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Sustainability Report 2011
Safety Performance The Safety of our Gas Infrastructure
Our “Year of Safe Production” campaign, which was first launched in Xi’an in 2008,
extended to northeastern and southwestern China in 2009 and 2010 and reached
Shandong province in 2011. It will further be rolled out to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui
in 2012. This initiative analyses every aspect of a business, from its geographical
location, climate, operations history and safety awareness, together with other key
factors to identify risk areas and establish Key Performance Indicators.
Safety systems and processes were also established for many of the new businesses
commencing operations in mainland China. These included safety management
systems both for a new coal mine as well as the methanol plant in Inner Mongolia
and, in view of ECO’s growing portfolio of projects, some 60 safety documents,
from manuals to guidelines to safety instructions were prepared. Risk assessments
identifying the top 10 risk factors in these operations were also completed.
This commitment to safety
is reaping major dividends.
Not only has the accident
rate fallen over the years,
there is no doubt that safety
is increasingly becoming an
intrinsic part of our operational
mindset. Our methanol plant
for instance achieved its “One-
million Working Hours Accident
Free” goal in 2009 and it has
since made the transition from
construction to production with an accident free record. Similarly, a safety and risk
management audit conducted during the year showed that safety improvements in
gas performance are rising. The 2011 audit achieved a safety score of 85 out of 100
against the 71 recorded just two years earlier in 2009.
This commitment to safety is also visible in our individual businesses. During the year,
our business in Xinmi, Henan received a “Safety Production Model Company” award,
while Dalian Changxing and Shandong Jihua received their “Building up of a Safety
Culture Model Company” and “Work Safety Pioneer Company” awards respectively.