Health & safety bulletin
Safety Awareness Day 2008
23th December 2008
Xmo Strata wishes to thank all those involved in making the 2008 safety awareness day on Friday 12 December a resounding success.
A summary of the 2008 Safety Day
A record number of employees, sub-contractors and customers attended the 2008 Xmo Strata Safety Day held at Kent's stunning Turkey Mill conference venue in Maidstone. All attendees were willing to participate wholeheartedly and contribute to the continued efforts of the company to create an even safer working environment.
Special thanks must go to our customers; both to those who made it on the day and also to those who have shown their support to Xmo Strata over the past year:
| Joe Leech | ABB |
| Kevin Sparrow-Saunt | ABB |
| Richard Newman | ABB |
| Sean Pointon | ABB |
| Jason McMenamin | BP |
| Mark Day | Coteba/Shell |
| Ian Kidger | Esso |
| Paul Vowell | Esso |
| Andy Kennedy | BP/Bovis Global Alliance |
| Ashraf Michail | BP/Bovis Global Alliance |
| Martin Rackley | BP/Bovis Global Alliance |
This year's safety day involved:
- A presentation and practical workshop from John Williams of Marigold Industrial - looking at suitable hand protection
- An introduction to Xmo Strata's new initiatives for 2009
- A presentation on Lock Out, Tag Out and the importance of risk assessments
- A selection of video footage including real-life examples of workplace hazards
- An overview of the company's safety achievements in 2008
- A prize-giving of Xmo Strata Safety Recognition awards
Hearts and Minds
Xmo Strata will be supporting an Energy Institute (EI) initiative to show its commitment to improving its safety culture and setting clear safety objectives.
This initiative will investigate the varying views of health and safety and help employees identify which view they take and how they can develop a more proactive approach to safety at work:
| Pathological | ‘Who cares as long as we're not caught’ |
| Reactive | ‘Safety is important, we do a lot every time we have an accident’ |
| Calculative | ‘We have systems in place to manage all hazards’ |
| Proactive | ‘We work on the problems that we still find’ |
| Generative | ‘SHE is how we do business round here’ |
Hearts and Minds Award 2009
As an incentive to all Xmo Strata employees, a trip to New York staying at the prestigious Marriott hotel in Times Square, is on offer for the team that demonstrate a proactive approach to health and safety throughout 2009, including improved quality near-miss reports and the ability to identify and eliminate risks at source.
The winner of this prize will be announced at the next safety day in December 2009.