" had reservations, thinking STOP would be 'the program of the month,' " Muncie says. In addition, the rate for proper use of personal protective equipment rose by more than 100%.Ĭorus president and CEO Colin Muncie says the behavior-based program - which calls on employees to observe one another, correct improper procedures and encourage safe procedures - initially was rolled out from the executive level to the team-leader level. Steel producer Corus recently implemented DuPont's STOP (Safety Training Observation Program) at its Tuscaloosa, Ala., complex and attributes the program to a more than 30% drop in recordable and lost-time injuries.
Simply put, if safety isn't one of them, then best practices in safety won't be implemented. (DuPont CEO Charles Holliday also carries the title Chief Safety Officer.)įorsman says at today's companies, leadership support of safety is vital because organizations are running so fast and hard that they can focus on only three goals at a time. "Frankly, one of the gaps we find is proactive leadership involvement."Īfter an initial data-based assessment, DuPont's program requires a visible commitment to safety from the company's top leadership, including the CEO. "Many companies start at the employee level, but it's really about management - management goals and management clarity," says Jim Forsman, president of DuPont Safety Resources. and others mimic the company's internal safety mantra: Make safety a priority from the top down. The best practices DuPont espouses to clients such as General Motors Corp., General Electric Co., Alcoa Inc. With $24.7 billion in revenues and about 83,000 employees, the company has developed so successful a safety program that three years ago it formally began training other companies in safety via its DuPont Safety Resources unit.
In 2000, more than 90% of DuPont's sites operated with zero injuries. The Wilmington, Del.-based chemicals manufacturer has decreased its number of incidents including injuries, illnesses, waste and emission by 60% over the last decade. That's indicative of DuPont's reputation as a leader in safety. They had several things to celebrate, including the fact that since production began in 1992, the site has had zero environmental incidents and no recordable safety cases. The employees of DuPont & Co.'s titanium technologies facility in Uberaba, Brazil, recently planted trees to commemorate the site's 10th anniversary.
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