Safety is of paramount importance at KPO. Although, KPO faces repeated incidents for the same cause: risk complacency and lack of intervention at work sites. In addition, KPO introduce big projects and engage new employees with no work experience at the Company facilities. Our key target is to train them up to the required safety standards.

Safety at work sites subject to HSE leadership and competency of supervisors and leads. By own example, supervisors and leads can establish and reinforce safety culture.

Improve skills of supervisors to identify hazards, engage employees and coaching teams in order to improve safety culture at workplaces.

In 2019, the Coaching, Engagement and Intervention workshop was developed, where KPO and contractor supervisors and leads responsible for high-risk activities were invited. The workshops consisted of theoretical part, practical group exercises including coaching sessions at work sites.

For 2020, KPO Management assigned a task of implementing the HSE Leadership and Coaching Programme covering:

• All supervisors and project team leaders of the Project Execution Directorate, in particular the 4^th Injection Compressor project,
• Operations line managers of supervisors and team leaders, who had attended Coaching, Engagement and Intervention workshops in 2019.

During 2019 and 2020, over 1200 KPO and contractor supervisors have attended the workshops allowing them improve their knowledge and skills in coaching, involvement and intervention. Besides the standard training methods, the training materials included videos, incident investigation data and pocket manuals.

The most active supervisors — programme participants, who applied new knowledge on work sites, have received awards within the HSE incentives mechanism.

Each year KPO place utmost importance to awareness raising and promoting road safety and general safety amongst the population of Aksai. Given the limitations of the coronavirus pandemic, some of the planned activities were carried out in a new format.

KPO used to hold the annual Road Safety event dedicated to the International Children’s Day celebrated on 1^st June for Aksai children and parents. However, in 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic affected the implementation of this event.

Despite the limitations, thanks to assistance of the local ‘Radio-Aksai’ colleagues, the Corporate Safety Department employees were able to conduct an online contest having communicated with parents and children of the town via Instagram.

A week before the event several short videos were prepared and published on the "Radio-Aksai’ Instagram page to remind about the most common risks and safety rules targeting shaping habits of safe behaviour and preventing child injuries. Along with this, we proposed Aksai residents to provide their photos and videos in order to share their ways of ensuring safety and protection of children at home, outside and on the roads, etc.

The best and most creative works were selected for the awards and were announced live on the ‘Radio-Aksai’ on the Children’s Day.

In addition, during 2020, in collaboration with the Aksai radio station, KPO continued broadcasting audio ads on various topics, including safety rules at home and outside, fire prevention, safe driving, child safety, as well as safe behaviour at night and in winter. Audio ads about safety and road safety are broadcasted on the radio five times a day with monthly updates.

Besides, together with representatives of the local road police and district education department, awareness events were held for children of secondary school junior classes to actively promote Road Safety rules. As part of this campaign, children were presented with memorable gifts and over a thousand reflective flickers for using at night time.

Safety is of paramount importance at KPO. Although, KPO faces repeated incidents for the same cause: risk complacency and lack of intervention at work sites. In addition, KPO introduce big projects and engage new employees with no work experience at the Company facilities. Our key target is to train them up to the required safety standards.

Safety at work sites subject to HSE leadership and competency of supervisors and leads. By own example, supervisors and leads can establish and reinforce safety culture.

Improve skills of supervisors to identify hazards, engage employees and coaching teams in order to improve safety culture at workplaces.

In 2019, the HSE Leadership and Culture programme was introduced, where KPO and contractor supervisors and leads responsible for high risk activities were invited. The workshops consisted of theoretical part, practical group exercises including coaching sessions at work sites.

For 2020, KPO Management assigned a task of implementing the Programme covering:

• All supervisors and project team leaders of the Project Execution Directorate, in particular the 4^th Injection Compressor project,
• Operations line managers of supervisors and team leaders, who had attended training workshops.

During 2019 and 2020, over 1200 KPO and contractor supervisors have attended the workshops allowing them improve their knowledge and skills in coaching, involvement and intervention. Besides the standard training methods, the training materials included videos, incident investigation data and pocket manuals.

The most active supervisors — programme participants, who applied new knowledge on work sites, have received awards within the HSE incentives mechanism.