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Depending on the nature of each plant, our manufacturing
sites have annual LTIFR improvement targets ranging from
8,5% to 12%. In FY15, 18% of our manufacturing sites
achieved zero LTIFR, while 63% met their targets and
37% did not meet targets.
Activities to improve health and safety
Health and safety is a priority for all managers and
executives. Key initiatives introduced in the review period
include:
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Developing a workplace health improvement plan for
implementation next year
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Further integration of safety into business processes,
understanding that safety should be a core business and
strategic value
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Extensively improving management commitment and
leadership and employee participation as these are key
to safety management
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In addition, safety skills development programmes and
role-based competence matrixes are being defined and
launched for our business units.
Employee wellness
Our employee wellness support programme offers a 24-hour
telephonic counselling service, and face-to-face professional
counselling. Users can access psychologists, social workers,
dieticians, biokineticists, and financial and legal advisers.
We also offer all South African employees voluntary
membership to our in-house medical scheme that offers
cost-effective comprehensive health cover. The scheme
has 4 335 principal members (2014: 4 336) and
9 659 beneficiaries.
We have a comprehensive HIV/Aids framework that
includes support for HIV-positive employees. In 2015,
331 employees were voluntarily counselled and tested
(2014: 584) and 95% of employees who tested positive
have enrolled on the programme. Our recorded prevalence
rate in South Africa is 1,8% (2014: 2,7%).
In FY15, we formalised the use of lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR), a universal statistic to report on safety performance.
By migrating to LTIFR as a group measure for safety incidents, we have eliminated subjective interpretation and introduced
a measurable performance indicator.
LTIFR
Key performance indicators
Target
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
Fatalities
0
2
1
2
0
0
LTIFR
0,86*
0,36
0,74
0,67
0,78
1,03
*
The group target is the average of the Grains, Consumer Brands and International divisions, and considers individual site targets set at an 8%
to 12% improvement on actual performance in the reporting period.