Safety

In the performance of our activities, we ensure the protection of occupational health and safety of our employees and all stakeholders.

In this approach, the focus is on prevention, from the conception and design stages of the services offered, with safety as a necessary prerequisite for achieving long-term objectives, including:

make occupational accidents and rail and terminal accidents zero, through an adequate risk analysis and management methodological approach;
ensure the highest level of safety for any activity that may entail risks for employees, as well as for customers, suppliers and the community.

We are continuously striving to provide safe and healthy working conditions for the prevention of occupational injuries and illnesses, depending on the specific risks present in the various operating environments.

With this in mind, we are committed to promoting the widest awareness of the most up-to-date skills in the field, so that safety is a common good for all those working in the production units.

The company supports the dissemination and consolidation of a culture of safety that, in compliance with EU, national and regional regulations, including voluntary ones, represent a benchmark for those who work daily in the company, and for those who come into contact with the company from the outside. The pursuit of safety is an absolute priority for our part of the railway system.

Consistent with the Group's safety policy, we are committed to:

complying with the relevant safety regulations by ensuring that they are incorporated into the Safety Management System with a non-bureaucratic approach;
if other corporate objectives directly or indirectly conflict with the safety objectives, the attainment of the latter must always be pursued;
strive for zero accident values, where technically and operationally possible;
define indicators that allow for the direct assessment of each hazardous event identified;
for each indicator related to hazardous events, define and pursue targets to at least maintain current safety standards;
continuously monitor and analyse safety indicators for the purpose of predicting the occurrence of any unexpected or unforeseen conditions;
implement all useful actions and initiatives to prevent accidents/hazards, where technically and operationally possible;
implement all useful actions and initiatives to minimise the consequences of any accidents for people, the environment and property;
promote the maintenance, improvement and development of the Safety Management System as a primary instrument for the monitoring, containing, reducing and mitigating risks;
promote an emphasis on assessment and self-assessment as a basis for highlighting existing and/or potential risks and for planning improvement objectives and actions;
actively involve all personnel and their representatives as well as collaborators in the management of safety, with due regard for their specific autonomy and responsibilities, focusing on reports and encouraging their involvement in identifying solutions that are compatible with the necessary operations;
create a transparent, correct and motivating working environment, which is deemed essential for the human resources working in the company to actively and consciously operate in the Safety Management System;
provide staff and collaborators with high levels of training and refresher courses so that they can work effectively and with full knowledge of potential risks, both in ordinary and emergency operating conditions;
develop a proper safety culture, including through structured analysis of human factors that may have a direct or indirect impact on the performance of the Safety Management System;
provide the necessary resources to ensure the safe operation of activities, periodically re-assessing requirements to keep them in line with the services offered, the volume of activities and the evolution of knowledge, technologies and safety standards;
foster and facilitate internal communication and interaction with providers of goods and/or services and partners to facilitate the identification and timely resolution of problems;
cooperate actively and transparently with the relevant bodies, the competent authorities and other organisations involved in the provision of services (customers, suppliers, partners) to improve the safety level of the railway system.

We want to spread and entrench a proper safety culture at all levels, including through a structured analysis of human factors that may have a direct or indirect impact on the performance of the Management System.

Within the framework of the Integrated Management System - Occupational Safety Management System (OSMS), our company annually aims to improve the values of the following indicators, which are defined in the Integrated Policy:

a. frequency

b. severity

c. impact

as well as monitoring the impact of the human factor identified during accidents and near misses and/or after control activities.

In processes with an impact on occupational safety, we also adopt actions aimed at:

constantly checking that processes provided for safe working practices and prompt intervention, where necessary, to ensure the necessary operational, managerial or technological changes, including through consultation and participation of employees or their representatives;
ensuring constant focus on health surveillance processes, monitoring all aspects that guarantee the physical and physiological well-being of its employees in the workplace;
promoting measures to raise awareness of the risks generated by habits, attitudes and practices, even those not directly related to the performance of work activities, starting from analysing the accident rates at all levels of the company, and also aimed at the staff of contractors;
maximising the dissemination within the company of an awareness-based management approach, through the Safety Management System as a priority for both operational and decision-making processes;
keeping its regulatory framework constantly updated to meet legal and other relevant requirements.

Safety and Behavioural Standards for Hauliers(.pdf — 402 KB)