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SAFER, SMARTER, GREENER
STX Europe has cut accident numbers by 50 percent over two
years. In this new picture, Synergi Life plays an important role,
Storesund claims. These are very good news, of course, but
another important factor is simply having the statistics and getting
them right.
”Not being able to present QHSE statistics that prove you have
the overview and that you are focusing on these issues might
pose problems when submitting a tender. This will be even
more noticeable in the future,” Storesund says.
STX Europe always checks the accident statistics with potential
contractors. Poor accident-numbers are not a good sign. But if
they don’t have the statistics at all, it might be even more dif-
icult for them to get to work with the shipbuilder.
”In Norway the contractors constitute up to 80 percent of a
delivery. So in this way, we believe we are contributing to bringing
HSE into the focus of attention in regards to the contractors and
within our business as well,” Storesund says.
STX Europe was reminded of the importance of remaining QHSE
conscious when the number of incidents increased and two
workers died in Romania in the autumn of 2005. That led to
an “HSE changes programme” and the introduction of Synergi
Life – chosen because it was considered the only real alternative.
“Synergi Life is the state-of-the-art”, says Storesund.
Synergi Life is now part of an overall thorough HSE system that
is supported by an internet portal and an e-learning system,
among other things.
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Customer story – STX Europe
STX Europe has over the past few years worked hard on the QHSE area with impressive results. The
importance of obtaining the Synergi Life generated statistics is not to be underestimated says
HSE Coordinator Ørjan Storesund.
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Or, as Karsten Boe, SVP Quality Management & HSE says:
“Synergi Life is the engine in our HSE system. This ‘machinery’
needs petrol as well and there are many other parts that are
necessary to make it run. But without the engine you don’t move
anywhere,”
Synergi Life was rolled out during the summer of 2007 replacing
dozens of Excel sheets. After ten months their new HSE data-
base contained 4000 reports of misses, near- misses – and also
safety observations. In contrast to their old data, the data in
Synergi Life can give them exactly the output they want at the
time it’s needed.
“Excel sheets mean a lot of work for the HSE department and
poor or no traceability. We now spend a little more time regis-
tering incidents than we used to, but we get weekly, monthly
and quarterly reports that allow us to do follow-ups in a serious
and orderly manner,” Storesund says.
Contractors included, STX Europe has about 40,000 different
men and women at work per year. Most of them are working at
one of their 18 ship yards around the world. All yards are now
required to deliver a weekly HSE report and they all register and
learn from the common Synergi Life database.
“Synergi Life reveals that grinding devices, trestle works and
welding equipment represent our most frequent identiied
risks. This is important evidence guiding us in our investments
towards securing our workers. Moreover, Synergi Life can be
used to measure and visualize what your business is good at,”
says Storesund.
Productivity has increased after the HSE step-change pro-
gramme was initiated. And after promising their insurance com-
pany that the accident rate would be down by 20 per cent within
a certain amount of time, their insurance premium was reduced
by 7 million euros on an annual basis.
“This alone highly surpasses the amount we have spent on the
HSE programme. The insurance company has estimated that our
programme is worth 7 million euros per year in reduced
insurance costs,” Storesund says.
“Synergi Life is the engine in our HSE system.
This ‘machinery’ needs petrol as well and there
are many other parts that are necessary to make
it run. But without the engine you don’t move
anywhere.”
Ørjan Storesund, HSE coordinator, STX Europe
Norwegian STX Europe (previously Aker Yards)is one of the
world’s largest shipbuilders. The group is organised in three
business areas; Cruise & Ferries, Offshore & Specialised
Vessels and Other Operations. STX Europe comprises 15
yards in Brazil, Finland, France, Norway, Romania and Viet-
nam in addition to 30 per cent ownership in three yards in
Germany and the Ukraine. Since 2008 STX Europe has been
owned by the Korean industrial group STX.
STX EUROPE IN BRIEF
ƒ Customer name: STX Europe
ƒ Web address: www.stxeurope.com
ƒ Market: Shipyard
PROFILE
Why we chose DNV GL – Software
ƒ Synergi Life is the state-of-the-art software
ƒ Synergi Life is considered the only real alternative
This is what we gained:
ƒ Weekly, monthly and quarterly reports that allow us to do
follow ups in a serious and orderly manner.
ƒ Reduced insurance costs by 7 million euros per year.
BRIEF ACCOUNT
Ørjan Storesund, HSE coordinator, STX Europe