
Build leaders who lead by example
We build leaders who lead our safety approach by example through an ongoing leadership development programme that is run by none other than our Safety Department. Our leaders pay this forward by growing each member of their team into a leader who takes full ownership of safety.
Look for the overlooked
At least twice a year, we carry out full engineering inspections at all the sites we operate on to fully investigate the status of the equipment, systems and processes. We understand that malfunctioning of equipment is a leading cause of incidents and injuries, that is too often underestimated and overlooked.
Proactively plan to succeed
We require all our project managers to do safety planning in advance, to outline the safety activities and measures that will be implemented, all of which are reviewed at HQ. This ensures that our safety initiatives form part of the daily activities on site, and that they are proactive rather than reactive.
Go beyond HIRA
We utilise our own hazard-identification-and-Risk-Assessment (HIRA) process, which goes way beyond the standard compulsory paper exercise. We make sure everyone who works with us receive ongoing training on our HIRA process, with expert third-party assessments of their competency.
No permit-to-work, no work
We don’t allow any person to work on client projects with us, without proof of an ENPROTEC permit-to-work that is informed by the ENPROTEC Safety Method Statement. This includes all the elements of the standard mining permit-to-work, as well as extra safety measures and procedures developed by us.
Take the safest route possible
When we start working on a client’s site, we adopt their safety measures or our safety measures, whichever is strictest. Considering the lives of people are at stake, we choose “safety without compromise”, and we never settle for any shortcuts just to fulfil the minimum requirements.
Keep your house in order
We utilise our own hazard-identification-and-Risk-Assessment (HIRA) process, which goes way beyond the standard compulsory paper exercise. We make sure everyone who works with us receive ongoing training on our HIRA process, with expert third-party assessments of their competency.
Develop safety resilience
We develop a high resilience safety culture through ongoing safety improvement, training and development. This way we make sure we can seamlessly adapt to a shapeshifting landscape where new circumstances, regulations and technology constantly emerge.
Audit, audit and audit some more
Over and above the compulsory SHE monitoring and evaluation procedures, we regularly conduct audits and analyses at all levels. This serves to ensure we maintain effective, reliable and sound SHE practices, without exception.
The 12 ENPROTEC safety values
- 01Safety first
- 02Zero harm – zero tolerance
- 03We believe that all accidents are preventable
- 04We take ownership of safety
- 05Risk assessment prevents accidents
- 06We do not take shortcuts
- 07Lead by example
- 08We believe in safety excellence
- 09Be open and honest towards safety
- 10Care and respect for each other’s safety
- 11Empowered to make the right decision for safety
- 12Positive attitude towards safety
Engineering that inspires
