Safety

Safety is of paramount importance to us, and is one of the core fundamentals of our growth strategy.

ENRC has adopted a vision of zero injuries, based on the belief that all injuries are preventable. We continually seek new safety improvement opportunities to enable us to fulfil our ambitious safety policy and to set a sustainable safety system integrating all company operations in achieving mutual goals.

ENRC’s Board and senior management continue to champion the strategic safety project initiated in 2008 in partnership with DuPont. Following an initial full safety management evaluation, we introduced new commitments and will develop new safety management systems.

In 2009, we started a pilot project at Kazchrome (Ferroalloys Division), aiming to establish a culture of safe working, including developing a formal safety performance appraisal system with specific, measureable objectives for all managers. Based on learning from the pilot, we will start to roll out a new corporate safety programme across all of the Group’s operational sites. It is anticipated that it will take three more years to complete full implementation.

We have also implemented an internal corporate accident investigation procedure. This led to the introduction of a special accident investigation team consisting of safety professionals and technical experts. Independent corporate investigation enables us to find the root causes of each accident, to develop efficient non-compromising preventative measures and to monitor action taken.

We believe these new procedures will support improvements in prevention and reoccurrence of accidents. ENRC has always believed in equal safety standards for all our sites, regardless of the country or the nature of the operations there. This approach unites ENRC at operational and corporate levels.