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Part 1 - General presentation of the Group
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Members of staff included for each subsidiary within
the area studied are the same as those taken into
account in the calculation of Group workforce (see
Headcount section).
Frequency rate of occupational accidents by region
(number of accidents / million working hours)
Severity rate of occupational accidents by region
(number of days lost / thousands working hours)
0,40
0,35
0,30
35
0,25
30
0,20
25
0,15
20
0,10
15
0,05
10
0,00
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Europe
Americas
2010 2011
Asia
2012
Africa &
Middle East
Group
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Europe Americas Asia
2010 2011
2012
Africa &
Middle East
Group
In total, there were 35 accidents in 2012, against 33 in
2011. On a comparable basis, there were 31 in 2012
against 31 in 2011. None of these accidents were fatal.
Nevertheless we must mention a fatal accident involving
a contractor working on one of our sites in India (but not
included in the figures above because they include only
persons who are part of our workforce - see definition
in Headcount section).
By region we see:
■ A sharp deterioration in Europe in 2012, following
several accidents in our Belgian factory resulting
in 255 days of lost work as well as some minor
accidents in our other plants and some offices.
■ A strong improvement in Asia (bad results in 2011 in
our new factory in China, followed by a 93% reduction
in 2012 through the adoption of strict measures).
■ A deterioration in the Middle East, following the
addition of our Saudi factory to the scope (4 accidents
in 2012).
Overall, the frequency rate of accidents decreased by
22% in 2012 (from 13.7 to 10.7 accidents per million
hours worked).
A total of 454 working days were lost dueto occupational
accidents in 2012. On a comparable basis, the figure
amounted to 440 in 2012 against 605 in 2011, a 27%
decrease. As the total number of hours increased from
2,4 million to 3,3 million, the severity rate was further
reduced from 0,25 days lost / thousand hours to 0,14
days lost / thousand hours (down by 44%). The vast
majority of days (399) were lost in Europe, mainly in
the Belgian subsidiary ACS. Asia has clearly improved
compared to last year (33 days lost, against 246 in 2011).
Occupational disease rate by region (number of
days lost / thousands working hours )
In 2012, 1179 working days were lost due to occupational
diseases, the majority (892 days) of them in Europe.
On a comparable basis, the total figure amounted to
939 days in 2012 against 1086 days in 2011, a 14%
decrease. In contrast the figure amounted to 240 days
for the two Asian companies which were added to the
scope in 2012 (one in India and one in Saudi Arabia),
which explains the growth in Asia and Africa / Middle
East in 2012.