TURNING SAFETY AROUND Finnish pulp, paper and timber producing site Stora Enso Veitsiluoto tackles the cause head-on with DuPont Sustainable Solutions For years, Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso had achieved ever decreasing Lost Time Accident (LTA) rates. But in 2010 things changed. First, safety performance at its V eitsiluoto mill in Kemi plateaued, and then incidents began multiplying. There was nothing dramatic the company could pinpoint. Causes were common – slips, trips and falls, but some had serious consequences. The company noticed it was not only the number of accidents that was on the rise, but also their gravity. After months of further incidents and a rise in its insurance premium, Stora Enso V eitsiluoto realised it could not continue on this path. No

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