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I Safety
Safety data on production units
Heineken Group*
Our strategy
In order to meet our objectives, all production
units are required to set local targets for accident
frequency and severity as part of their Operational
Plan. These targets should be in line with the overall
objectives of Heineken. The safety parameters
are monitored and benchmarked on a quarterly
basis through our Brewery Comparison System.
Furthermore, safety has been integrated into our
TPM Programme.
The Heineken Company has standards for the
design of brewery equipment to ensure safe
installations. Knowledge and best practices
are collected and communicated in order to
continuously improve the safety of our installations.
Our production units perform maintenance of
their installations and have operating procedures
in place to help ensure that nuisance (for instance
noise and odour emissions) is reduced.
We make efforts to minimise the nuisance to our
neighbouring communities and take action on
recorded complaints. We do our utmost to comply
with legal requirements. Nevertheless, occasionally
fines are levied due to non-compliance.
Activities in 2007
In 2007, we implemented the safety pillar of our
TPM programme in a number of our breweries.
This programme offers an instrument to reduce
the number of accidents, ultimately aiming at zero
accidents. A workshop was conducted for all our
Western European Operating Companies. As a
result of this workshop, specific activities which
support the TPM safety pillar and which build on
the initiatives already in place were started in
several breweries including 's-Hertogenbosch
(Netherlands), Marseille (France), Valencia and
Madrid (Spain).
There were continuous training sessions with
regard to safety across our business, in some
cases in combination with awareness programmes
for employees; for example, in Nigeria a national
Safety, Health Environment week was organised.
During the year, we also issued a new standard
specifically designed to address safety and
emergency procedures related to all greenfield
site activities given the increased risks of these
types of projects.
In Mawathagarma (Sri Lanka), a safety and health
committee was established and an awareness
programme was implemented. This programme
included the provision of relevant personal
protective equipment and the enforcement
of its use. An awareness programme was also
Parameters (absolute values)Un't2005
Fatalities of Company personnel
Cases
2
0
1
Fatalities of contractor personnel
Cases
0
1
1
Permanent disabilities of Company personnel Cases
2
3
6
Fatalities of Company personnel in commuting Cases
2
2
0
Parameters (absolute values)
Accidents of company personnel
Cases
662
677
633
Accidents of contractor personnel
Cases
101
84
143
Lost days of company personnel
Days
13,582
15,490
16,336
Production workforce (FTEs)
FTEs
22,129
24,936
24,647
Performance indicators (average values)
Achieved**
Targets/Guide's
Accident frequency
Cases/lOOFTEs
3.0
2.7
2.6
Targets accident frequency
Cases/lOOFTEs
2.1
2.0
Accident severity
Lost days/100FTEs
61
62
68
Guide values accident severity
Lost days/100FTEs
42
40
Excluding data from Gastein (Austria, in 2007), Bad Brambach, Donaueschingen, Karlsruhe, Chemnitz, Kulmbach, Plauen, Würzburg and Rosenheim (Germany).
Performance data of 2007 relate to the companies that were part of the Heineken Group in 2006.
Heineken N.V. Sustainability Report 2007
