Opening Keynote Presentation

Kurt Warren, National HSEQ Manager, Hansen Yuncken

We are ready for our next step in safety but I don’t want more rules, checklists and procedures – The reality of that journey, a life lost, change made and an opportunity to leave a legacy through an EU

Leadership mandate to advance safety performance through people set a course of listening to workers, challenging perceptions and norms with strategy development. Execution of that strategy was confronting and a learning experience from Boardroom to workers that change their meaning of safety performance.

A worker fatality during the delivery of the strategy cemented their conviction to progress and an opportunity to share, research and advocate for industry change through an extensive EU that commenced in March 2023.

This presentation is the before, during and outcomes from the last four years, culminating in the future state opportunity of the EU.