HEALTH & SAFETY
At Altrad, ‘Health and Safety’ is more than just a priority
It is a value that is not open for discussion: for that reason, safety underpins every decision we make and every action we take.
On a day-to-day basis, we strive, with our employees and partners, throughout all our facilities, operational worksites and offices, to achieve the very highest safety standards.
Message from the President
At Altrad, we are aware that the complexity and the diversity of our businesses can sometimes make it difficult to identify high-risk situations, and even more difficult to know what attitude to adopt when faced with a hazard.
For that reason, at every group level, numerous initiatives have been introduced to improve safety. These initiatives are always part of a continuous improvement process based on identifying, analysing and controlling risks.
To reduce these risks and make safety a genuine value shared by all its employees, Altrad is committed to making safety a basis of its corporate culture.
The approach that we promote enables everyone to become involved and give their opinion on topics relating to health and safety. On a day-to-day basis, everyone’s contribution is both necessary and welcome. It creates a collective commitment and helps us to develop a genuine safety culture.”
Safety Culture
Historically, our subsidiaries have introduced an HSE management system with clear objectives in terms of the results we wanted to achieve. However, beyond the figures, we have implemented a group-wide process intended to ensure we have a deeply embedded and sustainable safety culture (see our Group HSE Policy).
At Altrad, we all know that an integrated safety culture goes beyond the implementation of a classical and directive top‐down set of safety policies and procedures. It is rather the result of a holistic approach to safety, which incorporates everyone within the organisation, in every country where we operate, from top management to field operators and support personnel.
Safety Golden Rules
Our safety Golden Rules are part of a continuous programme to embed safety within our culture. They embody our commitment: thus, with our employees and partners, we strive to achieve the very highest safety standards, whatever the situation.
Our Safety Performance
A consistent and uncompromising safety culture enables us to deliver safe operations every day. We are committed to ensuring that no harm comes to our people and that the communities in which we operate are never put at risk.
Our approach goes beyond the traditional goal of zero incidents. We focus on proactive safety management, using leading indicators to continuously challenge performance, strengthen awareness, and maintain active safety engagement across all levels of our operations.
We operate under the ISO-certified Altrad Management System (AMS), ensuring a structured and consistent approach to health, safety, security, and environmental management. We are also actively pursuing certification to ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 for our Canadian operations.
Key HSSE Statistics in Canada
- Over 4.72 million manhours LTI-free since 2022
- TRIFR of 0.34
- COR-certified operations in British Columbia
Our key drivers to develop our safety culture
- Inspire people to adopt a positive attitude towards safety
- Make safety a fundamental value shared by all
- Focus on the importance of major risks and their prevention strategy
- Share the safety vision and responsibilities between employees and management
- Foster individual intervention through transversal cooperation and dialogue
- Maintain coherence and ensure persistence in our daily decisions and actionsRecognise good practices and apply fair penalties
- Develop leadership in safety through the entire chain of command, regardless of level or position
- Commit to a long-term approach