2010 Sustainability Report - Cummins.com

Challenges ahead: Safety
Safety officials at Cummins will be working to
make improvements in these areas in 2010:
Cummins Severity Lost Work Day Rate: While
Cummins Incidence and Severity Case Rates are
better than the industry average, improvement
is needed in the Severity Lost Work Day Rate.
Cummins ended 2009 with a rate of 6.29, against
a goal of 6.0. Several Six Sigma projects have
been launched to address this issue and corporate
safety is working directly with the sites that are
currently experiencing the highest rates.
Major Incidents or Dangerous Occurrences:
While the Company did have fewer incidents and
occurrences in 2009 than in 2008, our goal is to
drive that number to zero. Corporate Safety
implemented improved reporting mechanisms in
2009 that involve senior leadership in the
process. The department has also improved the
communication channels for investigations and
corrective actions.
Red Flag sites: Cummins tracks each site’s
performance on a monthly basis. While the
process was successful in driving improvement
so that many sites dropped off the list in 2009,
other sites are above corporate targets for key
performance indicators and were added to the
list for 2010. They will continue to be closely
monitored and supported by both their
business unit as well as corporate safety.
Quarterly strategy reviews, Enterprise Safety
Risk Management Audits, and frequent
communications are just some of the
requirements of the process.
Connecting diversity to the bottom line
Highlights
Updated Diversity Business Case rolled out
to Cummins employees.
Cummins produces new 22-minute video on
the key role diversity plays at the Company.
Cummins launches new initiative with
Affinity Group members and their managers
to improve effectiveness.
Valuing diversity is a business imperative as Cummins
looks to enter new markets in an increasingly diverse
and global marketplace.
With most of the world’s economic growth projected to
take place in developing countries between now and
2050, workplace diversity is more important than ever.
Cummins’ updated Business Case for Diversity,
adopted in December 2008, establishes four goals for
the Company to leverage the greatest benefit from a
diverse workforce. These goals are the primary focus
of the Global Diversity strategy at Cummins:
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