CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
HEALTH & SAFETY
We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our employees and visitors to our premises and to keep the number of working hours lost through health and safety incidents to a minimum.
We monitor both the number of workplace injuries and illnesses and the number of “lost-time” workplace injuries and set targets for the reduction of both. We also monitor the rates of absenteeism and the causes and take action to achieve reductions in absenteeism. Each year we report our performance and associated costs in the public domain.
The estimated cost incurred by our US operations for injuries resulting in time away from work in 2008 was $645,000. This cost is based on a $43,000 average cost per disabling injury*.
In Europe and Asia Pacific (excluding our distribution centre in Liège), the estimated cost for injuries resulting in days away from work in 2008 was £12,582**.
For the Liège distribution centre, estimated costs were £39,843 in 2008, based on the same figures.
The Group’s occupational injury and illness rate is compared to occupational injury and illness rates for other industry segments as compiled and published by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2005 (being the latest statistics available).
Click here to view our 2008 performance and 2009 Heath & Safety targets.
Both of our UK distribution centres, for Farnell and for CPC are certified to the latest OHSAS18001:2007 standard.
Click here to view the OHSAS18001:2007 for Premier Farnell UK Ltd
In the US, our two largest distribution centres and also our largest manufacturing business are qualified to our internally-developed “Safety STAR” (Safety Through Accountability and Recognition) standard.The certification process requires that; supervisors encourage safe work practices, promotes regular safety observations, employees are held accountable for working safely and regularly encourages employee contributions to improve safety at their facility.
*Estimated by the US National Safety Council. This cost includes wage losses, medical expenses, administration expenses and employment costs.
**Based on UK Health & Safety Executive estimates of £2,097 per occurrence.
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