Endeavour Energy Annual Performance Report - Parliament of New ...
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m will<br />
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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