Health and safety
• Work-related injuries/illnesses (Lost Work Cases, LWC): 416 (553) cases
• LWC per 100 employees per year: 2.75 (3.42)
• Average number of lost working days per injury per year: 22 (20)
• The proportion of units with a safety committee: 95 (97) percent
Trelleborg’s Code of Conduct emphasizes the objective of preventing work-related injuries and illness at all of the Group’s workplaces globally.
Trelleborg’s Safety@Work program supports the organizational change that is required to create a culture of safety, and strengthens the Group’s ability to attract, develop and retain good employees in all of its units.
Accordingly, the Safety@Work program has been introduced globally at all active production units from 2008. The progress of the Safety@Work program is monitored by the company’s CR reporting structure.
In 2010, all active production units underwent Safety@Work training, conducted self-assessments and developed a plan for preventive and corrective measures. More than 50 trained internal examiners performed audits at more than half of these units. The combined result of these activities was the development of an improvement program that aims to reduce the risks at these units.
The monitoring of selected key indicators in the health and safety area is designed to reduce the number of injuries and working days lost because of these injuries, while improving the results of the Safety@Work audits.
Trelleborg’s plants continue to demonstrate a declining trend in terms of cases of work-related injuries/illnesses. In 2010, 416 (553) cases led to more than one day’s absence (= Lost Work Cases, LWC). This corresponds to a 25 percent reduction compared with 2009.
The number of LWCs per 100 employees per year fell to 2.75 (3.42), while the number of lost working days per injury and year rose to 22 (20). In 2010, the average number of points in the Safety@Work risk model (the points awarded to a plant following an assessment of all elements in the model) increased to 812 in the audits and self-assessments, compared with 809 in the preceding year, an improvement of 0.4 percent.
The goal is for all of Trelleborg’s plants to have a well-functioning safety committee. In 2010, such committees with representation from plant management were in place at 95 (97) percent of plants.
Total absenteeism for 2010 at the Group’s production units in Sweden was 4 percent of normal working hours.