Orano - Annual Activity Report 2024 199 SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT 4 Social and societal information Continuation of occupational safety and radiation protection actions Aimed at reducing the number of occupational injuries and their severity for employees and external workers, the proactive approach to developing a workplace safety culture continued in 2024. It is illustrated by the implementation of the rating process for the potential severity of events as High Potential serious injuries 1 and 2 (HIPO). Depending on the context, these events could have become fatal accidents or cause irreversible consequences. The deployment of the HIPO approach is essential and requires the detection and analysis of events with a high potential for severity. In order to target the severity, any event or near-event HIPO 1 or 2 is subject to a root cause analysis. A quarterly report on accident trends is carried out to identify the priority actions to be implemented. The main awareness-raising actions rolled out in the group’s entities were: ● continued reporting and processing of weak signals; ● securing the use of rotating machines, by carrying out a list of practices at group level; ● the creation of a CAP-REX Safety Committee whose objective is to carry out a second-level analysis of the events of interest and to share the lessons to be learned, drafted in memo form; ● continued targeted actions on anchors, with a specific focus on lock-out, lifting and movement vigilance with the sharing of best practices or reminders of rules, for cross-functional consideration, in the form of “It happened to”, back-to-school communication “Did you quit your slippers” or a safety STOP “Move in vigilance” The deployment of these targeted actions aims to reinforce surveillance, shared vigilance and setting examples; ● the change in governance of the radiation protection modernization project and the continued deployment of ongoing projects; ● the sharing of analyses of radiation protection incidents in the business network, as well as monthly monitoring of activities with dosimetric issues; ● the annual Safety Month held for all group entities. In 2024, the teams were brought together to focus on accident prevention. The common thread of this 2024 edition proposed common themes built from the results of the 2023 accident analysis, conducted from two distinct angles: ● a fi rst area targeted the most at-risk sources of danger identifi ed, requiring better preparation of our activities, in particular with the implementation of Intervention Reliability Practices (PFI). The topics selected are the use of chemical products, manual handling, sharp, prickly and crushing elements that focus on the protection of hands and pedestrian movements, ● a second area targeted the control of activities and reminders on the strict application of the group’s fi ve anchors. Assessment of the Occupational Safety, Health, and Radiation Protection actions for 2024, and guidelines for 2025 In addition to leading the daily prevention regarding key health, safety and radiation protection measures, the notable achievements in 2024 in terms of the implementation of the policy are: ● integration of the medical monitoring of employees of the Orano entities in the group’s Occupational Health and Safety Department; ● the extension of implementation of telemedicine by occupational physicians and work to digitize training courses on radiation protection practices, in particular through the actions of the MoTRaP (modernization and transformation of radiation protection) program; ● reduction of the number and severity of events, improving prevention and anchoring the safety and radiation protection culture, in particular the analysis of situations that could lead to the radiation protection alert threshold being reached; ● identification of diagnoses and priority actions by analyzing trends in accidents; ● continuation of actions to maintain competent resources in the field of radiation protection, in particular through the MoTRaP (Modernization and Transformation of Radiation Protection) program; ● improved sharing of experiences and prevention actions in meetings of the Safety and Radiation Protection networks, and periodic meetings of the MoTRaP program in order to improve the performance of the teams; and ● the study by a GATOME health and safety team (Orano multidisciplinary group for the assessment of chemical risk) on the need for intervention to assess the exposure of employees to toxic substances. 2024 IN ACTION: Modernization and Transformation of the Radio Protection business lines (MoTRaP) In 2024, the MoTRaP project achieved decisive steps to strengthen the proactive management of radiological risks and improve the safety of operators. This ambitious program aims to reduce individual exposure, optimize the effectiveness of interventions and increase the attractiveness of the radiation protection professions. Among the major achievements of the year are: ● 3D irradiation mapping and virtual reality: Driven by Orano DS, the association of the Manuela™ tool with the PoSTLAM software now makes it possible to precisely identify the sources of radiation and simulate the exposure of operators in the context of ALARA studies. The integration of virtual reality improves the preparation and optimization of interventions; ● reinforced protection of the crystalline lens: The deployment of radiation-protected glasses as personal protective equipment (PPE) at Melox for the operators concerned represents a significant step forward for the protection of workers in view of the evolution of regulations; ● new generation of lead-free radiation-protected gloves: prototypes of rare-earth radiation-protected gloves, developed by Piercan, have been successfully tested. This innovation protects operators while reducing the environmental impact of personal protective equipment (PPE).
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