Health and safety
Snam is committed to health and safety protection in the workplace through actions aimed at reducing risk factors. All corporate activities are governed by management systems with OHSAS 18001 certification on health and safety at work and the adoption of good practices, promoted and shared with suppliers, has, for some years, made it possible to keep accident rates down, for both employees and contractors.
In 2019 a total of 7 accidents took place, in line with 2018, 2 of which involved Snam Group employees (4 in 2018), both of which were in companies acquired last year (IES-Biogas and Cubogas) and 5 involved suppliers/contractors (3 in 2018).
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2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
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Employees |
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Total accidents (no.) |
6 |
4 |
2 |
Fatal accidents (no.) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Frequency index |
1.24 |
0.84 |
0.41 |
Severity index |
0.05 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
Contract workers |
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Total accidents (no.) |
5 |
3 |
5 |
Fatal accidents (no.) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Frequency index |
0.54 |
0.41 |
0.71 |
Severity index |
0.83 |
0.03 |
0.07 |
Employees and contract workers |
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Total accidents (no.) |
11 |
7 |
7 |
Frequency index |
0.78 |
0.58 |
0.59 |
Severity index |
0.56 |
0.02 |
0.05 |
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2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
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Type |
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Road accidents |
1 |
2 |
0 |
Occupational accidents (maintenance, inspection, checks) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
General accidents (slipping, impact, tripping) |
4 |
1 |
1 |
Accidents at work – Employees and contract workers frequency index
Accidents at work – Employees and contract workers severity index
810 employees rewarded within the “Zero Accident Award” initiative
Alongside the consistent commitment through training, technological innovation and work organisation, the Snam4Safety project, launched in 2018 and continued in 2019, has made it possible to further strengthen the culture and awareness about health and safety issues among employees and contract workers.
In order to raise awareness among employees on the issue of safety, in 2011 Snam established an initiative called the “Zero Accident Award”, which, based on homogeneous teams according to employment/safety manager, rewards employees who go 365 consecutive days without an accident in the workplace. In 2019 8 teams out of a total of 810 employees were rewarded.
Snam has also extended the awareness raising activities on health and safety outside of its corporate boundaries through the “Trofeo Sicurezza Appaltatori” (Contractors’ Safety Prize), dedicated to contractors with the aim of focusing the attention of suppliers on these issues. Specifically, as part of this initiative, the performance of businesses is evaluated by collecting and analysing specific indicators (such as, for example, accident indices and negative feedback on topics of interest). In 2019, the Contractors Safety Prize (for results achieved in 2018) was awarded for the third year in a row to Max Streicher, a company specialised in the building of energy infrastructure, more specifically gas pipelines.