Occupational Health and Safety

We want our own and our subcontractors’ employees to return home just as healthy as they were when they came to work. We are therefore expanding our occupational health care management and are forging ahead with implementation of our “Sicher voRWEg” (The energy to lead safely) programme to promote safety at work.

RWE has set itself the goal of becoming a “zero accidents” company. Our aim is to become the safest company in our industry. To achieve this we encourage
safety awareness and make our managers aware of their function as role models. Our health and safety management aims to keep our workforce as healthy and productive as possible. This is all the more important now that we are all having to work longer.

Progress

The number of accidents throughout the RWE Group leading to the loss of at least one person day fell to 3.5 per one million hours worked (LTIF) in 2010, the ninth such fall in succession. In March 2010 we began using the Work Ability Index (WAI) to enable our employees to assess their fitness for current and future workloads. In Germany 67 % of all em ployees had access to this method by the end of 2010.

Objectives in Occupational Health and Safety