Ensure the best health and safety

Our safety mindset means we’re preventing accidents and keeping our people safe and sound, no matter where they are in the world.

Our promise

Electrolux will be the leader on health and safety in the appliance industry, wherever we operate in the world.

The roadmap to 2020

Continue to reduce our global injury rate (TCIR) by at least 5% every year
Attain safety certification for our operations around the world
Integrate the Group’s safety program into new acquisitions within three years of purchase

The case for action

The wellbeing of our colleagues is important. We have a duty of care toward every individual working for Electrolux, and we take this seriously. Our commitment applies wherever Electrolux operates in the world, and goes beyond local regulations.

Our approach

Health and safety has long been a fundamental part of our values and our sustainability agenda, with clear targets and processes in place to ensure real progress.

All employees and contractors in production are covered by a reporting system to track incidents and hours worked, and our ambition is to apply the same OHS management system throughout the Group and among contractors. All manufacturing sites have Central Safety Committees that include managers, workers and worker representatives. All employees receive safety training at their induction and annual training tailored to their function.

Our manufacturing site safety audits involve three activities: a behavioral audit, carried out by line managers on a monthly basis; a safety audit carried out by OHS engineers; and a Safety Management System Audit by Regional or Global Safety Leaders.

Incidents are reported daily to site management, and to sector heads on a monthly basis. Performance is disclosed in Group-wide data collection.

An annual Global Safety Day raises awareness among employees and demonstrates the management commitment to safety.

All activities are managed using the lean tools defined by our Electrolux Manufacturing System, which assures a continuation of cultural transformation while focusing on operational excellence.

Challenges

The most significant health and safety risks occur in warehouses, where many employees are contractors
The severity of the injuries can be a challenge

Read about the progress on our promise

Progress on our promise

Electrolux will be the leader on health and safety in the appliance industry, wherever we operate in the world.

The roadmap to 2020	Next steps
Continue to reduce our global injury rate (TCIR) by at least 5% every year.	Ongoing work with health and safety.
Attain safety certification for our operations across the world.	To be aligned with the launch of new ISO 45001 standard.
Integrate the Group’s safety program into new acquisitions within three years of purchase.	An ongoing process.

On track

Additional effort is required

Off track

Work has not yet begun

How we measure progress

Global injury rate (TCIR)
Lost days due to injury (LCIR)
First Aid activities conducted by our nurses (FAIR)

Our safety performance

Since 2013, our injury rate has declined by 43% across the Group.

First-class health and safety practices are an essential step for building trust among employees, their families and local communities. Our work with OHS (Occupational Health & Safety) focuses primarily on the safety of workers in production areas and also raises awareness of the health and wellbeing of office workers.

During 2017, the safety systems and processes within different business sectors have been aligned in a Group-wide approach: the Electrolux Safety Management System.

Our current global injury rate (TCIR) of 0.58 (0.7) compares favorably with other well-known benchmarks, as reported in publicly available sources. 82% (72) of our manufacturing sites have achieved a rate below 1.0. Even though our performance is already high, we have an ambitious target in place: to reduce our global injury rate (TCIR) by at least 5% every year.

In addition, the wellbeing of our people affects our bottom line. Our approach to safety led to an estimated annual saving of over SEK 46m in 2017 compared with 2013, based on the average financial costs associated with injuries and the number of injuries that incur lost days.

All units managed through our Global Industrial Operations have a safety program. This year they focused on:

Assembly Area Forklift Ban: We have completed the assembly area forklift ban in almost all production sites.
Segregating pedestrians from forklifts in technological areas: We are preparing fences to completely segregate people from vehicles in technological areas.
Lock-Out Tag Out: Global procedure has been updated and will be applied to all factories in 2018.
Contractors working at our sites: A global process to address contractors working at Electrolux facilities with training and risk evaluation progressed and will be completed in 2018.
Warehouse safety: A warehouse safety plan is being developed and will be implemented in 2018 to combat high TCIR.

The challenges

The most significant health and safety risks occur in warehouses, where many employees are contractors
Our ambition is to apply the same OHS management system throughout the Group and among contractors by 2017

LA6X - Type of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and total number of work-related fatalities, by region

	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
Injury rate¹	0.58	0.7	0.9	0.9	1
Number of workdays lost due to occupational injuries	2,707	3,814	4,729	3,088	5,677
Lost day rate¹	6	9	11	7	13
Number of work-related fatalities	0	0	1	0	0

¹ per 200,000h

2017	Number of work-related injuries	Injury rate¹	Number of workdays lost due to occupational injuries	Lost day rate¹
Asia Pacific	12	0,37	11	0,34
EMEA	96	0,60	1,766	11,02
Latin America	49	0,51	674	7,01
North America	89	0,66	256	1,90
Grand Total	246	0,58	2,707	6

¹ per 200,000h