Occupational health and safety
Daimler management and the World Employee Committee have developed standardized principles for preventive occupational health and safety at all Group locations worldwide. These principles are based on legislation in each country and on the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) guidelines for occupational safety and health management (ILO/OSHMS 2001).
Ensuring proper implementation of the guidelines is the responsibility of the Group-wide Health & Safety unit, which addresses all issues related to promoting and maintaining good employee health: occupational medicine, occupational safety, workplace health improvement, ergonomics, social counseling, and integration management.
Key figures health and safety
| Absence due to illness (2010): Manual workers | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||
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| Germany | % of target WD | 5,5 | 5,4 | 6,3 | |
| Argentina (DCA) | % of target WD | 2,7 | 2,1 | 3,2 | |
| Turkey (MBT) | % of target WD | 2,0 | 1,9 | 1,9 | |
| South Africa (East London) | % of target WD | 1,8 | 1,7 | 1,1 | |
| India (Pune) | % of target WD | 1,8 | 1,7 | 1,0 | |
| USA (Tuscaloosa) | % of target WD | 4,0 | 2,9 | 2,6 | |
| Brazil (Trucks) | % of target WD | 4,9 | 4,7 | 4,5 | |
| Japan (MFTBC) | % of target WD | 0,8 | 0,6 | 0,6 | |
| France (Smart) | % of target WD | 5,9 | 7,0 | 8,2 | |
| Absence due to illness (2010): Administrative staff | |||||
| Germany | % of target WD | 2,7 | 2,9 | 2,9 | |
| Argentina (DCA) | % of target WD | 1,7 | 1,5 | 1,5 | |
| Turkey (MBT) | % of target WD | 1,5 | 1,7 | 1,6 | |
| South Africa (East London) | % of target WD | 1,7 | 1,8 | 0,5 | |
| India (Pune) | % of target WD | 0,9 | 0,9 | 1,0 | |
| USA (Tuscaloosa) | % of target WD | 2,4 | 1,5 | 1,5 | |
| Brazil (Trucks) | % of target WD | 1,6 | 1,7 | 1,5 | |
| Japan (MFTBC) | % of target WD | 0,8 | 0,6 | 0,8 | |
| France (Smart) | % of target WD | 1,5 | 1,8 | 2,7 | |
| Key figures for work safety: Accident frequency (duty doctor cases with at least one working day lost per one million hours at work – based on manual workers) |
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| Germany | cases | 15,50 | 13,50 | 15,00 | |
| Argentina | cases | 43,90 | 23,82 | 32,30 | |
| Brazil | cases | 17,83 | 13,80 | 10,12 | |
| South Africa | cases | 3,14 | 3,75 | 3,04 | |
| USA | cases | 2,99 | 0,86 | 0,70 | |
| Accident cost (working days lost as a result of accident per one million hours at work – based on manual workers) |
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| Germany | WD/1 mill. wh | 161,00 | 128,00 | 168,00 | |
| Argentina | WD/1 mill. wh | 560,00 | 282,23 | 573,70 | |
| Brazil | WD/1 mill. wh | 224,00 | 205,00 | 157,35 | |
| South Africa | WD/1 mill. wh | 8,72 | 15,22 | 9,60 | |
| USA | WD/1 mill. wh | 157,26 | 29,73 | 22,80 | |
| Promotion of health at work (Germany) | |||||
| Shift workers | employee | 984 | 402 | 670 | |
| Managers | employee | 396 | 250 | 330 | |
| Executive managers | employee | 128 | 46 | 84 | |
| Health cure services: | |||||
| Shift workers | employee | 263 | 122 | 111 | |
| Managers | employee | 166 | 101 | 89 | |
| Executive managers | employee | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Company medical service | |||||
| Consultation hours | hours | 31.408 | 24.769 | 27.792 | |
| Medical checks for new employees | amount | 7.895 | 3.288 | 3.070 | |
| Occupational health checks | amount | 43.277 | 35.056 | 35.037 | |
| Contact resulting from problems in the workplaceamount | amount | 12.842 | 10.468 | 16.639 | |
| Workplace inspections | amount | 703 | 461 | 597 | |
| Vaccinations and medical consultations relating to travel | amount | 18.850 | 16.609 | 16.314 | |
| Emergency treatment | amount | 1.445 | 1.164 | 1.510 | |
| Physiotherapy | amount | 41.229 | 26.535 | 29.903 | |
| Diagnostic tests (hearing & sight tests, ECG etc.) | amount | 64.972 | 51.044 | 52.760 | |
| Laboratory tests | amount | 30.654 | 24.071 | 24.111 | |
| Reintegration of the long-term sick | amount | 2.637 | 2.188 | 3.249 | |
| Major check-up for executive managers | amount | 222 | 765 | 268 | |
| Minor check-up | amount | 2.881 | 765 | 713 | |
| Workplace health promotion events | amount | 1.393 | 1.195 | 1.799 | |
| Occupational health report | amount | 7.497 | 7.026 | 9.541 | |
| Company counseling service (Germany) | |||||
| Number of clients counselled | clients | 4.770 | 4.499 | 4.967 | |
| clients counselled in crisis situations | clients | 3.050 | 2.775 | 3.129 | |
| clients counselled in social problems | clients | 800 | 709 | 755 | |
| clients counselled in psychological problems | clients | 950 | 886 | 1.040 | |
| clients counselled in substance abuse/dependency | clients | 510 | 445 | 429 | |
| clients counselled in workplace conflicts Managers with difficult managerial tasks counselled | clients | 790 | 735 | 905 | |
| Participants on training courses | clients | 1.720 | 1.724 | 1.838 | |
| Participants on training courses | clients | 1.720 | 1.291 | 1.710 | |
| Other key figures (Germany) | |||||
| BKK members | members | 164.556 | 167.581 | 171.404 | |
| SG Stern members | members | 34.540 | 35.300 | 36.372 | |
