H14. Health and safety
Essity’s Group target is to decrease the accident frequency rate by 50% in the 2014–2020 period. In 2019, the accident frequency rate declined by 13% year-on-year to 3.3 (3.8; 3.8) and 47% compared with the base year of 2014.
In 2018, Essity developed a tool to measure and assess physical, mental and social health. The tool compiles local reactive, proactive and preventive efforts. Feedback is then provided together with practical improvement proposals. The tool was introduced at just over ten facilities in Latin America in 2019.
Group-wide key performance indicators (KPIs)
In recent years, Essity has worked intensively to systematize and improve its safety work. Essity uses the following Group-wide KPIs:
- Number of Lost Time Accidents (LTA): accidents that result in an employee missing the next regularly scheduled work day or shift.
- Days Lost due to Accidents (DLA): number of work-days lost due to an LTA.
- Accident Severity Rate (ASR): The DLA / LTA.
- Accident Frequency Rate (FR): LTA / 1,000,000 hours worked.
- Incidence Rate (IR): LTA / 200,000 hours worked.
|
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
Lost Time Accidents, LTA |
177 |
214 |
210 |
Contractor Lost Time Accidents, CLTA |
34 |
50 |
34 |
Days Lost due to Accidents, DLA |
4,615 |
5,230 |
4,877 |
Accident Severity Rate, ASR |
26.1 |
24.4 |
23.2 |
Accident Frequency Rate, FR (LTA/1,000,000 WH) |
3.3 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
Incident Rate, IR (LTA/200,000 WH) |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
Fatalities (employees) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Number of zero-accident sites |
29 |
27 |
26 |
Number of sites included in reporting |
86 |
85 |
85 |
Sickness absence
Using information supplied by 15,195 (15,884; 15,962) employees, average sickness absence in 2019 was 5.20% (4.92; 4.86).