Safety

Safety is not just a responsibility, it’s a value that underpins all of our operations.

At Altus, safety is more than a compliance measure - it’s a core value that shapes the way we work every day. Systems, culture, communication, investment and leadership form the foundation of our approach, creating a consistent and reliable framework that supports every member of our team and every partner we work with. 

 

Safety is the value that underpins all our operations

The Road to ZERO

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    Reduce Critical Risk

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    Improve Health & Well-Being

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    Create the Safest Workzones

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    Streamline & Simplify

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We seek to protect
the protectors

We seek to protect the protectors, ensuring that those who manage risk on the ground are themselves kept safe, and our business is to get everyone home safely - workers, road users, and the community alike. Meeting the challenge of achieving top-to-bottom buy-in requires commitment, which is why we promote a strong near-miss reporting and analytics culture, enabling us to learn, adapt and improve. 

 

Genuine leadership drives our safety culture, inspiring responsibility and trust.

Our leadership is reinforced by intuitive, technology-based communication systems that make it easy to share information quickly and clearly across the organisation, ensuring that no detail is lost and that safety messages reach the right people at the right time. 

We build on this with ongoing consultation, where ideas and feedback are actively sought, and where people feel empowered to speak up, knowing that their input directly shapes safer practices. This is coupled with strict compliance processes that are not treated as box-ticking exercises, but as meaningful commitments to consistency, accountability, and continual improvement. Regular, transparent feedback loops ensure that lessons are learned, shared, and acted upon - closing the gap between insight and action. 

Together, these elements create an environment where safety is not only practiced but genuinely owned at every level of the business. Our holistic approach nurtures a culture of accountability, encourages proactive problem-solving, and ensures that safety remains more than a priority - it is embedded in the way we think, operate, and lead. By empowering people with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to act, we strengthen both individual responsibility and collective resilience, keeping safety at the heart of everything we do. 

 

Safety is not just a responsibility, it’s a value that underpins all of our operations. We are dedicated to creating the safest work zones and ensuring everyone returns home safely, every day.

Chris Thornton
EGM - HSEQ

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