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REC Annual Report 2011
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The sickness rate is calculated based on days of absence as percentage
of number of actual workdays per year per full time employee. This
means that vacation and regular holidays have been excluded.
REC and its subsidiaries are committed to equal opportunity
employment and practices. All employees and applicants shall be treated
without regard to age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, race,
religion, disability, marital situation or any other protected status. REC
has succeeded in recruiting individuals and teams globally with the
necessary competence, potential and cultural fit needed.
REC also encourages that all employees have annual performance
reviews with their manager, covering both specified tasks for the period
and development activities. In 2011 approximately 65 percent of the
employees received these reviews.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Health and safety work
Health and Safety has the highest priority in REC and the target is zero
harm. To achieve a world class safety culture, it is vital to involve all
employees in continuous improvement in the daily way of working. The
REC Business System has proved to be a key factor for improving the
safety culture. This includes that all work activities need to be risk
assessed to eliminate inherent risks or apply control measures. In 2011,
this has been a key focus area for all RECmanufacturing units, with the
significant involvement of employees.
For example in REC Solar, extensive work has been undertaken in
standardizing all work instructions and risk assessments as part of the
OHSAS 18001 certification process. In RECWafer and REC Silicon,
emphasis has been put on training employees and management in the
Safe Job Analysis method, which has been applied to high risk and non-
standard work activities.
Another key area for continuous improvement is incident management.
All employees are encouraged to register hazards and incidents in order
to identify and implement preventive measures that can eliminate
recurrences and reduce the total level of risk. In 2011, more than
20,000 hazards and incidents were managed in this way, equating to
approximately five per full time employee.
All employees at RECmanufacturing sites are represented in formal
joint management-worker health and safety committees, where they
monitor and advice on occupational health and safety programs. The
form of the local committees varies according to local requirements. In
Norway, every site with more than 50 employees has a central work
environment committee. In addition safety representatives are elected
among the employees in every department/shift, to be active advisors in
their department’s health and safety work. Likewise, in the US sites,
formal safety committees are established with members representing
all areas. They actively reviewweekly and monthly the progress in health
and safety programs and follow up on outstanding issues. In Singapore,
there are formal health and safety committees within each business unit,
(INDICATOR)
2011
2010
2009
Lost Time Injuries (LTI) , number
REC Silicon
3
8
13
RECWafer
6
17
16
REC Solar
2
4
3
REC Group
11
29
32
Lost Time Injury (LTI), rate
REC Silicon
1.6
4.6
8.1
RECWafer
3.8
8.3
9.5
REC Solar
0.5
1.1
2.0
REC Group
1.4
3.9
6.5
Total Recordable Injuries (TRI), number
REC Silicon
11
22
24
RECWafer
25
23
33
REC Solar
7
14
8
REC Group
44 *
59
65
Total Recordable Injury (TRI), rate
REC Silicon
5.9
12.5
14.9
RECWafer
15.9
11.3
19.5
REC Solar
1.7
3.9
5.4
REC Group
5.7
8.0
13.2
*
The total REC Group figure also includes 1TRI in REC ASA at the headquarters in Norway