Deutsche Post DHL - Annual Report 2009 - A healthy and safe workplace

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A healthy and safe workplace

The health and safety of our employees is of great importance to us. To ensure this, we have put a Group-wide system into place, which includes, for example, our Corporate Health Award, with which we recognise exemplary health initiatives each year. In 2009 – as in 2008 – our corporate health management system was awarded the German Corporate Health Award by the European Commission and the BKK Bundesverband (German federal association of company health insurance funds). Thanks to our thorough preparations for a potential flu pandemic, we have minimised the risk of our employees contracting the influenza A (H1N1) virus (“swine flu”). At 6.9%, the illness rate in Germany remains at a low level (previous year: 6.6%).

We expanded our Group-wide network of occupational safety experts. Some 200 specialists in 61 countries are able to share their experiences and discuss proven methods and products via an intranet platform. In the year under review, the certification of our occupational health and safety organisation’s quality management system was renewed.

A.58 Occupational safety¹⁾

	2008	2009³⁾
Number of workplace accidents²⁾	11,987	12,954
Accident rate (number of accidents per 1,000 employees per year)	66	71
Number of working days lost due to accidents (in calendar year)	255,590	273,978
Working days lost per accident	21.3	21.2
Number of workplace-related deaths⁴⁾	2	1

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1)	Includes employees of Deutsche Post AG.
2)	If at least one working day is lost; including accidents on the way to the workplace.
3)	As at 5 February 2010, since accidents on the way to the workplace may also be reported after the balance sheet date.
4)	Excluding accidents on the way to the workplace.