Health and occupational safety
Occupational safety
Numerous preventive measures and guidelines are in place to ensure that staff from both HHLA and external companies, customers, suppliers and visitors do not come to bodily harm, which is a key concern for HHLA. In order to underscore its importance, HHLA successfully had the compliance of its HSE management system certified according to ISO 14001 and 45001 by the external certification body DNV.
By using modern technologies, HHLA strives to achieve constant improvements in occupational safety. When introducing new work equipment and methods at HHLA sites, the company’s occupational safety organisation is closely integrated into planning processes in order to adapt them to changing conditions within the company and to reflect the latest safety-related findings.
A software-assisted occupational safety management system is used to verify the legally compliant and data protection-compliant documentation and organisation of occupational safety measures.
HHLA implements various measures that promote safety awareness, safe behaviours and a culture of safety over the long term. To this end, a project on behavioural occupational safety was continued at HHLA, the aim being to promote positive safety habits on the part of the workforce. Special training sessions for all managers are designed to ensure that safe behaviours are implemented in day-to-day working.
In addition to regular on-site training, employees are offered online courses giving practical advice on topics such as occupational safety, hazardous goods and ergonomics for remote working.
In 2024, there were 77 notifiable accidents (excluding accidents when commuting) at the companies in Hamburg in which HHLA owns a stake of over 50 %. This means that the lost time injury rate (number of occupational accidents with more than three lost days per million working hours) stood at 10.3 for Germany, corresponding to a reduction of 12.8 % compared with the previous year. The reasons for changes or fluctuations are carefully analysed in order to quickly initiate structured preventive measures.
Occupational health
As part of its health promotion efforts, HHLA strives to develop a workable occupational health management system which reflects everyday needs and to systematically integrate these measures into company processes.
Furthermore, with the aid of targeted communication and information strategies, HHLA actively promotes existing health care services, such as social counselling and flu vaccinations. This has led to significant use of these services by employees.
Furthermore, a campaign to increase the number of company first-aiders was launched during the reporting year in cooperation with ma-co (maritimes competenzcentrum) in order to increase awareness of the topic of first aid among the workforce.
The assessment of mental health risks was also continued in the HHLA companies in 2024. On the basis of the results, further training will be offered to managers on employee leadership.