Promoting Health and Safety Culture at Work Through Workforce Engagement

摘要

Saipem celebrates the WORLD DAY OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK every April 28. It is an initiative promoted by ILO (the International Labour Organization) to encourage the prevention of work-related accidents and disease on a global scale. In honour of the occasion, the company organises a series of exciting activities that enable the direct involvement of all employees, encouraging genuine Team Building and raising awareness on the well-being of the individual. This year, in line with the theme proposed by ILO for 2013-occupational diseases and general health, Saipem's LiHS (Leadership in Health and Safety) Team decided to focus on a new, spectacular and effective formula for stimulating the direct participation of the company: the Health Prevention Flash Mob. All participants were given free rein to design and carry out their projects, ranging from the collective launch of a slogan to creating an unprecedented poster, from the organisation of a special dance to the preparation of an original symbolic action. The challenge, though ambitious, was greeted with excitement and enthusiasm in many of the Saipem offices and sites around the world (Indonesia, Nigeria, Canada, America, Colombia, UK, UAE, Angola, Italy, Romania and Saipem vessels), who got hundreds of people motivated to create exceptional events, all expressing a universal message of health through the local culture. The company intranet, e-mails and word of mouth meant that these projects soon went viral, both inside and outside the company, maximising the focus on the prevention of occupational diseases in the most compelling manner. Through the promotion and dissemination of the first ever flash mobs dedicated to safety at work, Saipem has become a pioneer of innovative Health & Safety communications, proof of the start of a true cultural change.