16 BEOING FRNOT IERS / AUGUST 2013 employees lost their homes. I visited with one of them, and he talked about taking action to keep his family safe, amid all the destruction, and how that kind of moment makes it so clear how much we value the lives of those around us. We’re so thankful that they’re fine. That conversation reminded me we must have that same sense of responsibility for the safety of our teammates either at work or home every day. Going for zero injuries seems like an aspirational and possibly unattainable goal— after all, our five-year trend on injuries has gone steadily downward. Why are we setting that as a goal, and how do we set targets that move us toward zero? Muilenburg: We don’t see zero injuries as just being an aspirational goal. We expect to have zero injuries in the workplace. It’s literal. Our people deserve to go home in the same condition in which they came in to work. We’ve done benchmarking with other major industrial leaders— companies that have safety records that are significantly better than ours—and we know that getting to zero injuries is possible. We have hundreds of examples throughout the company where that is also the case—so we know it’s possible. This is all about getting that zero-injury culture and mentality into the business. In the end, that means each of us must accept the responsibility to look out for others, as well as to know and carefully follow all safety procedures. “Go for Zero is not just some initiative or campaign; rather, it is about changing the culture in the business.” – Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing Defense, Space & Security president and CEO
Frontiers August 2013 Issue
To see the actual publication please follow the link above