Our health and safety vision

The health and safety of our employees, contractors, visitors and broader community is of the highest priority and is critical to our overall business success.

uemg_pubsafe_1Our vision is to achieve zero harm by providing a safe and healthy workplace which includes the principles outlined below:

  • Embedding health and safety into all business decisions and processes, to the extent that no business objective will take priority over safety.
  • Creating a culture and environment where every employee is personally committed to their own health and safety and that of their colleagues and the public.
  • Creating a learning environment where hazard and incident reporting is encouraged and health and safety policies and procedures are constantly reviewed for currency, relevance and effectiveness.
  • Establishing a risk based approach to health and safety by having processes and systems to identify, assess and control health and safety risks and ensure continuous improvement in health and safety performance.
  • Establishing and maintaining a comprehensive health and safety management system, compliant with relevant standards.
  • Setting, monitoring and communicating meaningful performance measures for the benefit of our employees and other stakeholders.
  • Providing appropriate training and education to our employees.
  • Expecting responsible leadership, management, commitment and ownership of health and safety issues by all managers and employees and in all business situations.
  • Meeting and where appropriate exceeding our legal and other obligations.

Faults and emergencies

For electrical faults or emergencies, call

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For gas leaks, faults or emergencies, call

132 691

For police, fire and ambulance services, call

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