uk bat.com - Group safety performance

We record lost workday case injuries in line with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines. From 2006, these figures include any incidents of assault or murder.

Lost Workday Cases (LWC)

Lost workday cases measure work-related accidents or assaults involving injury to employees and to contractors under our direct supervision, causing absence of one shift or more. In 2009 there were 206 lost workday cases (including 7 contractors), down from 214 in 2008.

Lost Workday Case Incidence Rate (LWCIR)

The Lost Workday Case Incidence Rate is derived by multiplying the number of lost workday cases by 200,000 and dividing by the total number of hours worked.

In 2009 the Lost Workday Case Incident Rate was 0.37, an improvement from 0.40 in 2008.

The highest proportions of injuries were vehicle related at 25 per cent (17.3 per cent in 2008), slips and trips at 22 per cent (26.6 per cent in 2008) and manual activity at 20 per cent (21 per cent in 2008). Entrapment accidents increased to 12 per cent (9.8 per cent in 2008).

See the LWC and LWCIR trend charts. 

Serious injuries and fatalities

There were 28 serious or fatal cases in 2009, involving 22 employees and 6 contractors.

Of the 28 incidents, 3 were fatal (all employees), the same number as in 2008 (1 employee and 2 contractors). 2 employees died in vehicle related accidents and 1 employee died as a result of an attack during a robbery. We greatly regret this loss of life. We review every major incident to identify any action that can be taken to improve the health and safety of our people and those we work with.

See the serious accidents trend chart.

Compliance

In 2009, our companies reported no fines for safety non compliance.

Incentive awards

55 locations and companies received the Group’s Zero Accident awards in 2009:

• 6 locations for five years or five million hours accident-free;
• 8 locations for three years or three million hours accident-free;
• 41 companies and locations for one year or one million hours accident-free;

International standards

26 locations across all regions are certified to the OHSAS 18001 international occupational health and safety standard, representing 49 per cent of our production volume (cigarettes equivalent produced).
 

The data on this page has been reviewed by Ernst & Young LLP. For more details see their Assurance Statement.
April 2010