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CATERPILLAR INC. 2013 YEAR IN REVIEW
44
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES
Feature Story
Headline
LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY
Safety:
Progress Toward
Achieving an
Ambitious Vision
At Caterpillar, there is no number bigger than zero.
Zero is the aspirational target expressed through Vision Zero: zero
accidents and injuries across the enterprise. Although the vision has
not yet been fully realized, our progress has been remarkable. In fact,
Caterpillar has never been a safer place to work.
During the past decade, the enterprise Recordable Injury Frequency
(RIF) has fallen more than 87 percent – from 6.22 in 2003 to .78 today.
RIF defi nes the number of injuries severe enough to require medical
treatment per 200,000 hours worked. That data translates to more than
52,000 workplace injuries that have been avoided since 2003.
“Zero injuries – that’s our goal,” says Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman.
“It will not be easy to achieve, but it’s certainly not impossible. We
simply will not be satisfi ed unless everyone gets safely home every
single day.”
The enterprise-wide RIF of .78 represents an all-time low for recordable
injuries – a metric that can be attributed to strategic safety initiatives
and support from executive leadership, as well as a commitment to
safety from employees across the globe.
Global Environmental Affairs, Health and Safety (Global EHS) is the
organizational owner of the EHS Assurance Manual, which identifi es
the fundamental environmental and safety issues that all Caterpillar
facilities must address.
“While Global EHS sets the policies for the enterprise, our improvement
is due to our employees and leaders who put safety fi rst. An RIF number
of .78 illustrates that the safety of our people is a primary focus in every-
thing we do,” says Andy Schneider, Global EHS Manager.
In 2013, 28 out of 36 divisions met or exceeded their RIF targets, and
Caterpillar exceeded the 2013 enterprise-wide RIF target by 23 percent.
Achieving Vision Zero will require a continued commitment to safety
and a continuing commitment to develop our culture of safety.
“Our work on safety will never be done,” Oberhelman says. “Every day
we have to maintain our focus and recommit to making our workplace
safe for everyone.”