Health & Safety
Our BE SAFE strategy really seeks to drive a very simple yet inspiring message that the safety and wellbeing of not only our team members but also the community is always a focus and priority.
We strive for safety excellence
Through our safety leadership Border Express will work vigorously to achieve the highest possible safety standards to ensure everyone returns home safely. Border Express will achieve our BE SAFE objectives by:
Wellbeing
Border Express’s commitment to our BE SAFE value also encompasses the health and wellbeing of our employees. Border Express provides many support areas to ensure not only the physical health and wellbeing of our team members but also the mental health and wellbeing.
Mental health is a key focus area within the business and we strive to support our team members by providing platforms such as:
• Employee assistance Programs
• Mental Health First Aid Officer
• Injury Response Program (Early Intervention)
Chain of Responsibility (CoR)
The aim of Chain of Responsibility is to make sure everyone within the Border Express supply chain shares equal responsibility for ensuring risks associated with operating a Heavy Vehicle are eliminated and if not practicable to do so reduced so far as is reasonably practicable.
Border Express has implemented a risk-based approach at managing risks within the Border Express supply chain that seeks to address:
• Fatigue Management
• Mass and Dimension
• Load Restraint
• Speed
• Vehicle Maintenance
Safety first culture
We monitor and report on key safety metrics and include both employees and contractors in our data.
We measure our Lost Time Injury Frequency, which is the number of reported work- related incidents where a person is unable to work for a day (shift) or more per 1,000,000 hours worked.
We also measure a Medical Treatment Injury which is an injury or disease that resulted in either a level of treatment given by a physician or other medical personnel under standing orders of a physician or where suitable duties are recommended per 1,000,000 hours worked.
As we reset our safety focus we continue to drive our efforts to educate our team members and customers on the importance of safety. With the introduction of our BE SAFE value we continue to drive a safety first culture which embodies leadership, inspiration and a continuously ever evolving commitment to always improve in safety.
