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Health, Wellness and Safety
We are committed to safety excellence.
In 2021, 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 23% per million miles driven since 2019. Our severe vehicle accident rate remains lower than the benchmark, at 0.08 accidents per one million miles driven.
More than
17,000 Drivers
Used the Virtual Risk Manager MentorSM eDriving application, a smartphone app that not only identifies risky driving behavior, but also remediates it with in-app micro-training and driver self-improvement efforts based on in-app feedback.
Safety Through Training
Training plays a major role in our efforts to reduce accidents and injuries. In 2021, our personal injury rate decreased 15%* and our lost-time injury rate decreased 6%**.
Training for New Hires
Every Ecolab division provides basic safety training to newly hired sales and service personnel.
- In 2021, 89% of new hires completed the training within their first 30 days of employment.
*Reflects 2021 data compared to 2019 data from global sites
**Reflects 2021 data compared to 2019 data in North America
Progress in Safety
48% Decrease
In total recordable incident rate since 2013, globally
42% Decrease
In lost-time incident rate since 2016, North America
38% Decrease
In total vehicle accident rate in the past five years, globally
41% Decrease
In severe vehicle accident rate in the past five years, globally
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2023 Safety Metrics
Number of incidents per 200,000 working hours
| 2022 | 2023 | % Change vs 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 1.47 | 1.34 | -9% |
| Greater China | 0.05 | 0.02 | -60% |
| Europe | 0.45 | 0.60 | 33% |
| International Markets | 0.36 | 0.41 | 14% |
| TOTAL | 0.88 | 0.87 | -1% |
Number of incidents with lost days per 200,000 hours worked
| 2022 | 2023 | % Change vs 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 0.67 | 0.58 | -13% |
Number of vehicular accidents per million miles driven
| 2022 | 2023 | % Change vs 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 2.12 | 1.95 | -8% |
| Greater China | 0.42 | 0.38 | -10% |
| Europe | 2.88 | 2.65 | -8% |
| International Markets | 1.96 | 1.84 | -6% |
| TOTAL | 2.14 | 1.98 | -7% |
Number of severe vehicular accidents per million miles driven
| 2022 | 2023 | % Change vs 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global | 0.06 | 0.07 | 17% |
*Includes fatalities, bodily injuries, vehicle rollovers, incidents involving drugs and/or alcohol and environmental spills to ground or waterways
| 2022 | 2023 | % Change vs 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecolab Employees | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Contract Employees | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Number of occupational illnesses per 200,000 working hours
| 2022 | 2023 | % Change vs 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 0.06 | 0.09 | 50% |
| Greater China | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| Europe | 0.06 | 0.00 | -100% |
| International Markets | 0.07 | 0.04 | -43% |
| TOTAL | 0.06 | 0.05 | -17% |