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Processes and production facilities
Safe production
Safe production plants, equipment and supplies are essential for successful manufacturing. Our specialists develop and build safe processes and production facilities throughout the world. And they also look after their operation, working in accordance with the very latest safety standards. There is probably no other segment that works within such a tight framework of legal regulations and controls. Our management systems, internal directives and tools for preventive and comprehensive product evaluation ensure that we comply with all the necessary aspects of safety, both during production and in transport.
Despite all the standards and innovations, however, we must not become complacent about safety, and must be prepared for every conceivable accident. For this, the individual subgroups have devised detailed emergency plans.
In addition to the emergency response plans at the individual production sites, Bayer CropScience has established a global emergency organization with a special control center in Norwich (United Kingdom). From there, the incoming emergency calls are passed to the departments on duty, which initiate and coordinate the emergency response measures. Incidents that have to be reported to the global control center include serious accidents, large fires, explosions, environmental hazards, and also other safety risks such as natural disasters, sabotage, extortion, attacks, riots and strikes. Every year, the center in Norwich takes between 10 and 15 emergency calls, most of which fortunately later prove to be less urgent than originally thought.
At Bayer, a Group-wide reporting procedure was introduced in 2000. In this “Bayer Emergency Response System,” all information on dangerous incidents is collected. The aim of the system is to inform the relevant management levels quickly and comprehensively in crisis situations and following exceptional incidents.
Safety at the workplace: Focus on avoiding accidents
In the field of occupational safety, our safety experts are on hand to prevent illnesses and accidents by implementing preventive and protective measures. Proof of the high level of safety at Bayer is provided by the excellent statistics for occupational injuries. Occupational injuries were reduced again during the period covered by the Report.
As far as incidents at our sites are concerned, we do everything we can to improve the work processes so that comparable incidents can be excluded in the future.
Health management: Wide-ranging services
All Bayer sites offer their employees a comprehensive range of health care services, extending from basic care from company physicians, through acute medicine and investigative medicine, to psycho-social consulting, addiction consulting and addiction therapy. Our company health management system extends beyond health care at the place of work, also aiming to increase motivation and encourage and maintain the physical, mental and social well-being of the workforce.
Despite all the standards and innovations, however, we must not become complacent about safety, and must be prepared for every conceivable accident. For this, the individual subgroups have devised detailed emergency plans.
In addition to the emergency response plans at the individual production sites, Bayer CropScience has established a global emergency organization with a special control center in Norwich (United Kingdom). From there, the incoming emergency calls are passed to the departments on duty, which initiate and coordinate the emergency response measures. Incidents that have to be reported to the global control center include serious accidents, large fires, explosions, environmental hazards, and also other safety risks such as natural disasters, sabotage, extortion, attacks, riots and strikes. Every year, the center in Norwich takes between 10 and 15 emergency calls, most of which fortunately later prove to be less urgent than originally thought.
At Bayer, a Group-wide reporting procedure was introduced in 2000. In this “Bayer Emergency Response System,” all information on dangerous incidents is collected. The aim of the system is to inform the relevant management levels quickly and comprehensively in crisis situations and following exceptional incidents.
Safety at the workplace: Focus on avoiding accidents
In the field of occupational safety, our safety experts are on hand to prevent illnesses and accidents by implementing preventive and protective measures. Proof of the high level of safety at Bayer is provided by the excellent statistics for occupational injuries. Occupational injuries were reduced again during the period covered by the Report.
As far as incidents at our sites are concerned, we do everything we can to improve the work processes so that comparable incidents can be excluded in the future.Health management: Wide-ranging services
All Bayer sites offer their employees a comprehensive range of health care services, extending from basic care from company physicians, through acute medicine and investigative medicine, to psycho-social consulting, addiction consulting and addiction therapy. Our company health management system extends beyond health care at the place of work, also aiming to increase motivation and encourage and maintain the physical, mental and social well-being of the workforce.
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