"Perspectives 2011" - Sustainability and Annual Report (pdf)

Introduction Company profile and strategyService portfolio Communication and social responsibilityA sharp drop in the accident rateOur accident statistics for 2011 show a steep 20.6 percentdrop in the number of reportable occupationalaccidents compared to a year earlier, from 175 to 139.During the course of 2011, safety experts conductedmore than 60 on-site inspections at the airport. Theseinspections confirmed that IHS measures were beingimplemented effectively and adapted correctly in linewith changing operating procedures and practices.We also have a health circle made up of members ofthe IHS committee, the works council and the airport’smedical service. This meets monthly to discuss currenthealth topics affecting the workforce as a whole.One initiative introduced on the advice of this bodywas to offer free annual flu vaccinations. Other typesof inoculations, too, are available – against hepatitisand tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), for example – whichare provided by the employee medical service ofMediCare, an FMG associated company.Reportable occupational and commuting accidents 2009–2011191175139MediCare’s role as our employee medical serviceprovider extends to assessing categories of work todetermine their possible health impact, advising onworkstation ergonomics and health protection, andpromoting general health. It also operates variousprevention and screening programs, including eyetests for employees working at visual displays, andregular hearing tests for employees who work in noisyenvironments.2009 2010 2011One prerequisite for providing all our company unitsand departments with effective support on safety issuesis that FMG’s executive management and workscouncil cooperate in a spirit of mutual trust. All IHSmeasures, from safety-driven technical and organizationalchanges to the provision of personal protectiveequipment, have to be coordinated with the workscouncil.We have an industrial health and safety committeewhich convenes on a quarterly basis to discuss IHSissues at the airport. Besides senior executives, middlemanagers and safety officers from throughout the or -ganization, its members include occupational phy -sicians and works council representatives. This membershipstructure ensures that the committee representsthe interests of our entire employee population.To help protect the latter group, safety experts continuallyupdate and extend the airport’s noise map; theyalso test noise levels using personal dosimeters thatmeasure vibrations, either on a transitory basis or overextended periods of up to eight hours. Where thereis a need, they submit to the relevant company unitor department proposals on how to mitigate noise.We also place considerable importance on safeguardsto protect those employees who work with hazardoussub stances or biological materials or who workat heights.Our IHS initiatives additionally include delivering anddocumenting mandatory and statutory training andinstruction programs on industrial health and safety inour divisions and other units. The breadth of trainingranges from induction programs for new hires or em -ployees switching units within the organization, toinstruction on the safe operation of ground handlingequipment.88