MYTILINEOS GROUP
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2011 |69
Occupational Health & Safety Data
2009
2010
2011
Total workforce
1,002
1,030
997
Total employees (Men)
939
969
939
Total employees (Women)
63
61
58
Total work-related fatalities
0
0
0
Total work-related fatalities (Men)
0
0
0
Total work-related fatalities (Women)
0
0
0
Total accidents*
9
6
7
Total accidents (Men)
7
Total accidents (Women)
0
Injury Rate (ΙR)
1.0
0.7
0.8
IR (Men)
0.8
IR (Women)
0.0
Occupational Diseases Rate (ODR)
0.56
0.0
0.0
ODR (Men)
0.0
ODR (Women)
0.0
Days Lost Rate (LDR)***
75.32
5.71
14.1
DLR (Men)
15.0
DLR (Women)
0.0
Absenteeism Rate (AR)**
10,608
11,229
1.8
AR (Men)
1.9
AR (Women)
0.0
Additional safety indicators
2009
2010
2011
Lost Time Injury (LTI) : Accidents with interruption of work, per 1,000,000 hours worked.
3.37
0.56
1.10
Recordable Case Rate (RCR): Number of recorded accidents with or without interruption of work,
per 1,000,000 hours worked.
5.05
3.36
3.86
First Aid (FA): Number of visits to the Medical Station, per 1,000,000 hours worked.
18.5
17.9
16.5
Days Lost Rate (DLR): Number of days lost due to accident, per 1,000,000 hours worked.
377
29
71
* The number of accidents does not include very light accidents taking place during work.
** The rate refers to absence from work, irrespective of whether or not this is due to health reasons.
*** The days lost to accidents are calculated from the day following the day of the accident and until the person injured returns to work. The term “days” refers to calendar days.
Furthermore, the Company carried out the following actions to eliminate injuries at the workplace, in addition to the regular actions carried out annually:
• 10 Management Safety Visits (MSVs) during the year for each management executive who has received training.
• 18 Health and Safety visits during the year.
• Conduct of or participation in 5 MSVs for training purposes, for each management executive (counting towards the target of 10 MSVs/year).
• Quality indicator of MSV preventive actions: 60%. This is calculated by assigning scores to the MSV preventive actions using the following criteria and
corresponding weights: 1. The action is not completed on-site during the MSV (weight: 20%); 2. The action does not only involve a discussion with the person
under observation (weight: 15%); 3. The action is specific (weight: 15%); 4. The action becomes generalised (weight: 25%); and 5. Involvement of personnel
(weight: 25%).
• >70 Personal Safety Actions (PSAs) per middle-management executive per year: These are Personal Safety Actions whose purpose is to identify and record
safety issues and deviations on-site, such as hazardous actions and hazardous situations.
In addition, ALUMINIUM S.A. also uses the following indicators regarding safety in its work premises:
In ALUMINIUM S.A., the percentage of the total workforce represented by the Plant Health & Safety Committee (PHSC) in 2011 is more than 75%. The PHSC
is composed of five (5) members, which (in accordance with the laws and in proportion to the plant personnel) are elected by the personnel every 2 years. The
PHSC has extended responsibilities and its members participate in all key procedures, committees or working groups.
ALUMINIUM S.A.