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Protecting our employees against work-related dangers and preserving their health through preventative measures are accorded the highest priority at K+S. Together with |
Occupational accidents maintained at a low level
In 2009, we had to report 66 accidents at work at our European sites (previous year: 71). The average number of working hours lost per accident at work was 171 (previous year: 253). At just under 35 %, most of the accidents involved so-called “mechanical impact”, such as bruising and impact effects, followed by stumbles, sprains and slips, which accounted for 15 %. The number of accidents that occurred on the way to and from work fell from 27 to 23. We reported one accident involving employees of external companies (previous year: 8). The analysis of these accidents shows that many of them are attributable to behaviour on the part of employees that is not sufficiently safety-oriented. Here, we will taking countermeasures more intensively in 2010. In 2009, the “accidents at work per one million working hours” key ratio in relation to all European sites was 4.3 (previous year: 4.1). The increase is attributable to the lower number of hours worked as a result of short-time working.
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Further information can be found in our Corporate and Sustainability Report.
