Michael Byrne, CEO, Fox Logistics
When Linfox Logistics started with our Vision Zero safety
program seven years ago, our LTIFR (lost time injury frequency
rate) was at an unacceptably high level. With a workforce of 6000
we were experiencing 60 injuries a month. Now with a global
workforce of 15,000 this is down to between 4-7 incidents each
month.
We now benchmark our safety performance with the best in
Australia, like DuPont or BHP Billiton. We have achieved this
performance improvement by rigorous and regular drug and alcohol
testing but also equally importantly by engineering cultural change
in our organisation.
Every single meeting covers safety, our staff are rated on their
safety performance and three times a year our staff participate in
a Stop for Safety scheme where they can critique the effectiveness
of our safety programs.
Naturally a focus on safety has brought rigour and discipline to
other parts of the business. So a focus on safety also delivers to
the bottom-line. Recently we won a $600 million account because of
our exceptional safety track record and we have enjoyed double
digit growth in profitability year on year since the start of
Vision Zero.
