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Safety in Mantena falls into two categories:
Traffic safety: the ability to avoid serious incidents while shunting
and driving trains, including work on safety-critical systems and functions on trains and components
Working environment and personal safety
vehicles and from shunting and driving trains in our own business.
An established safety policy forms the basis for our HSE work.
closely monitored and measures are taken to prevent further accidents. Systematic safe job analyses and risk analyses are carried out, which form the basis for the preventive work.
68 injuries were reported in 2021, compared to 33 the year before. The number of personal injuries has seen a significant increase overall, while the number of H1 injuries is the same as the previous year; for the Group, this means a reduction in the H1 value. There is a strong focus on preventive measures and follow-up of all incidents that occur. HSE and personal safety are described in Mantena’s management system
and systematic safety inspections are conducted in all restricted areas.
All HSE issues are systematically followed up in departmental and management meetings. Several measures were defined and taken in the period to prevent serious incidents, and further actions have been described and entered into the HSE Plan for 2022. One of the key areas is to provide good reporting of incidents. This work has also yielded results.
The H1 factor for 2021 was measured at 9.0, against 11.8 in 2020 (a total of 15 injuries resulting in absence in 2021, which is the same level as in 2020).
An extended safety inspection is
carried out once a year, with the plant owner and the occupational health service taking part. Issues from safety inspections are followed up in the LAMU. An action plan is drawn up after the inspection, and all issues are recorded and dealt with in our improvement and incident management system.
The rate of sickness absence was 7.5% in 2021 (6.4% in 2020) in the Mantena Group and 8.3% (6.9%) in Mantena
AS. This is predominantly long-term absence. The proportion of Covid- related absence was 0.7% in 2021 (0.6% in 2020).
HSE work is a definite priority area for 2022 too.
Mantena during the coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic gave rise to an extraordinary situation in 2021 too. Mantena launched various initiatives and transferred the responsibility for following up on the measures from
a separate team in 2020 to the HSE manager and the line organisation. They have held regular status meetings.
With established measures and close monitoring, we have managed to maintain deliveries and have seen very few Covid cases among our employees. Infection cases that have arisen have been dealt with in accordance with established guidelines. Towards the end of the year, the number of cases
of infection increased, as in the rest of society.
Our customers and suppliers have shown great patience with the actions we have taken. Feedback from Health and Safety and from employees is positive.
MANTENA HAS ZERO TOLERANCE FOR INJURIES TO STAFF AND DAMAGE TO MATERIAL ASSETS
The traffic safety work is mainly directed at shunting (moving rolling stock), driving trains and safety-critical tasks on vehicles and components. Separate procedures have been established to monitor the work. All events and incidents are recorded and followed up in our improvement and incident management system.
Some incidents were recorded in 2021 which, under other circumstances, could have had serious consequences. The cases have been followed up and dealt with according to the relevant procedures. These events are related to shunting and maintenance of trains and components.
Mantena drives trains
In 2020, Mantena was awarded licence and safety certificates A and B, to drive trains without passengers or freight on the national rail network in Norway. We started driving on our own account in 2021.
Mantena in Sweden already has a safety certificate for shunting, which was extended in December 2020 to cover main lines too.
Injuries, incidents and events are followed up through local working environment committees (LAMU) at
the individual workshops and in the central working environment committee (HAMU) for the company. Mantena has zero tolerance for injuries to staff and damage to material assets. There is a particular focus on preventive measures to avoid personal injury. All injuries are
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