Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility Report - Catalog - Page 10
SOCIA L /
Crown’s Employees and Communities
Values-based safety
philosophy
Crown Australia earned the Best Workplace Health and Safety Management
System Award (Private Sector) from
WorkCover New South Wales SafeWork
in recognition of its outstanding
safety programs.
Training Center illustrates this commit-
employees each took the time to visit,
ment by providing hands-on training for
observe and learn about employee be-
new employees – customized to their
haviors, habits and work practices, both
skills and needs – before they begin
positive and negative, in all operational
their Crown career.
areas. All in all, results included:
New employees go through a Quick
• More than 400 risk-learning sessions
conducted
Crown’s safety philosophy embeds an
achievable and repeatable way of managing workplace health and safety that
moves beyond focusing on legislative
compliance to a values-based learning
process in which its employees thrive.
Beating industry averages for
workplace safety
For the past five years, Crown has
performed consistently better than the
industry average for lift truck manufacturing globally in both Total Recordable
Incident Rate and Lost Workday Case
Incident Rate. By embracing the company’s health and safety initiatives, Crown
employees are driving down lost time
and injury rates to record lows. Safe
employees and a productive workforce
are a win-win for Crown’s sustainability
commitments.
Crown facility reduces injury
rate by 20 percent
Real and lasting safety improvements
certification for specific jobs such as
welding and machining. At the center,
• 450 improvement measures
employees gain skills in manufacturing
completed
processes and lift truck operations to
provide a smooth transition to working
In combination with other measures, this
in one of Crown’s actual manufactur-
program prompted ergonomic changes
ing facilities. New employees are then
to improve health and reduce risks. It
paired with a safety mentor for up to six
also reduced the facility’s injury rate by
months. Mentors answer questions and
20 percent.
offer demonstrations and explanations
about the work environment.
Crown
employees are
driving down
lost time and
injury rates to
record lows.
Continuous employee
development helps create a
stable workforce
A robust employee development program plays a key role in attracting and
retaining long term employees. Through
Crown’s Education Center, employees
can participate in more than 150 active
courses. Options include course topics
such as:
• Crown history/culture
• Business writing
• Financial acumen
and conditions, true teamwork, and a
genuine concern for improving employ-
Investing in employees through a wealth
ee health. A Crown production facility in
of training programs is just one way
the Bavarian town of Roding, Germa-
Crown demonstrates its dedication to
ny, implemented a safety initiative that
each person’s health, safety and long-
included all of these elements.
term goals. Crown’s Manufacturing
observations of workplace behaviors
Start program that allows them to earn
• 1,700 positive feedback remarks
New employee onboarding
helps lay the foundation
for success
call for an engaged workforce, keen
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Through the initiative, 35 teams of three
GLOBAL SUSTAINABILIT Y
• Personal productivity
• Product training
• Service technician training
• Leadership communication
• And much more
