Safety Week – Skanska's largest occupational health and safety initiative

Safety Week is Skanska's annual global initiative focusing on health and safety. Our goal is for our workplaces to be safe and healthy.

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A week filled with activities

A prerequisite for reaching our goals is that we all engage, take responsibility, and care for each other at our workplaces. Therefore, we organize Safety Week annually – a week filled with activities aimed at raising awareness and commitment regarding safety and well-being at our workplaces.

This year's Safety Week

For more than 20 years, Skanska Sweden has organized Safety Week. During Safety Day 2004, a zero-accident vision was formulated that encompassed all of Skanska. Since then, the week has contributed to creating the right conditions for successful work environment efforts and has strongly contributed to health and safety being a priority at Skanska, every day. We are proud of that! This year, Safety Week will be held in week 19, from May 4 to 10. This year's theme for Safety Week is Risk-aware behaviors.

Safety Week around the world

40,000

40,000 employees around the world participate in various activities related to Safety Week.

200,000

200,000 suppliers and partners around the world participate in various activities related to Safety Week.

Milestones that have shaped a safer and healthier construction industry

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  • 2004

    Requirements introduced for helmets, high-visibility clothing on the upper body, and protective shoes

  • 2005

    We start the day with morning warm-up at construction sites around Sweden

  • 2008

    Global safety stops are introduced to increase knowledge and engagement in safety at our workplaces

  • 2009

    Skanska requires managers to conduct safety visits

  • 2010

    We add "Safe working methods," which describe routines and ways of working to manage risks, to our management system.

  • 2012

    "Safe behavior" 10,000 employees conduct workshop on risk behavior

  • 2013

    All leaders are trained in "Safe Leadership" to be able to contribute to changing attitudes and behaviors.

  • 2014

    Introducing the slogan "We work safely or not at all" to remind that accidents and ill health can be prevented

  • 2015

    Work method for safe excavation is developed and becomes industry practice

  • 2016

    Skanska introduces a ban on wooden decking in scaffolding and several in the industry follow suit

  • 2017

    Increased focus on behaviors and health issues. Health index introduced as a metric throughout the entire group.

  • 2019

    Skanska is a member of the newly inaugurated safety park where everyone working in the construction industry can be trained according to the pedagogy, see - do - hear - reflect

  • 2020

    Skanska introduces the Health and Safety Academy to train key personnel in the company

  • 2022

    Skanska launches a new work environment strategy "The best conditions for a sustainable working life." We will have a safe work environment where people thrive, are able to perform well, and have the opportunity for balance in life.

  • 2022

    Skanska offers all employees training in first aid

  • 2023

    Skanska is developing a plan for work on mental health, a societal issue where private life and work life are intertwined.

Contact

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    Jenny Ivarsson

    Work Environment Specialist

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Jenny Ivarsson

Work Environment Specialist