Skanska Safety Day, held on October 20, 2004

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An injury-free workplace - that’s the goal when Skanska intensifies its focus on safety. With a new Safety Strategy Skanska aims to become the world leader in safety performance, through consistent improvements towards the goal of zero accidents.

A safe work environment not only eliminates accidents. It also raises the level of quality, improves productivity and increases the value for the customer.

New Safety Strategy

The strategy includes issues like management focus, continual improvement and performance follow-up. The target, of course, is the injury-free workplace. To achieve this, safety is top of the agenda of all Skanska’s operational site meetings from Seattle to Warsaw. This, along with regular site-specific safety hazard analyses and mandatory personal protection equipment such as hard hats and high visibility vests, are requirements included in the new strategy.

“By following the Skanska Safety Strategy, we can achieve our vision of an injury-free workplace in all our markets - and ensure that every individual who works on a Skanska site gets home safely at the end of each day. This is not only a matter of values, but also of performance and responsibility,” says Stuart Graham, Skanska’s President and CEO.

The Skanska Safety Day, held on October 20, high-lighted the safety work in the various parts of Skanska and aims to raise awareness of Skanska’s new Safety strategy.

Activities included toolbox talks and managers on all levels participating in safety inspections on site.

The Skanska Safety Day also tied in with the European Week for Safety and Health at Work, the theme for this year being Building in Safety.