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be invested in our Pole<br />

Blackspot Program 2009–2014<br />

OUR PERFORMANCE<br />

Above: Pole Blackspot Program<br />

<strong>Energy</strong> Minister Chris Hartcher and Public Safety Manager<br />

Catherine Creenaune launched our Pole Blackspot Program.<br />

The program seeks to improve community safety by<br />

remediating ‘black spot’ accident sites, where vehicles have<br />

collided with power poles on more than one occasion.<br />

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1 – IMPROVE SAFETY PERFORMANCE<br />

2010–11 Objective 2010–11 Target 2010–11 Result<br />

• Implement Lifeguard Program. • By March 2011. • Drug and alcohol procedure developed.<br />

• Consultation with workforce continuing.<br />

The <strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Health and<br />

Safety Policy Statement commits<br />

us to providing a safe workplace<br />

for employees, contractors and<br />

the public. Safety excellence is our<br />

leading organisational value and<br />

safety policies and procedures are<br />

integrated into all our business<br />

management processes. Our<br />

ambition is to achieve zero incidents,<br />

injuries and occupational illnesses.<br />

In October 2010, an incident<br />

involving two employees carrying<br />

out switching work in Penrith<br />

resulted in one employee receiving<br />

severe burns. <strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong>’s<br />

immediate response was to provide<br />

the employee and his family with<br />

all necessary medical and moral<br />

support during his treatment and<br />

recovery. We took immediate steps<br />

to change work practices associated<br />

with the incident until a full review<br />

could determine appropriate<br />

long-term safe practices that will<br />

prevent reoccurrence.<br />

<strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong>’s overall losttime<br />

injuries (LTI) performance <strong>of</strong><br />

24 incidents for 2010–11 represented<br />

a disappointing result compared<br />

with the 18 incidents reported in<br />

the previous year and compared<br />

with our target <strong>of</strong> 12.<br />

Analysis revealed that <strong>of</strong> the 24 LTIs:<br />

• 10 involved employees 50 years<br />

<strong>of</strong> age or over<br />

• 12 were manual handling in<br />

normal operations<br />

• 5 involved internal vegetation<br />

management employees<br />

• 22 occurred in the field, with the<br />

remaining two in the <strong>of</strong>fice<br />

As a result <strong>of</strong> this analysis, we will<br />

undertake a review this year to<br />

investigate whether our 2010–11<br />

LTI outcomes may be linked to an<br />

ageing workforce.<br />

Safety management<br />

system<br />

A thorough review <strong>of</strong> the Safety<br />

Management System was<br />

undertaken during 2010–11.<br />

Improvements sought from the<br />

new system include higher levels<br />

<strong>of</strong> awareness among employees,<br />

better integration <strong>of</strong> the safety<br />

elements and verifiable criteria to<br />

better measure compliance.<br />

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