59 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018/2019 03 S E C T I O N RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND UPHOLDING GOOD SOCIAL PRACTICES • President’s Award for Safety The President’s Award for Safety is an annual competition among FGV Group companies which began in 2017, aimed at highlighting safety as everyone’s responsibility. Theprogramme is a part of our efforts to develop an HSE-centric culture via empowerment, engagement and knowledge-sharing of safety best practices. It is also to demonstrate visible championship of HSE by top management at the respective worksites. The awards are given as recognition of Best Safety Project and Best Safety and Health Committee at the workplace. • Disaster Simulation & Emergency Response Exercise, Bandar Sahabat (FGV DSEREX’18) The aims of this exercise were to develop the readiness and competencies of our Emergency Response Team (ERT) in Bandar Sahabat operations as well as the Bandar Sahabat community to manage disasters and emergencies prior to the arrival of the local emergency service agencies. As part of our key intervention programme, it helped to increase awareness among employees on the importance of disaster preparedness, plans and responses, thus enhancing the capability of the ERT. The exercise focused on FGV Plantation Industries’ Independent Power Producer (IPP) biomass plant and involved ERTs from FGV and the FELDA Group at Bandar Sahabat, as well as emergency service agencies. • FGV’s World OSH Day 2018 (WOD 2018) FGV hosted its fourth WOD in 2018 (WOD 2018), in conjunction with the ILO’s World Day for Safety, which falls in April every year. This event highlighted safety as a global initiative and placed FGV on par with leading organisations, especially multi-national companies, with regards to emphasis on safety. It was a platform to raise safety consciousness among FGV Group employees. The key highlight of the event was the launch of the FGV Safe 10 Initiatives comprising a list of Dos and Don’ts for employees. The list was collectively developed beforehand within FGV Group companies through employees’ participation in the HSE Commandment Contest. This joint effort was aimed at showcasing safety as a core value and a way of life, consequently empowering employee involvement in the safety initiatives programme. • Go Home Safe Initiatives 2019 Go Home Safe Initiatives demonstrate concerted efforts which uphold the following principles: • Everyone has the right to go home unharmed • Everyone has a duty to take care of their own health and safety and of others in their surroundings • All accidents are preventable. The first phase of initiatives included a series of programmes, namely the Near Misses and Safety Observation Campaign and PATUH PPE Campaign, followed by the Safety Ambassador Programme. These initiatives were part of the Model Mill and Model Estate safety initiatives which will be replicated in phases throughout the Group. Moving forward, the Go Home Safe Initiatives will be broadened to include the 5Es model of safety in 2020. Health & Safety Statistics for FY2018 & FY2019 The number of non-permanent disability cases increased slightly from 2018 to 2019, which consequently increased our Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) from 2.30 to 2.56. However, there was a decrease in our overall severity rate. LTI Cases 2018* 2019 LTIFR 2.30 2.56 Severity Rate 168.10 123.37 Incident Rate 5.69 6.33 * 2018 LTIFR has been restated to 2.30 from the 3.19 reported in 2018’s annual report because: 1 The total number of LTI cases earlier reported for FY2018 was 301 and led to LTIFR being calculated as 3.19. However, the actual number should have been 297 2 Four cases were fatality cases and were reclassified as Non-Work-Related. This has been updated with DOSH 3 A different formula was then used for the calculation of total man-hours We regret to report that there were four fatalities in 2019 involving an FGV staff, a migrant worker, a contractor and a third-party worker. Although the number has remained the same every year since 2016, the Group endeavours to improve our health and safety practices to strive for a zero-fatality rate. The most common injury among our employees and migrant workers was getting hit by objects, contributing to most of the high-consequence work-related and recordable injuries. While the number of injuries for employees decreased by 25 incidents from 2018 to 2019, the number of injuries for migrant workers increased by 57 incidents within the same period of time. Apart from one incident of back-pain injury in 2018, our employees also suffered from hearing impairment due to work hazards in both years. However, no data was collected on work-related ill health among migrant workers. Our work hazards were identified based on Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC), Noise Hazard Identification, Noise Risk Assessment and Noise Mapping.
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