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HELLENIC CABLES Member of CENERGY HOLDINGS
Health and Safety matters to all of us!

Health and Safety of our people is our highest priority. We perform various activities aiming to a more safe and healthy workplace both for our employees and our business partners and to our continuous goal for zero workplace accidents. The company implements the international standard OHSAS 18001 and continuously sets specific Health and Safety goals and takes actions for their achievement.

Employees and business partners (in the company’s facilities). Recognizing the importance of a healthy and safe workplace – not only for our employees- we take measures in order to assure that all of our sub-contractors working in our facilities, abide by the rules of Health and Safety.

Continuous, up to date.

Caring about Health and Safety in workplace is our fundamental value. Elimination of factors that would lead to accidents or occupational diseases is our ongoing target. In achieving this target, we have developed our Health and Safety Policy and we implement a Health and Safety Management System according to the requirements of the international standard OHSAS 18001:2007. Every year we intensify our efforts and perform various activities aiming to a more safe and healthy workplace both for our employees and our business partners. In addressing Health and Safety issues, a Health and Safety Management System is implemented which is fully aligned with both effective legislation and international standards.

In 2012, the Company’s OHSMS was certified according to the specifications of the international standard OHSAS 18001:2007, which has been applied to all three (3) company factories. The implementation of OHSMS is supported by the Health and Safety committees whose composition was completed in 2013. These committees handle Health and Safety issues in working hours and hold a consulting role. In each production plant a Health & Safety committee is established, representing all employees regarding Health and Safety issues. Each Committee meets regularly and reports to the General Director of each Company’s plant (and Director’s Associate in the case of Corinthia plant).

Additionally, all the System’s procedures have been designed and implemented in a way that contributes both to avoiding similar incidents and reducing their numbers. Health and Safety Programs and Activities are planned on an annual basis according to both the OHSMS requirements and the results that arise from monitoring specific Health and Safety indicators.

Aiming at continuous improvement of Health and Safety in the working environment, the Company has developed programs that deal with three main axes:

I. Employee Safety Prevention Program.
II. Employee Health Prevention Program.
III. Regular Training Programs in Health & Safety issues.

For one more year we have invested in our people Health and Safety. As we aim at upgrading Health and Safety Management System and its procedures, improving the working environment and training the employees in issues regarding corporate culture and conduct, we heavily invest on an annual basis. Each investment is based on Health and Safety Management System implementation, as well as on the suggestions made by Health & Safety persons-in-charge and employees. The investments cost from 180,000 up to 250,000 euros, per year.

Additionally, in 2013 our employees had the opportunity to join prevention, informing and supporting programs regarding serious diseases. As serious disease is considered any complication in individual’s health that have a major impact in him, his family and close environment. For that reason, HELLENIC CABLES, taking advantage of its partners’ network in Health related issues, provides the following benefits to its employees:

  • low prices for laboratory and diagnostic medical exams,
  • access to an extensive network of doctors from various specialties,
  • access and special prices in various private clinics in case of emergency,
  • access to on line communication and medical advice 24 hours/ 7 days/ 365 days a year.

HELLENIC CABLES in addition, organizes almost every year an informative session about a serious disease (diabetes, influenza, etc).

Health and Safety Management System is addressed both to employees and business partners. HELLENIC CABLES assignes the external verification of the Health & Safety Management System to an independent certification body (TUV Hellas).

The most important factor for Health and Safety programs to be successful is the dynamic participation of all employees.

Hellenic Cables company’s three (3) production units: Oinofyta, Thiva and Livadeia plant.

Monitoring the results of all Health and Safety activities is a matter of key importance to our Company. In particular, the Company has developed specific indicators in order to monitor and evaluate the performance of Health and Safety Management System. The use of the aforementioned indicators facilitates detection of deviations from the established targets and highlights the areas in need of improvement.

Specifically:

  • IR index 5,92 (for the year 2014) - 2,99 (for the year 2015)
  • LDR - index: 265,28 (for 2014) - 32,91 (for 2015)
  • Near misses: 6 (for 2014) - 1 (for 2015)
  • Annual number of injuries that caused absence frfom work: 6 (2014) - 3 (2015).
  • Absenteesm rate: 1259,32 (2014) - 1122,90 (2015).

We are committed to our policy for conducting responsible business and to our goal for zero workplace accidents and injuries.