Safely at work is the basis of everything we do at Circet. And that remains the case, as working on energy infrastructure is associated with new risks. That’s why at Circet Belgium, we must climb higher on the Safety Culture Ladder.
Our own Safety Week
“First, the good news: in 2025 we performed better in terms of safety compared to the previous year. Yet, there were incidents. Every accident is one too many. Our goal is zero incidents. Safety at work therefore remains a major focus this year. By the way, incidents in Energy are more often fatal than in Telecom operations, which means we need to pay even more attention to safety.”
We will be organising our own Safety Week at group level this year to further emphasise safety awareness. We're preparing a broad programme of activities in the context of safety, running from 1 to 5 June. Naturally, working safely should not be limited to that one week. It should always be important. And everyone must consider it an absolute priority.”
"Every accident at work is one too many. The goal is zero incidents.”
- Bavo De Cock, CEO Circet Benelux
Everyone's business
Christopher Kyndt, our Head of Operations , also emphasises that safety is a shared responsibility and that it looks like we are still falling short of this goal. Christopher: “We emailed 1,000 colleagues, asking them to take part in a safety survey, and got a mere 420 responses. That’s only 42%. Everyone therefore needs to get far more involved in safety.”
Our organisation has currently achieved Step 3 of the Safety Culture Ladder, but our ambition is to climb higher. “We have to reach Step 4,” Christopher insists. “We have a number of tools to get us there: workplace inspections (WPIs), toolbox meetings, risk analyses... We cannot afford a single slip-up for this to happen. Every project must be preceded by a risk analysis, and all colleagues involved must be aware of those risks."