Occupational safety in the lime industry: awards for Schaefer Kalk and Fels-Werke
A reason to celebrate!
Mr. Funk and Mr. Klein, employees at Schaefer Kalk GmbH, have received the third place in the Occupational Health and Safety Employee Award from the Bundesverband der Deutschen Kalkindustrie e.V. (BVK) - including a certificate and a € 500 bonus.
Their achievement? A clever, pioneering solution for safely changing ropes at the lime kilns in the Hahnstätten plant.
In an interview, Funk and Klein explained their motivation, the constructive implementation and the change in procedure for changing ropes. Their work shows how important continuous improvements are for workplace safety.
Dr Kai Schaefer, Managing Partner of Schaefer Kalk, emphasizes the continuous development of occupational safety in all plants. It is a cross-sectional task throughout the company and at all levels.
BVK Managing Director Martin Ogilvie and Technical Managing Director Dr Klaus-Ruthard Frisch emphasize the importance of open communication and constructive exchange on occupational safety issues. There is much to learn from positive examples.
Best practice examples are available to all BVK members in the members‘ area at kalk.de.
Safety first: 4 awards for Fels-Werke
Martin Ogilvie, Managing Director of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Kalkindustrie e.V./BVK, and Dr. Klaus-Ruthard Frisch, Technical Managing Director of the BVK, in the presence of Dr. Burkhard Naffin (CEO Fels-Werke), Katja Hohnstein (Head of Occupational Safety Fels-Werke) and Henning Weber (CTO Fels-Werke), presented three awards to Fels-Werke GmbH as part of their Occupational Health and Safety Award for member companies and a further award for an outstanding idea and implementation in the employee competition.
A silver certificate went to Fels-Werke GmbH, Münchehof lime works with a safety index of 461.30. Fels-Werke GmbH, Hornberg works with a safety index of 244.02 and Fels-Werke GmbH, Rüdersdorf works with a safety index of 171.46 were awarded two bronze certificates.
In addition, Jan Strathoff from Fels-Werke took first place in the employee competition with his idea of a wordless safety film for LWK drivers.
“We are delighted with this excellent performance and the efforts to continuously improve occupational safety! This is how Vision Zero becomes reality,” states the BVK. “A big thank you for this outstanding achievement to the entire Fels-Werke team, because occupational safety needs a strong team!”
