Employee Safety
Keeping our people safe is paramount. Our people work across a range of environments – from construction sites and maintenance yards, to toll booths and offices – and our safety approach extends to all of them.
Our people understand that their safety is our priority; and that they each play an important role in helping to maintain a strong safety culture. Every employee has a responsibility to champion safety – for themselves and for one another. A critical component of this is ensuring people feel empowered to speak up if they identify a potential hazard or have any safety concerns. Our approach to employee safety encompasses the emotional wellbeing of our people.
Our Large Business Employees
Staff representatives at APRR are systematically informed of each work accident. They participate, alongside management and safety officers, in incident investigations to understand what caused each incident and identify corrective solutions. These representatives also receive and address employee feedback and questions, which are discussed at least once a quarter at Health and Safety Committee meetings (also known as the Health, Safety and Working Conditions Commission or CSSCT). This system of engagement ensures issues and concerns can be raised and escalated effectively. All employees also have access to the NUMA Prevention app to facilitate not just the reporting of hazards and near-miss incidents, but also dissemination of safety information.
APRR also has a Safety Committee, that defines the annual health and safety objectives. These objectives are then translated into actions for each department and operational entity within APRR, in accordance with the risks identified for each entity.
At APRR, they continued to roll out the Safestart™ safety training program. Safestart provides employees the required training to perform their tasks safely, in accordance with the core objectives of the APRR Safety Implementation Plan. A new safety training module was developed in 2024 and will be enhanced and extended in 2025, with a focus on embedding a company safety culture of shared responsibility and vigilance. The module includes initiatives such as awareness sessions and workshops to emphasize the importance of safety interdependence.
Our Corporate and Small Business Employees
Building a team of life savers at Chicago Skyway
The team at Chicago Skyway knows that every second counts in a medical emergency; and they’re committed to playing their part in keeping one another, and their customers, safe in a medical emergency.
That’s why in 2023, they launched Skyway Life Savers, an initiative that aims to have 100% of full-time employees certified in the life-saving techniques of CPR and First Aid. As at the end of 2024, 82% had received their certifications. The course includes practical, hands-on training empowering employees to respond with confidence in medical emergencies.
