Safety
We have a resposibility towards our
employees, visitors and neighbours. We
believe that at all times they should be
safeguarded from accidents happening.
Therefore we pay considerable attention
to safety.
Building a culture of safety at work
It is essential that people who come to work at or who live
near a brewery, malting, cider plant or soft drink plant are
safe. To this end, we have programmes aimed at accident
prevention, including training and the provision of personal
protective equipment (PPE). We maintain and demand high
standards of safety in and around our installations.
What we said we would do and what we delivered
Heineken Africa and the Middle East will pronounce 2009
as the year of health and safety for the region
In 2009, specific attention was paid to our operations in
Africa and the Middle East to ensure that safety performance
matched that of other regions. Awareness was raised by job
safety training and on the proper use of personal protective
equipment (PPE). Operating Companies were encouraged to
expand Occupational Health and Safety efforts to employees
outside the production area, to include the registration of
incidents and accidents and give attention to road and
vehicle safety.
Overall safety performance
As a result of the change to consolidated reporting (see page
2), we have restated our 2008 safety results in order to enable
a valid performance comparison to be made.
In 2009, the accident frequency for company personnel was
1.5 accidents per 100 FTEs compared with a restated 2008
figure of 2.0 accidents per 100 FTEs. This is a significant
improvement.
The increased safety awareness through the worldwide
implementation of the TPM safety pillar, as well as the wider
availability and use of PPE, contributed significantly to this
improvement. Our production units in Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria),
Patras (Greece), Zipf and Klagenfurt (Austria) contributed
significantly to this positive trend.
Performance
