Johnson Matthey sustainability report 2008/09

Performance Summary

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Health and Safety

Safety performance data is reported on a financial year basis from 1st April to 31st March. Health performance data for 2008/09 is for 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009. For 2004 to 2007, health performance data is reported on a calendar year basis.

Where necessary, data has been restated to reflect changes in the business, for example divestments and site closure. The group sold its Insulators and Alumina businesses on 26th November 2008 and, as such, data presented for 2008/09 excludes any contribution from these businesses. The group sold its Ceramics Division on 28th February 2007 and, as such, the data presented for 2007 excludes any contribution from Ceramics Division.

Accident Calculation Definitions

Johnson Matthey’s definition of an accident for the purposes of this report is any acute unplanned event that causes harm to individuals making them unable to attend work on days after the date of the event. Accidents are further subdivided into accidents that result in more than three days work lost and those that cause three or less days to be lost. Accident incidence rates are calculated based on the rate of these accidents per 1,000 employees.

The following metrics are used in this report:

Incidence rate for all lost time accidents in the year = ((number of greater than three day accidents in the year + number of ‘three day or less’ accidents in the year) x 1,000) ÷ (average number of employees in the year). 

Incidence rate for greater than three day accidents in the year = (number of greater than three day accidents in the year x 1,000) ÷ (average number of employees in the year).

Lost work days per 1,000 employees per year = (total lost work days in year x 1,000) ÷ (average number of employees in the year).

Frequency rate for all lost time accidents in the year = ((number of greater than three day accidents in the year + number of ‘three day or less’ accidents in the year) x 100,000) ÷ (number of hours worked in the year).

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Safety Performance

Safety Performance

 

  March 2009 March 2008 % change
Greater than three day accidents per 1,000 employees 4.48 3.22* +39%
Total number of lost time accidents 95 68 +40%
Total accident rate per 1,000 employees
per year		 10.39 8.86* +17%
Total lost time accident rate per 100,000
hours worked		 0.53 in 2008/09 0.40 in 2007/08 +33%
Number of days lost per 1,000 employees
per year		 115 in 2008/09 73* in 2007/08 +58%

*restated

Annual Accident Rate per 1,000 Employees

 

Line graph showing annual accident rate per 1,000 employees (green line) from March 2004 to March 2009. Data for all accidents per 1,000 employees (grey line) was as follows; March 2004 21.01, March 2005 13.45, March 2006 11.56, March 2007 8.18, March 2008 8.86, March 2009 10.39. Data for greater than three day accidents per 1,000 employees was as follows; March 2004 9.22, March 2005 5.44, March 2006 5.36, March 2007 4.09, March 2008 3.22, March 2009 4.48.

Days Lost per 1,000 Employees per Year

 

Line graph showing days lost per 1,000 employees per year from March 2004 to March 2009. Days lost per 1,000 employees per year was as follows; March 2004 306, March 2005 193, March 2006 115, March 2007 78, March 2008 73, March 2009 115.

Health Performance

Incidence of Occupational Illness Conditions

2008/09: 5.5 cases per 1,000 employees (1st January 2008 to 31st March 2008: 3.5 cases per 1,000 employees).

2007: 5.8 cases per 1,000 employees.

2006: 4.6 cases per 1,000 employees.

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