Health and safety is a top priority for Sulzer Pumps, in our own operations and our work with our customers. Our Quality, Environmental, and Health and Safety management is based on measurable targets that we achieve by implementing targeted improvement programs.
We document and evaluate safety performance indicators, including accident frequency and severity, at all sites on a monthly basis. Any accident is one too many. Across the company our long term goal is to reduce the number of occupational accidents and illnesses to zero.
Our concern for health and safety extends to the environment as well. Sulzer Pumps considers the total life cycle of its products to limit environmental impact and help lower costs. Sulzer Pumps’ total life cycle analysis includes the design, manufacturing, marketing, packaging, transportation, operation, recycling, and disposal of the products. We apply the same rigorous evaluation to the way we provide services. We focus on identifying relevant influences on product life cycle efficiency, including energy consumption during production, material usage and costs, and continually take action to make improvements.
Using ISO 9000 as its basis, our globally implemented quality management system complies with national and international standards. Each of our subsidiaries operates in accordance with our global Quality Assurance (QA) standards through its local Quality Control department. Specialists from headquarters periodically carry out quality audits to ensure that all standards and procedures are met by our subsidiaries around the world.