| Health, safety, and environment (HSE) are top concerns for Bechtel on every project, and Sakhalin is no different. During the project’s heavy-lift programs, environmental teams closely monitored barges to protect the breeding season of Steller’s sea eagles, an endangered species. Waste transportation—more than 1,000 kilometers a week—has been conducted with no major incident, and workers routinely segregate waste on-site, in the office, and around the camp.
By midyear 2006, the project had recorded 4.7 million job hours without a lost-time incident. The number was reached over an intense construction period that included one of the worst winters ever recorded in the area.
Incentive and training programs promote Bechtel’s zero-accident culture. Work teams with the best safety performance indicators can win bonuses. Winners are announced during monthly bingo nights in the canteen.
Environmental, Safety & Health Manager Daniel Lyons created a board game called Navigator that includes “toolbox talks” and “hazard observations.” Players roll dice and circle the board; land on “first aid” or “damage to environment,” and a player must hand over fake money. More important than any paper scrip is the informal discussion that the game encourages. So far, more than 200 supervisors and foremen have used Navigator for training.
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