At Nordic Crane we focus strongly on safety every single day of the year. However, one weekend a year we gather to learn from each other and work together with the goal of becoming even better at safety. The participants are safety representatives and leaders from our three countries, and this year roughly 60 people participated. Our goal is for everyone to come home safely, their whole lives. This year’s safety seminar was held the weekend of 5th-7th of April at Gardermoen with the working title – We Are Nordic Crane and Safety is Our Responsibility.
Further development of our Safety work
Heine Lien, Safety Manager for Nordic Crane Norway, focused his lecture on the fact that we must always consider the development of safety work. Times are changing and new and stricter demands are constantly placed on us and those who operate in our industry. We can confirm that we are keeping up with the current times and aim to show the way as a leading player in our industry. We will put safety first and everyone at Nordic Crane will come home safely, their whole lives. New customers and new industries also require us to work hard on development, good routines, strong and clear messages and, not least, good, and safe internal communication. Here we lead the way with our own Life Saving Rules and set a standard for how we want to work on safety in our industry. Safety must come first, which these rules secure and signal to all our employees every single day. We are proud of that!
Workplace visits – the employee’s psychosocial working environment
Jens Helbo, Safety Manager / HSEQ-Manager for Nordic Crane Denmark, highlighted our psychosocial working environment and how we can influence it through workplace visits. Workplace visits are important for good and healthy communication between management and all those who perform safe and solid safety work out in the field every single day. Through regular workplace visits, a close and good bond of trust is developed and a clear focus on behavioural change becomes possible. During workplace visits, awareness of safety becomes a part of everyday life, where we together get a common goal of coming home safely, our whole lives.
What can we do to create safe behaviour in the workplace?
Erik Everbrink, Safety Manager / HSEQ Manager for Nordic Crane Sweden, gave a good talk about our behaviour and how it affects safety in our everyday work. He talked about creating good relationships, continue competence development and being good role models to avoid injuries and reduce risk in the workplace. In this way, a good culture is created, and we can put a proper spotlight on safety every single day. We are proud that 99.98% of the time we work injury-free at Nordic Crane.
External thoughts and ideas
We were also fortunate to hear a great lecture by Teddy Broadhurst who has over 50 years of experience with cultural building safety work across the world. His experiences and stories leave deep traces and create useful discussions. We take this with us in our work.
Important to continue the work in our everyday life
The safety seminar this year was educational and up to date. It puts a necessary and proper spotlight on everything we do right in everyday life and the risks we are exposed to every single day. Together we create the culture we need for everyone to come home safe, their whole lives. Together we develop and help each other to maintain concentration and keep the necessary focus in safety work. Together we are strong, together we are Nordic Crane!