OCCUPATIONAL

To ensure optimum workplace safety, König + Neurath has a committee for workplace safety, which follows the principles of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. It meets four times a year and looks at themes relating to workplace health and safety within a committee structure. To ensure high standard, workspaces are risk-assessed and regularly inspected, and any necessary measures are implemented. Close cooperation with external specialists from the employer’s liability insurance association and the company medical officer plays a crucial role. All employees are offered benefits to support their health within the capacity of the company health management policy.

Providing a workplace that not only complies with legal specifications but also minimises risks to our workforce and promotes a high level of employee motivation is an integral part of König + Neurath's corporate policy

Around two percent of jobs at König + Neurath involve activities which pose increased levels of danger for example by maintenance activities or exposure to heat. In general the most recent knowledge from the field of occupational safety is taken into account right from the process planning and equipment purchasing stages. We carry out risk assessments for all workspaces, and we establish which workplace safety measures are needed on this basis and implement them. In 2020 and 2021 we trained all employees for whom workplace safety is a relevant theme. The training sessions take place twice a year after extended breaks such as the summer and winter holidays, as a refresher for workplace safety themes after longer absences. In addition, twelve employees received an average of eight hours each of training as safety officers and on specific themes relating to occupational safety. In 2020 and 2021 as of 31.12., over twelve per cent of employees throughout the facility were trained first aiders.

In 2020 we had 34 notifiable workplace accidents, in 2021 this figure dropped to 27. The accident severity in 2020 was on average 14 days of absence per workplace accident, in 2021 this figure stood at 17 days of absence per workplace accident. The period of absence from work as a result of accidents comprises the first day after the accident concerned and every subsequent calendar day. No fatalities occurred at the workplace. The following diagram presents the types of injury:

*no data available yet for 2021 from the insurance association for the wood and metal industry