| Safety
- Behavior and Culture _____________________________________________________________ |
| The
safety culture at Stillwater Mining Company is modeled to set
the
tone for everything we do. Everything done about safety is important.
Safety is a value and is never compromised. How we speak about
safety influences the leadership skills people contribute to
the process. If we want to create a safety culture,
we
have to consistently model that behavior ourselves. We believe
a total safety culture is created through the integration of
six fundamental
principles of leadership: Vision: To be the safest mining company in North America Passion: Show energy, desire, passion, enthusiasm and constant ambition Honesty and integrity: Cultivate open and honest communication. Say what you’ll do and do what you say. Motivation: Develop effective techniques to prevent injuries and empower people to apply them Self Confidence: Trust our ability to achieve Flexibility: Size up the situation and adjust accordingly We have taken a systematic approach to how safety is managed. We are developing systems, standards and controls that clearly define accountabilities and expectations. We have created inspections, audits and remedial action tracking systems to help measure compliance to the standards. We periodically evaluate the effectiveness of our systems and take time for corrective or commending actions relating to compliance. We believe leadership and management are clearly distinct qualities of equal importance. Creating excellence in, leadership, managment and the execution of our strategy will result in achieving our vision. |
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