Guaranteeing safety
The zero accidents objective for all people working on its construction and operation sites remains the number-one priority for the Group.
— Due to the nature of its business activities, the Group focuses on creating a true safety culture from the highest executive levels down to managers and site teams. This goal applies to all individuals – employees, temporary staff or subcontractors – working on a VINCI construction or operating site, as well as customers of managed infrastructure.
— The Group’s health and safety policy is overarching and aims to anticipate and prevent all occupational risks in this area, as well as psychosocial risks. It also aims to ensure quality of life in the workplace and the redeployment of employees who have suffered a workplace accident or occupational illness.
— At the Group level and under the Executive Committee’s authority, this policy is managed by the health and safety coordination team, which brings together the heads of health and safety networks in all the business lines. The accident prevention Pivot Clubs and internal collaborative platforms help disseminate and monitor health and safety measures for the community of health and safety coordinators and experts.
— In the field, the accident prevention programme is managed by a network of over 2,500 health and safety employees. Group companies implement strict procedures and multiple systems to ensure their employees’ safety: upstream risk analysis, circulation of safety guidelines, 15-minute safety sessions that bring together all individuals involved at a worksite, reporting and analysis of near misses and accidents to identify their root causes, and training tailored to the industry, type of worksite and operational context.
— VINCI’s health and safety policy is implemented under the direct responsibility of managers, who are in charge of fostering a safety culture day to day. They receive regular training in safety management, and their practices are assessed. Employee representatives also play a key role in risk prevention, as health and safety are crucial issues in social dialogue.
— In the exceptional context of the health crisis, the entire safety network remains at the ready to adapt and implement appropriate measures to protect the health and safety of employees, operators and users, in consultation with the staff, representative bodies, national authorities and professional organisations.
PERFORMANCE IN 2021
Lost-time workplace accident frequency rate
2016
6.84
2021
5.74
Number of training hours in
health and safety
2021
1.5 million
