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Safety matters to everyone!2013 IPLOCA Health & Safety Award

HSE-Q Department / May 16th, 2013

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2013 IPLOCA Health & Safety Award

Introduction:

STREICHER Group with its headquarters in Deggendorf (Germany) is characterized by its high-quality standards and its outstanding,

innovative technology. 3,500 employees are involved in national and international projects. The pipeline industry, which is one of

STREICHER’s core competences, is characterized by its high risk and hazard compared to stationary production. A crucial factor is the

difficulty for the workers to adapt to ever-changing climatic, topographic and environmental conditions at the changing locations of the

construction site. This requires an increased concentrated attention of every employee in order to prevent possible accidents and incidents.

Even today’s advanced technology and a detailed organization of operating cycles is not enough to prevent safety issues as the accidents are

mainly caused by personal behavior although the staff are very well-trained. That’s why our top management took relevant

steps to enable every single employee to influence his/her own

safety and also the safety of the co-workers on their own

initiative. To achieve this very ambitious goal we had to find an

effective way to improve and strengthen people’s thinking in

terms of safety. We started a comprehensive campaign which

consists of several actions but the major step was to conduct

a WORKSHOP with all employees from all levels under the title

“Safety matters to everyone!”

Safety matters to everyone!

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Make safety

a constant

state of

mind

Long-term goals

Spreadphilosophy ofSTREICHER

Makesafety a

way of life

Safety-consciousworking

Constant following ofrules of work safety

system

Always check conditions ofworkplace

before startingnext work step

Increase safetyawareness and feeling ofresponsibility for oneself

and co-workers

Improve communicationand teamworking skills ofemployees (team spirit)

Make safetya constant

state ofmind

Further reduction

of accidentrates

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WORKSHOP “Safety matters to everyone!” - training aims:

� Illustrating the responsibility of every single person for oneself and for others

� Active participation concerning work safety

� Developing active listening skills, a sharpened perception and constant awareness

� Establishing profound team working skills (team spirit)

� Support development of social competences and communication skills


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WORKSHOP – content:

The top management’s message and involvement:

Our managing director, Mr. Maximilian Hofmann, opened the workshop with a presentation about the

importance of safety, STREICHER´s philosophy and its place within the STREICHER Group. He illustrated that

the key philosophy of STREICHER is comparable with a living organism. Everybody is important, everybody is

responsible for the safety of the organism; if one is hurt the whole organism is hurt. By showing impressively

the importance of every single person everybody became aware of their role within the organism and got a

feeling of responsibility for others. Mr. Hofmann revealed the new slogan for the company which indicates that

STREICHER and safety belong strongly together and can’t be torn apart. The new slogan is “WIR SIND

STREICHER” (in English: WE ARE STREICHER / WE ARE SAFE”). By showing that the German word for “SAFE”

(=“SICHER”) is included in the name of the company, the new slogan indicates how important safety is for the

company and that there is no STREICHER without “SICHER”. It shows that everyone is responsible of caring

about safety for oneself and others. It was a clear message to everyone that the managing director delivered

this speech and put everyone on the same level.


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WORKSHOP - Managing director‘s speech

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WORKSHOP - team working phases:

The entire workshop was facilitated by an occupational psychologist who was

able to steer the different group processes. A special team was recruited

consisting of members from different departments and also client’s

representatives and independent safety experts. We used different group sizes

and different tasks to facilitate group processes with employees from all levels

and to get feedback regarding work safety. It was remarkable how many ideas

came up.


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WORKSHOP - Groups of 2:

We started to work in very small groups because such groups are often very productive,

work fast and can communicate a lot of content. The teams of 2 were given the task to

interview each other about the content of the workshop, what they have heard so far,

what they liked and disliked. In this phase we observed vivid exchange, a lot of

positive feedback and enthusiasm for the STREICHER philosophy.

The next task for the groups was to find useful ideas concerning work place safety for

two categories: action proposals and wishes for support. The teams went into a

brainstorming phase, exchanged their ideas and worked very productively. The members

of the groups listened actively to each other, supported, encouraged and developed the

ideas together. It was visible how many ideas came up, how people started to listen

actively and sharpened their senses.


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WORKSHOP – groups of 2:

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WORKSHOP - Groups of 8:

Groups of 8 had strong group dynamics and group processes going on during the discussion time.

Different members took on different roles, each of different responsibility, but in the end

everyone contributed to the process and the results. We observed a fast, effective distribution of

roles (speaker, moderator, time observer) in the teams. Everybody was aware of his responsibility

within the group. The groups had the task to discuss the ideas found in the groups of two with

each member of the duo groups representing the ideas of the other person, not his/her own. This

required empathy and a feeling of belonging together. It also showed that everyone did care about

the other and the STREICHER philosophy of the organism was strongly supported. The groups

further discussed the different proposals, developed them, combined them and in the end agreed

on one common action proposal and wish for support regarding work safety per group. The

improved skills of listening, communication and team working skills lead to a stronger bonding

between everybody and therefore strengthen the feeling of responsibility.


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WORKSHOP - groups of 32:

In groups of 32 there is a lot of potential for communication and exchange. We

experienced that there was a lot of communication about the proposals and the

selected ideas. The bond between everybody got stronger and it was amazing

to see how ambitious everybody was working together to improve the action

proposals and wishes for support regarding work safety. Every layer was

involved, top management worked actively with regular employees and

everyone felt his responsibility for safety. In the end every group worked out

an action proposal and a wish for support regarding work place safety.


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WORKSHOP – plenum:

In the end all teams formed the great plenum circle and the speaker for every

group could introduce its action proposals and wishes for support regarding

work safety. Together with the managing director and the occupational

psychologist the employees discussed and further developed the ideas. In the

end different measures were discussed and it was defined how to implement

given proposals. The awareness for work safety was getting stronger and

stronger and the STREICHER philosophy was further strengthened. Everybody

felt responsible for safety and realized that his/her personal contribution is

essential.


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All in all we can say that the workshop was an amazing success. We were able to create strong

awareness for safety, trained and developed team working as well as listening skills, showed that

safety is a part of STREICHER and that everybody is responsible as well as highly important when it

comes down to safety.


WORKSHOP – plenum:

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Spreading of the STREICHER Philosophy

The workshop was the kick-start event to our campaign to increase awareness

and a feeling of responsibility for safety and to advertise the STREICHER

philosophy. To constantly remind our employees about safety we created

posters (see attachment), stickers and mirrors with a safety message on them

to make people aware that safety belongs to STREICHER and that it has to be

constantly present.

Additionally, every participant of the workshop was given a swiss army knife

with the safety slogan on it which serves as a reminder for each person’s

responsibility.


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At the end of the workshop we handed out swiss army knives with

the STREICHER slogan “WIR SIND STREICHER” on them to every

single employee.

This tool can be constantly carried around and will remind the

employees that everybody is responsible for safety.


Such mirrors are located at construction sites which carry a sticker

that says

“Responsible for safety…”

and the company slogan

“WIR SIND STREICHER” (“safe” = “SICHER”).

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Summary:

The request for feedback was very well-received by our employees who seized the

opportunity of direct communication with the top management to give useful ideas and

proposals. This exchange was also welcomed by the management and many helpful

decisions could be made immediately.

Many members of the staff said afterwards that the group work and also the managing

director’s message at the beginning of the workshop really made people think about the

importance of safety and how a change in behavior can make a very big difference for

everybody. A positive influence had obviously happened.

Since the workshop was such a success, we will continue to carry out similar events on

a yearly basis. We want to remind our employees of the significance of safety as well as

of the most valuable gift of the world: healthiness.


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Work safely...

Only with protective clothing!

Wear a reflective vest!

Poster campaign:

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Wear protective helmet! Wear eye protection!

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Wear safety shoes! Use ear protection!

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