Safety

Hazard identification and risk assessments are performed through matrices that follow the DOS-PRCS-01 Hazard identification and risk assessment process. These matrices were improved in recent years through the Job Hazard Assessment (JHA) program, which began in 2021 and in 2022 improved its execution with a refresher program for current employees and as part of the induction process for new personnel.

The JHA project is mainly based on safety training on risks and daily activities, with some administrative roles receiving virtual training.

The Near Miss project has been implemented in all Aleatica Business Units globally through its development in the digital platform Aleatica Safety Reporting (ASR). This has been an essential step forward for advancing in the cultural change we want to achieve in Health and Safety. The main objective of this project is to internalize the identification of unsafe actions and conditions, which, if not solved, could materialize in an incident or accident at work in the future.

The program continued its momentum throughout 2022, with all Business Units reporting Near Miss. 1,000 Near Misses per year have been exceeded once again, i.e., this activity triggered corrective actions that prevented more than 1,000 accidents per year.

The Safety Stop Cards project has been successfully launched in the Business Units where the project was implemented. It consists of increasing employee empowerment through cards authorized by the Business Unit General Manager, which enable them to stop work when conditions are unsafe.

The Stop Cards project is implemented in GANA, CONMEX, Supervía Poniente, VB and AuNorte. In 2022, 90 Stop Cards were reported (only 21 Stop Cards required a prolonged break-in work) resulting in an accumulated break-in work time of 415 minutes (approximately 19.76 min/Stop Card).

In a first phase, 11 units of a lane intrusion alarm system have been purchased for some Business Units. In a second phase, it is expected that more Business Units will be equipped with these elements.

In addition, to improve the safety of the employees’ journeys, a solution based on GPS and two cameras was implemented in the operating vehicles, allowing the location of the unit to be known at any time, as well as the recording of incidents for later analysis.

Aleatica’s strategy for obtaining ISO 45001 certifications is to have all the group’s Business Units (the Brownfield) certified during 2023. By the end of the year 2022, 50% of our operating Business Units are certified in ISO 45001. The remaining 50% is expected to be achieved during 2023.

In Mexico, Business Units had a total of 23,138 hours of specialized Safety training in 2022, 4% less than in 2021 (24,216 hours). Currently, Business Units have a higher degree of maturity within the Bradley Curve, so training plans become increasingly individualized for each activity performed. 

Together with the Human Resources Executive Management, in 2022, the Annual Global Training Plan was defined, where Aleatica’s institutional training and operational training programs were established.

In our Procurement and Contracting Standard, we established the guiding principles of the procurement and contracting management process and integrated the Sustainability Principle and the Sustainability Assessment as a key element to identify social, environmental, compliance and safety risks, with which we visualize the risk levels for these suppliers and define the necessary safeguards to obtain optimal results for our operations.