Employee Health & Safety
- At our Campoverde, Italy, plant, safety drills are regularly
performed with the local fire department.
We believe that all Employee Health and Safety incidents are preventable and
that safety is the responsibility of every manager. We regularly publish and
distribute information and advice on improving safety at home and in the work
place to all employees including a Care at Home booklet and our Moving
to Zero video. Global Environment, Heath and Safety (GEHS) works with Abbott
businesses to develop and implement programs designed to improve Abbott's
overall environmental and employee health and safety performance.
In 2008, we improved two key performance measures (see
Performance Against 2010/2011 Goals):
- Our Lost Time Case Rate measure reflects the number of incidents resulting
in time off-work. In 2008, we met and exceeded our 10 percent reduction target,
achieving 0.28 cases per 100 employees. We are now setting a new 2011
target.
- Our global vehicle accident rate decreased by eight percent from the 2007
rate to 9.6 accidents per million miles driven, representing good progress
toward our 2010 goal, which now includes our international fleet.
Environment, Health &
Safety Policy 