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CONTENTS

Foreword 3

Aot te worldsteel safet and ealt prncples 5

Or commtment 7

Te prncples 9

Te prncples for a loal ndstr 20The principles are available in Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French,

Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian and Spanish.

Credts 23


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FOREWORD

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) Board o Directors has endorsed a seto saety and health principles. The Board strongly believes that clearly-defned

principles will result in improved saety and health perormance, as well as better

business results across the industry.

worldsteel has developed this guidance book to encourage member companies

to apply the principles.

Through the adoption o these principles at the highest level, worldsteel and itsmembers demonstrate their commitment to an injury-ree, illness-ree and healthy

workplace.

Lakshmi Mittal

Chairman, worldsteel

Chairman and CEO, ArcelorMittal

Ku-Taek Lee

Vice-Chairman, worldsteel

Chairman and CEO, POSCO

Paolo Rocca


CEO, Techint Group

John Surma


Chairman and CEO, United States Steel Corporation


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AbOuT ThE WORLDSTEEL SAFETy

AND hEALTh PRiNCiPLES

The worldsteel policy statement onsaety and health lays out the basic

principles drawn up by the worldsteel

Saety and Health Committee.

The principles are based on the

experience, knowledge, company

policies and values o the members

o the working group.

The policy promotes excellence in

saety and health practices. The set o

principles it contains was established

to demonstrate and communicate to

internal and external stakeholders the

priority that the industry places on its

saety and health perormance.

It aims to elevate standards across

the industry, to achieve an accident-

ree steel industry.

The goal is zero: an injury-ree, illness-

ree and healthy workplace.

Through the adoption o these

principles, worldsteel member

companies all over the world will have

a basis or creating a sae and healthy

work environment or everyone who

works in the industry.

Note: This booklet provides guidanceto worldsteel members on the meaning

o the principles. Individual companies

have dierent goals and procedures.

The principles have to be adapted

to meet diering cultural, social and

corporate environments.

The policy promotes

excellence in safety and

health practices.


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Nothing is more important than the safety

and health of people who work in the ironand steel industry.


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OuR COMMiTMENT

The saety and health o our peopleis our core value and will not be

compromised in the ace o other

business issues. This applies to

everyone involved in the industry,

be they employees, service providers

(contractors) or others such as

suppliers, customers and visitors.

The industry is committed to the goal

o an injury-ree, illness-ree and healthy

workplace.

Is saety and health the highest

priority in your company? I so,

is this reected in your mission

statement?

The industry is committed

to the goal of an injury-

free, illness-free and

healthy workplace.


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ThE PRiNCiPLES - PRiNCiPLE 1

We will do everything we can,consistent with world class practices,

to prevent injuries and illnesses.

Injuries and illnesses must not be

considered a normal part o our

industry. Everyone has a responsibility

to prevent injuries and illnesses; it is

only by working together that we willachieve a sae and healthy workplace.

Investigating and learning rom

accidents (with or without injury) will

help prevent the recurrence o such

events. Knowledge rom the lessons

learnt will help the whole industry to

protect people and avoid situations

that threaten saety or health.

Implement a saety management

system that includes risk

assessment and hazard

identifcation and control to prevent

injuries and illnesses.

Risk assessment

All risks should be assessed to

determine what kinds o injury or

illness they could cause. There are

many ways to do a risk assessment.In the book Saety and health in the

iron and steel industry, published by

the International Labour Ofce, you

will fnd explanations about hazard

identifcation, risk assessment and

control.

worldsteel oers member companiesthe opportunity to share Alerts. These

are incident reports that contain

inormation such as the cause o the

incident and key learnings. You can

see the Alerts on the Accident Free

Steel 2 website, on the worldsteel

Extranet. All employees o worldsteel

member companies are entitled to

access the Extranet.

Injuries and illnesses

must not be considered

a normal part of our

industry.


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Managers are responsible and accountable

for safety and health performance.


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PRiNCiPLE 2

This includes everyone rom companyexecutives to ront-line leaders.

It is essential that managers are seen

to support saety and health initiatives

in a consistent way. It lends credibility

and thoughtulness to every task,

big or small. By leading the initiatives

consistently, managers demonstratethat shortcuts are not acceptable.

I the leaders do not visibly change,

nothing will. Managers should set

priorities, establish goals and seek and

provide resources or saety and health

matters. This active involvement shows

that there is a genuine desire to see

each eort succeed.

Include saety and health results

in perormance assessments

and other career advancement

decisions.

It is important to note that thisprinciple does not contradict the later

principle stating that working saely

is a condition o employment. All

employees are responsible or their

personal saety and that o co-workers,

and must comply with all relevant

saety and health rules.

If the leaders do not

visibly change, nothing

will.


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Employee engagement and training

is essential.


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PRiNCiPLE 3

Everyone must be involved in ameaningul way, on a daily basis, to

support injury and illness prevention.

Through constant exposure to sae

practices, people will develop behaviour

that ensures each task is sae.

Engaged and empowered employees

will choose to work saely. They will alsoeel comortable to contribute their ideas

or saety and health improvement.

Involvement and recognition o the

employee will promote good saety and

health results.

Training is an essential par t o an

eective saety and health system. All

employees must have the necessary

training, skills and tools to do their job

saely. Employees need to show a

willingness to be trained and to apply

their acquired knowledge and skills.

With the right training, each person can

perorm independent risk assessments.

Employees must know how to keepthemselves and those around them

sae.

Talk to your employees about

accident and illness prevention

every day. Are they aware o the

inherent dangers associated with

their jobs?

Provide your employees with

adequate training to protect

themselves and their colleagues.

Engaged and empowered

employees will choose towork safely.


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Working safely is a condition

of employment.


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PRiNCiPLE 4

By making sae work practices acondition o employment, we oster the

importance o saety and health in the

workplace.

It is the responsibility o every

employee to understand and comply

with all relevant saety and health

rules and sae work practices. Eachindividual employee must take personal

responsibility or their own saety and

health.

Every employee is empowered to

stop any work or process i they

believe it to be unsae or unhealthy.

For many companies, there could

be a substantial cultural barrier to

such an action. It is a management

responsibility to make sure that

employees eel empowered and

confdent to take such a step.

Everyone must be aware o the risks

involved with their work. Encourage

each person to think through their

tasks and to take steps to identiy and

eliminate any risks.

Upon arriving at work, and whileat work, employees must be in a

condition that will allow them to work

saely.

Does everyone on your site assess

the risks o their job? What are the

consequences i they do not?

Every employee is

empowered to stop any

work or process if they

believe it to be unsafe or

unhealthy.


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Excellence in safety and health

drives excellent business results.


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PRiNCiPLE 5

Caring about the well-being o ourpeople is the essence o successul

leadership. Good saety and health

is good business and has a positive

impact on employees. Engaging

people in saety and health will

contribute to improved business

results.

Prevention o injuries and illnesses

creates a competitive advantage by

having our most valuable resource

our people at work. All resources are

jeopardised by workplace accidents,

which result in production losses

and downtime or investigations. The

costs o accidents (with or without

injuries) and illnesses undermine

competitiveness.

A robust saety management system

will help to reduce loss through incident

prevention.

Loss can include:

Loss o man hours

Loss o production time

Loss o process stability

Loss o plant or equipment

Loss o product

Loss o shareholder confdence.

To invest in saety and health is to

improve productivity and perormance.

See page 9 o the worldsteel

book Accident Free Steel or more

inormation on the iceberg

o incidents.

We should do what we

say and say what we do.


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Safety and health is integrated into all

business management processes.


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PRiNCiPLE 6

Saety and health should be includedin all new and existing business

processes, or example, managing

assets, production, projects and

administration. It should be reassessed

beore any changes are applied.

When saety and health are

consistently brought to the oreronto business decisions and processes,

people develop an appreciation or

the importance o the topic. People

understand what is expected o them

and have the knowledge to work saely.

Beore decisions are made, make an

assessment o the saety and health

implications. Involve dierent levels

o people to ensure a thorough

appraisal.

Bring safety and health

to the forefront of all yourbusiness decisions and

processes.


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ThE PRiNCiPLES FOR A gLObAL iNDuSTRy

The principles are available in Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek,

Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian and Spanish.

1 Alle verwondingen en aan het werk gerelateerde ziektes

kunnen en moeten voorkomen worden.

2 Het bestuur verantwoordelijk is voor de uitvoering van

veiligheids- en gezondheidsmaatregelen.

3 De toewijding en de training van het personeel essentieel is.

4 Veilig werken tot de tewerkstellingsvoorwaarden behoort.

5 Uitmuntende bedrijfsresultaten het gevolg zijn van

uitmuntendheid op vlak van veiligheid en gezondheid.

6 Veiligheid en gezondheid opgenomen moeten worden inalle besluitprocessen.

Niets is belangrijker dan de veiligheid ende gezondheid van de mensen die in de

staalindustrie werken.

1 Vekerm pokozenm zdrav a nemocem majcm vztah k

vykonvan prci mus bt p edchzeno preventivn;

2 Veden je zodpov dn za dodrovn bezpe nosti a

ochrany zdrav p i prci;

3 Angaovanost a kolen pracovnk je nezbytn;

4 Pracovat bezpe n je podmnkou zam stnn;

5 Dokonalost pi ochran zdrav a bezpe nosti prce vede k

vynikajcm obchodnm vsledk m;

6 Ochrana zdrav a bezpe nost prce mus bt sou st vech

dcch proces podnikn.

Nen nic d leit jho ne zdrav a bezpenost prce lid pracujcch v hutnm pr myslu.

1 Kaikki tapaturmat ja typeriset sairaudet voidaan ja pit

est.

2 Johto on vastuussa ja tulosvastuullinen

tyturvallisuustuloksista.

3 Tyntekijn sitouttaminen ja opastaminen on oleellista.

4 Turvallinen tyskentely on tysuhteen edellytys.

5 Erinomaisuus tyturvallisuustyss tukee erinomaisia

liiketaloudellisia tuloksia.

6 Tyturvallisuus tytyy integroida kaikkiinjohtamisprosesseihin.

Mikn ei ole trkemptersteollisuudessa tyskenteleville ihmisille

kuin terveys ja turvallisuus.


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1 Tout accident de travail ou maladie professionnelle peutet doit tre vit.

2 Il est de la responsabilit de la direction de veiller la

qualit du bien-tre et de la scurit.

3 Limplication et la formation de chaque salari sont

essentielles.

4 Travailler en scurit est une condition demploi.

5 Un bon encadrement en sant et scurit assure une

meilleure productivit.

6 Sant et scurit doivent faire par tie intgrante de tout

processus de gestion industrielle.

Rien nest plus important que la santet la scurit des personnes qui travaillent

dans la sidrurgie.

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1 Tutti gli infortuni e le malattie professionali possono e

devono essere evitati.

2 I dirigenti sono responsabili delle prestazioni in materia di

sicurezza e salute sul lavoro.

3 Limpegno e la formazione dei dipendenti sono

fondamentali.

4 Lavorare in sicurezza una delle condizioni di impiego.

5 Leccellenza nella salvaguardia della sicurezza e della

salute porta ad eccellenti risultati economici.

6 La sicurezza e la salute devono essere integrate in tutti i

processi di gestione aziendale.

Nulla pi importante della sicurezzae della salute dei lavoratori nellindustria

siderurgica.

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1 Todos los accidentes y enfermedades profesionales

pueden y deben evitarse.

2 Es responsabilidad de la direccin los resultados de la

seguridad y la salud en el trabajo.

3 El compromiso y formacin de los trabajadores es

fundamental.

4 Trabajar con seguridad es una condicin imprescindible

del empleo.

5 La excelencia en seguridad y salud ayuda a obtener

excelentes resultados empresariales.

6 La seguridaad y la salud en el trabajo debe estar

integrada en todos los procesos y reas de la empresa.

Nada es ms importante para la industriasiderrgica que la seguridad y la salud de

sus trabajadores.


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This booklet was produced with input rom the worldsteel Saety and HealthCommittee. worldsteel thanks ArcelorMittal, BlueScope Steel, Corus, Essar,

Httenwerke Krupp Mannesmann, Novolipetsk Steel, Outokumpu, POSCO,

Saudi Iron and Steel, ThyssenKrupp, US Steel and Wirtschatsvereinigung Stahl

or their photographs and other contributions.

Photography:

Cover image: ArcelorMittalPage 4: BlueScope Steel

Page 6: BlueScope Steel

Page 8: Httenwerke Krupp Mannesmann

Page 10: ArcelorMittal

Page 12: POSCO

Page 14: Bluescope Steel

Page 16: ThyssenKrupp

Page 18: Novolipetsk Steel

Concept and copyrights:

World Steel Association

This publication is printed on MultiDesign paper. MultiDesign is certifed by the Forest Stewardship Council

as environmentally-responsible paper.

CREDiTS

Design: www.blisscommunication.be


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