Integrating health and safety into management systems in Italy

The accident rate at Agrate is now 20 times lower than the national average according to figures published by INAIL, the national institute of insurance for work-related accidents.

These figures show that in 2005, there were 2.38 work-related injuries per 100 employees at Agrate compared with a national average of 49.2.

The low accident rate owes much to the site's integrated management approach linking quality, environment, health and safety, and wider social concerns.

Following the launch of the new Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Decalogue, the site merged its Environment and Health and Safety Steering Committees. At the same time, it has formed new multi-disciplinary teams run by both experts and staff volunteers to focus on particular health and safety issues. Employee involvement is high. Each year about 40 staff make formal suggestions for how health and safety and environmental performance can be improved. On average, half of these suggestions are implemented.

Please note that the figures above are based on a national Italian methodology for calculating accident rates and are therefore not comparable with the health and safety data provided for the whole company.

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