Safety

Safety at DP World Southampton is not a luxury we ask for, it is a necessity, it is of paramount importance. 

It is accepted that the port industry pose numerous health & safety hazards; however, these hazards are managed in such a way that the potential for accidents is reduced to a minimum and that ‘Zero Harm’ occurs to all personnel involved in our activities.

In order to meet DP World Health & Safety Targets of zero fatalities (on a global scale) and a 20% reduction in our Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR = number of lost time injuries / number of worked hours x 1,000,000), DP World has implemented a set of Fatal Risk Standards which include:

• Pedestrian Safety 
• Handling Loads 
• Working at Heights 
• Mobile Equipment 
• Vessel Safety 
• Engineering 
• Isolation

These Fatal Risk Standards have been identified as ‘high accident potential’ work activities.  Each standard contains minimum control measures to mitigate the potential for workplace accidents and are consistently adopted across the terminal.

DP World Southampton holds the OHSAS 18001, occupational health and safety management standard and continues to strive to keep people safe by managing our operations in such a manner that not only avoids harm to our employees, contractors, tenants and visitors, but in such a way that it adds sustainable value to our business.

Company Policy

Our Health & Safety Policy Statement is available online; please click here to view.