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Safety and Health
We are Committed to Safety Excellence
In 2022, We Continued Our Commitment to Safety Excellence
Safety On the Road
Protecting our associates when they are on the road is one of our highest priorities. Ecolab’s more than 25,000 sales-and-service associates regularly drive to and from customer locations. Vehicle safety is one of the ways that we measure our overall safety performance.
As a result of our expanded predictive driver safety program, which helps us learn more about what puts a driver at risk and how to prevent accidents, we have reduced our total vehicle accident rate by 24% per million miles driven since 2019. Our severe vehicle accident rate remains lower than the benchmark, at 0.06 accidents per one million miles driven.
More than
16,000 Drivers
Used the Virtual Risk Manager MentorSM driving application in 2022 to improve their driving behaviors for enhanced safety on the road.
Safety Through Training
Training plays a major role in our efforts to reduce accidents and injuries. In 2022, our personal injury rate decreased 6%* and our lost-time incident rate decreased 7%**.
Training for New Hires
Every Ecolab division provides basic safety training to newly hired sales and service personnel.
- In 2022, 89% of new hires completed the training within their first 30 days of employment.
*Reflects 2022 data compared to 2021 data from global sites
**Reflects 2022 data compared to 2021 data in North America
Our Safety Progress
47% Decrease
In total recordable incident rate since 2013, globally
35% Decrease
In lost-time incident rate since 2016, North America
36% Decrease
In total vehicle accident rate since 2013, globally
63% Decrease
In severe vehicle accident rate since 2013, globally
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2022 Safety Metrics
Number of incidents per 200,000 working hours
| 2021 | 2022 | % Change vs 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 1.52 | 1.48 | -3% |
| Greater China | 0.16 | 0.05 | -69% |
| Western Europe | 0.63 | 0.51 | -19% |
| International Markets | 0.35 | 0.32 | -9% |
| TOTAL | 0.94 | 0.88 | -6% |
Number of incidents with lost days per 200,000 hours worked
| 2021 | 2022 | % Change vs 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 0.70 | 0.65 | -7% |
Number of vehicular accidents per million miles driven
| 2021 | 2022 | % Change vs 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 2.07 | 2.10 | 1% |
| Greater China | 0.67 | 0.42 | -37% |
| Western Europe | 3.29 | 3.09 | -6% |
| International Markets | 1.93 | 1.92 | -1% |
| TOTAL | 2.17 | 2.13 | -2% |
Number of severe vehicular accidents per million miles driven
| 2021 | 2022 | % Change vs 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global | 0.09 | 0.06 | -33% |
*Includes fatalities, bodily injuries, vehicle rollovers, incidents involving drugs and/or alcohol and environmental spills to ground or waterways
| 2021 | 2022 | % Change vs 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecolab Employees | 0 | 0 | – |
| Contract Employees | 0 | 0 | – |
Number of occupational illnesses per 200,000 working hours
| 2021 | 2022 | % Change vs 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 0.11 | 0.06 | -45% |
| Greater China | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| Western Europe | 0.00 | 0.06 | 100% |
| International Markets | 0.04 | 0.07 | 75% |
| TOTAL | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0% |