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Contractor Safety
Contractor safety performance in the Indiana construction and plant engineering/maintenance business units continues to be a success story for Lilly. Nineteen ninety-seven marked another year of continuous improvement in safety performance for contractors, both in terms of injury/illness rate reduction
and peer recognition of the Lilly contractor safety program.
Continuous improvement is the future focus of the Lilly contractor safety program. In order for the company to pursue industrywide recognition of its contractor safety program, several initiatives are either planned or already in progress.
Major initiatives for 1998 include the following:
- distribution of a global, comprehensive contractor safety technical requirements manual to provide a framework for minimum safety requirements for all Lilly contractors and visitors.
- development and implementation of an Indiana contractor safety training program aimed at key Lilly and contractor management personnel.
- implementation of a quarterly random substance abuse testing program in Indiana.
- development and implementation of a safety orientation testing program for all contractors working at Lilly sites in Indiana.
- development of a safe work permit to be used on construction projects and maintenance activities to allow documented hazards analysis of specific work tasks.
- increased efforts with contractor safety program assessment, verification, accountability and recognition at both the company-wide and Indiana construction and plant engineering/maintenance business unit levels.
- continued reliance by the Lilly Indiana plant sites on the consultant, Safety Management Group, to provide valuable input in the continued development and improvement of its contractor safety program.
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