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MARCOGAZ Activity Report 2012 - 2013
Health & Labour Safety
The WG is preparing a paper on safety leadership/safety
culture: “Good practices on health and safety in the Gas
Industry”. The structure of the document is defined and
will be completed in 2013. Programs developed by the
member companies about safety culture are presented by
the Members.
The Members exchanged also information on recent
labour incidents and the measures to be taken to avoid
them if possible.
A comparison of the emergency plans of the member
companies has started and could lead to interesting added
values to all Members.
A MARCOGAZ paper with the common points of Safety
Data Sheet (SDS) for natural gas as a useful reference for
the next revision on the different Gas Companies is being
prepared.
The annual Health and Safety data collection activity has
been overviewed and some modifications have been
agreed:
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5 year overview of representative companies;
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Accidents by staff per km;
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Accidents by contactors per km, no working hours;
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Also include number of stations and installations;
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For contactors only the LTI (Long Term Illness) will be
mentioned;
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The data regarding transmission and distribution will
be separated;
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No sickness rate anymore;
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Road traffic accidents: separate work related and
home-work commuting.
SWOT analysis
This activity was felt necessary since environmental
aspects girdling gas system operators and natural gas are
today subject to an accelerated and continuous evolution.
Awareness of this evolution and possibility to act pro-
actively on (future) changes is essential when steering
the activities of especially the Standing Committee
Sustainability and its Working Groups.
The SWOT questionnaire is intended to be used frequently
in order to detect timely shifts and decide on actions.
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