ABB is striving to improve occupational health and safety (OHS) performance and practices among employees and contractors worldwide. Intensive training programs targeted at key countries, businesses and managers continue to be held.
The Group has been focusing on three of the most common causes of death and injury: working at height, live electrical equipment and travel. For example, ABB has initiated two major programs designed to eliminate incidents in the transformers and substations businesses.
In addition, ABB has revised its Group OHS Policy and Responsibilities document to refocus attention on the critical OHS principles and issues for our business. This was communicated to ABB’s top 16,000 managers worldwide through a mandatory online course. The training was offered in six languages, and the Policy and Responsibilities document was translated into 28 languages.