Commitments to Health and Safety

“Transforming tomorrow” also involves health and safety

Our health and safety policy is in line with ArcelorMittal’s: in common with the entire group, we undertake to ensure the health and safety of all our employees, both on and off the job, with the objective of achieving “zero accidents and injuries”.

For further information : the 9 commitments in ArcelorMittal’s Health & Safety policy

“Anything that cannot be done safely must not be done.”
Jean-Yves Gilet, CEO Stainless

Certification objective for all our sites

The internationally recognised OHSAS 18001 certification defines standards for occupational health and safety management. Currently, 16 of our sites are certified in accordance with these criteria: 10 service centres (Massalengo, Isbergues, Duisburg, Sersheim, Rodange, Genk, Usti, Ancerville, Iberica, Siemianowice) and our 6 production plant (Châtelet, Genk, Gueugnon, Isbergues, Firminy and Pont de Roide).

Our objective: to achieve OHSAS 18001 certification for all our sites by the end of 2009.

Clik here to follow our mill's OHSAS 18001 certification.

Building on best practices

We encourage and promote the sharing and imitation of  Health & Safety good practices involving the whole personnel and trade unions by means of:

• Tools, such as an intranet database for experience-sharing.

• Inter-site working groups bringing together operators and managers to address specific issues.

• Days dedicated to Health & Safety at ArcelorMittal group level or within Stainless Europe.

• The work of the Stainless Health & Safety Committee that meets 4 times per year. This committee, which gathers the Safety Coordinators of each Business Unit, is also in charge of Improving the Roadmap's follow-up.