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Improving Safety

Ensuring safety comes first

The ABB Electrical Machine Factory (EMF) in Estonia hasmany challenges in terms of safety environment. Fourmachines in one of the halls stamp sheet metal into rotorand stator shapes at with extreme speed and accuracy;Winding machines must be fine-tuned to the correctfrequency and the vacuum impregnation process roomdemands special safety gear.

The Quant team performs a daily service on all productionequipment including cleaning, lubrication and electricaland mechanical maintenance.

Preventive maintenance is the key to customer addedvalue and guarantees an increase in productivity asmachine stoppages and failures are avoided. Apart frompreventive repairs, innovations that lead to improvesafety and productivity are encouraged within theEstonian team.

The Quant team has been responsible for overallmaintenance management since 2006 and since thenthere have been no time lost through injuries.

When asked how this is possible, Kaupo Mäesalu, Quantsite manager replies: “From the very start we put safetyfirst; before every task we carefully check the work order– including the safety aspects. Cleanliness is oneimportant component in creating a safe workingenvironment. We also take safety seriously in theproduction area where we wear appropriate safety gearand cooperate with other personnel in safety issues andpreparations,” he adds.

“Achieving a sustainable safety culture, where safety andleadership is embedded in the mindset, requires years ofcontinuous effort. Our team has worked hard to ensure

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that every one of us goes home to their families healthyand safe after each working day,” says Tarvo Treimann,local business unit manager for Quant in Estonia.

One of the learnings from the site is that, in addition toobserving and giving feedback on hazards and nearmisses, good safety behavior should be praised to createa positive approach to safety.

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