Health and Safety
Health and Safety is our industry’s top
priority. In 2008 the industry strategy committed to a reportable
injuries indicator. The reportable injuries indicator
below shows a continued improvement with a total
reduction of 15% compared to the 2008 baseline.
Performance indicator
Reportable injuries per 100,000 direct employees per
annum
In 2009 the industry committed to reporting, Lost Time
Injuries (LTI). This is in line with the Mineral Products
Association (MPA) health and safety programme and is part of
the concrete industry journey to the ultimate objective of ‘Zero
Harm’. It should be noted that the move to reporting LTI’s precedes
the changes in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) criteria for
reportable injuries which will impact the 2012 data.
Improving road safety awareness is a core priority for the
concrete industry. For more information see the Safer
Cycling Campaign.
Lost Time Injuries (LTIs) for direct employees per
1,000,000 hours worked
The collection of LTI data is in the early stages. Data from the
precast sector was included in 2010, but was not available in 2009.
Consequently the increase observed in concrete data sets in 2010 is
caused by this change in baseline data. This increase does not
reflect a decrease in performance, as corroborated by the original
H&S indicator.
Further information on the health and
safety indicator can be found in the
full report.