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CONTENTS // SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT // SOCIAL – OWN WORKFORCE
Health and safety
Gabriel provides a safe and healthy working environment fostering employee wellbeing. The objective is to
prevent workplace accidents and illness and minimise
work-related sickness absence. Gabriel has incorporated processes for addressing material impacts, risks and
opportunities related to health and safety in the Group’s
management system, including occupational health and
safety policies and procedures, and all companies report
on them every month.
ACCIDENTS, HEALTH AND SAFETY
Work-related accidents
Gabriel’s occupational health and safety policy, Code
of Conduct and employee guide, which contain health
and safety guidelines etc., apply throughout the Group.
Activities
Gabriel will strengthen health and safety management
in production units with the highest risk profile by further
developing processes in Gabriel’s management system
on the principles of ISO 45001. The objective is to prevent
and mitigate workplace accidents. With 2024/25 as base
year, improvement targets have been set for 2029/30.
This changes the previous goal of occcupational health
and safety certification of Gabriel A/S.
2024/25
Fatalities as a result of work-related injuries
Number
0
Number of recordable work-related accidents
Number
24
Number of workplace accidents
per 1,000,000 hours worked
12.7
%
100%
Rate of recordable work-related accidents
Employees in own workforce who are covered by Gabriel’s
management system, including in respect of health and safety
Processes related to the physical and psycho-social
working environment comply with national and international laws. The physical and psycho-social working
environment is handled in local works councils and
(occupational health and) safety committees with both
employee and management representatives. These
bodies meet when needed, as a minimum in compliance
with local law, which is typically two to four times a year.
Training relating to health and safety, e.g. first aid courses,
is provided in accordance with law or when assessed
to be needed. In cases of long-term illness or extended
absence, consideration is given to the individual and the
company’s support is adapted to the specific situation.
Unit
Targets
Gabriel continues to see possibilities for minimising health and safety-related risks. To reduce these risks and pursue
the improvement opportunities, Gabriel has set targets to be achieved by 2029/30. The target were set by Gabriel
inhouse based on its strategic action areas and approved by the CEO.
Activity
Description
Scope
Target for 2029/30
Reduce the
number of
workplace
accidents
Reduce the
number of
recordable
workplace
accidents
Own
operations
Reduction of the number of
recordable workplace accidents
by 50%, from 24 in base year
2024/25 to 12.
Reduction of the workplace
accident rate (number of workplace accidents per 1,000,000
hours worked), from 12.7 in base
year 2024/25 to ≤6.
Status for 2024/25
(base year)
Tracking method
and effectiveness
In 2024/25 the
number of recordable
workplace accidents
was 24 and the
workplace accident
rate 12.7.
Workplace accidents are
reported monthly through
internal systems.
The rate of recordable
workplace accidents is
measured as the number
of workplace accidents per
1,000,000 hours worked.
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