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You might have noticed these articles over the past couple of months. WorkSafe NZ and our client Health NZ have recognised the safety performance on two of our recently completed major projects: New Dunedin Hospital Outpatient Building and Te Kaha Stadium. Both were delivered without any serious harm incidents.
Dunedin and Te Kaha are two of nine recently completed projects we delivered with no serious harm. Three of those nine also had no Medical Treatment Injuries (MTIs) or Lost Time Injuries (LTIs).
Our “recipe” for safety
The articles have prompted a few questions from across the industry about our “recipe” for these results, so we asked our General Manager HSEQ, Dragisa Cosovic, to share his thoughts:
“It’s great to see our safety performance recognised by the Regulator and our clients. These are two of the biggest projects we’ve completed recently, but finishing projects with no serious harm is something we do regularly, and many are also completed with no Medical Treatment Injuries or Lost Time Injuries. Just as important, our incident reporting rates are healthy. We report, we learn, we improve. Unfortunately, there’s no magic formula we can share. Safety is one of our five company values, and the kind of culture that delivers these results is built over years, not overnight. It comes down to people: leaders who genuinely care, workers who are engaged and feel safe to speak up, collaboration with everyone involved in the project, trust, good planning and a commitment to keep learning and improving.”
People keep people safe
Procedures and systems matter, but on their own they don’t keep people safe. People do. On the Dunedin project, WorkSafe inspectors noticed workers actively speaking up at toolbox talks. Our team also worked alongside the Regulator to replace the old “us vs them” mindset with trust and open conversation.
To us, that is what a strong safety culture looks like: people who look out for each other, speak up when something doesn’t look right and know they’ll be heard. A huge thank you to our project teams, subcontractors, clients, Health NZ and WorkSafe NZ for working together to make sure everyone went home safe, every day.
Read the articles
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