At KONE, safety has always been a high priority area. We strongly believe that each employee has the right to return home injury-free after each workday; therefore we have a zero tolerance towards unsafe behavior and attitudes and our ultimate target is to have zero accidents. To minimize accidents, we make sure that all our employees have the right set of competencies they need in order to perform their work in a safe manner. We have the same level of requirements for the safety of our subcontractors’ employees as with our own employees.
We view safety as an outcome of activities that drive continuous improvement in a safety culture. To improve our safety culture, accidents and near-miss incidents are continuously monitored and investigated. The lessons learnt are discussed with the entire organization on a regular basis.
KONE trains employees on safety
The minimum requirement for all our employees and subcontractors is a general level of training in health and safety, which must be regularly refreshed. Additional training relating to respective work roles and tasks must be completed in order to develop and maintain the needed competencies.