Safety and wellbeing

This perspective looks at  our safety and occupational health performance during 2010/11:

  • Employee lost time injury frequency rate rose to 0.18, compared with 0.15 in 2009/10
  • Employee lost time injury frequency rate has decreased by 36% over past five years 
  • Employee lost time injuries rose to 96, compared with 86 in 2009/10. The principal causes of lost time injuries were road traffic collisions, musculoskeletal injuries and slips, trips and falls.
  • 51 contractor lost time injuries, compared with 85 in 2009/10; a 40% decrease  
  • Employee sickness absence rate fell to 2.82% ,compared with 2.87% in 2009/10