Nornickel's Practices: Contractor Safety Rating and Transformation of Safety Briefings
Nornickel specialists will break down practical tools for improving workplace safety: from creating a transparent contractor rating system to a complete overhaul of safety briefings for frontline workers.
Working with contractors often turns into a gray area: violation data is fragmented and fails to provide an objective risk picture, fines only provoke resistance, and safety takes a back seat to price when selecting vendors. At the same time, a check-the-box mentality persists among in-house workers: a signature in a briefing log does not guarantee comprehension, and after formally reviewing the paperwork, employees still do not know how to act in the face of a real hazard.
Join our webinar where Nornickel experts will share their experience in implementing a contractor safety rating system and explain how to redesign safety briefing materials so they truly protect people on the job.
10:00 – 10:45 Contractor Rating: Unified Safety Criteria for Site and Procurement Decisions
Speaker: Viktoriya Perestyuk, Senior Methodologist, Predictive Analytics, Nornickel.
Topics for discussion:
Why contractor safety data failed to form a clear risk signal and how the rating system consolidates it into a single score
What makes up the rating: site supervisor assessments, on-site incidents, and OHSMS audits
How the rating translates into action: operational task forces, dialogue with contractor management, escalation, and corrective action plans
Incentives instead of just penalties: motivating contractors and the role of the rating in procurement decisions
What the pilot revealed and what lessons we factored in before scaling up
10:45 – 11:30 The Safety Briefing Is Over. What Actually Stuck?
Speaker: Evgeniy Sidorov, Chief Manager, Nornickel.
Topics for discussion:
Why an employee reads the safety instructions and signs off, yet cannot explain what to do in a hazardous situation.
How we redesigned materials for cargo handlers: adding illustrations, clear explanations, and real-life examples from their daily work.
How to verify that a worker has understood the requirements and can apply them on the job.
How to discuss incidents and operational changes so that people clearly understand what they need to do.