Business Weekly - Cambridge, UK

Invensys, which was formed in 1999 through the merger of Siebe and BTR, is a global leader in the management of production technologies. It includes, as part of the Group, companies with brands such as Foxboro, APV, Eurotherm and Westinghouse Signals. It has over 50,000 employees and operates in more than sixty countries.

The CamHealth‚ Accident/Incident Management system was selected as part of an Invensys project to create a ‘best in class’ safety reporting system that would deliver enhanced Incident Reporting, Investigation and Action Tracking/Closure on a common worldwide basis.

The system ensures that key information on Incidents is recorded internationally in a consistent manner, including results of the investigations for looking at both immediate and root causes; it facilitates statutory reporting of RIDDOR in the UK and OSHA in the USA; it collects accurate group-wide Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and helps identify priorities for future improvement programmes. Major features of the system include its capability to automatically e-mail details of all recorded Incidents to authorised persons and to track the status of Actions.

Although the CamHealth‚ system met the majority of Invensys’s requirements, some customisation was required to cater for different time zones and languages, including the use of multibyte character sets such as Chinese and Japanese.

A common suite of Web Forms was designed using a committee of representatives from Invensys throughout the world. Requiring minimal training to use, these Web forms are readily accessible by anyone reporting an Incident. They function in local languages with automatic translation, a vital requirement in ensuring reliability of data input.

Based on Oracle 9i database technology, the system is currently running live in all Invensys sites using European characters. Local language versions are available in French, German, Italian, Mexican and Brazilian. Chinese and Japanese version will be available shortly, followed by Spanish and Danish.

Chris Temple, Invensys plc’s Vice President Environment, Health & Safety, who oversaw the CamHealth‚ system evaluation and implementation, believes the project is a world first. "Many companies have worldwide systems for collecting and reporting monthly statistics on safety performance. We now have a comprehensive global unified safety reporting system which provides real time data with the ability to easily drilldown to individual sites and incidents. Our businesses around the world have all been involved during the training, enabling us to build effective networks and raise the awareness of the seriousness with which Invensys takes Health and Safety. There are not many IT projects of this size and complexity that have been delivered on time and to budget, but a cross-business, cross-country team in Invensys and CamAxys worked exceptionally hard and collaborated effectively to achieve the challenging objectives."