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‘Octobre rose’, ST Crolles, France

Health and Safety

Health & Safety

OUR AMBITION

Be a safe workplace with zero injuries, zero occupational diseases and ensure healthy lives and well-being for all.

2025 GOAL

<0.15%

recordable cases (RC)* for employees and contractors

* injuries and illnesses

2019 RC for employees 0.16%

RC for employees includes injuries only.
RC for contractors not yet available.

Maintaining a healthy and safe workplace at all our sites is about more than just policies and procedures; it is about building a culture of health and safety alongside our employees and subcontractors and promoting well-being everywhere and for everyone. We believe that investing in employee health improves both vitality and productivity, energizing the entire organization and improving results. Accordingly, we take a strategic approach to creating safe and pleasant workplace environments that promote both physical and mental health among employees. I 103-1 I

Health

Promoting employees’ health and well-being

We believe in helping our employees to adopt healthy lifestyles because we know good health is the foundation of a fulfilling and productive life. Our health plan provides our employees with a very high level of medical care, including:

  • regular medical check-ups
  • blood tests
  • audiometric tests
  • ophthalmologic exams
  • vaccinations
  • cancer prevention screening

One example is the sponsored digital mammograms at our Bouskoura site (Morocco), available to all female employees aged 50 years and over.

>97,000

medical acts conducted worldwide

We also promote employees’ health and well-being through local initiatives. This helps us to anticipate risks and take preventive action. Thanks to this approach, each site can design a health program that is tailored to local needs (see Focus).

For example, at our Crolles site (France), our employees appreciated the ‘Santé vous Bien’ (or ‘Feel Good’) program, which aims to improve different aspects of working conditions, such as:

  • ergonomics
  • stress management
  • work environment
  • relations between colleagues

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Health Plan – medical acts(1)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

(1)

All sites represented, except USA. Tours site (France) data missing for H2 2016.

(2)

These tests are dedicated to employees working in manufacturing areas and on some specific maintenance operations.

(3)

Employees may undergo multiple examinations in the year.

Medical examinations

47,278

57,871

62,008

64,938

63,722

Check-up with a physician

21,978

25,476

26,574

28,225

28,423

Blood tests (including biomonitoring tests(2))

11,981

16,027

16,774

16,392

15,449

Chest X-rays

6,906

6,544

9,478

10,872

7,820

Colorectal cancer immuno cult tests

436

861

1,023

608

975

Electrocardiograms

4,194

6,644

5,592

7,165

7,814

Mammography

626

406

561

318

838

Pap smear tests

766

1,169

742

846

1,347

Prostate cancer screenings

391

744

1,264

512

1,056

Screening tests

13,693

15,209

12,348

19,280

31,509

Immunizations

1,606

1,428

1,861

3,524

2,484

Total services provided(3)

62,577

74,508

76,217

87,742

97,715

Lean on me

Targeted weight loss intervention group on ST's site in Singapore (group picture)

FOCUS

Targeted weight loss program in Singapore

At our Ang Mo Kio site (Singapore), targeted weight loss intervention is part of our Workplace Health Promotion program.

ST partners with an external service provider in a 15-week targeted weight loss program. The program prescribes a holistic approach to healthy weight management by incorporating on-site, nutritionist-led educational talks and workshops, and fitness classes. A rewards system and team motivation are also built into the program to encourage successful outcomes.

The program is open to any employee who meets the body mass index and health status participation criteria, and the program fees are fully covered by ST. In 2019, four programs were run at the site, involving 75 participants.

Safety

Our recordable case rate for employees was on target in 2019, reaching 0.16. Our severity rate, however, increased to 2.50 compared to a target of 2.00. This was mainly due to working days lost after on-site domestic accidents – falls and slips – that were not directly linked to our manufacturing or business activity. We therefore remain focused on driving further improvements in employee behavior and working conditions.

0.16

recordable injury case rate

Recordable cases rate(1) I 403-2 I

Injury recordable cases rate (bar chart)
(1) Work-related injuries per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

Severity rate(1) I 403-2 I

Injury severity rate (bar chart)
(1) Number of days lost per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

We work proactively at all levels to identify potential issues or concerns in the workplace, develop measures to address them, and make it easier for people to get their jobs done. We align our programs with industry risks, with a priority on preventing employees’ potential exposure to hazards such as chemicals (see Chemicals), fire, radiation and nanomaterials; and mechanical, handling and ergonomic risks. I 103-2 I

Proactive

initiatives to reinforce safety culture

In line with SDG target 8.8 on the promotion of a safe and secure working environment for employees, we reinforce our safety culture with proactive initiatives such as:

  • Emergency Response Team with employees trained to respond to emergencies
  • field safety visits performed by trained managers
  • monthly meetings to:
    • share accidents, incidents including first aid, near misses and high potential incidents
    • adapt our prevention and practices to different situations
  • safety training that considers human factors and awareness initiatives worldwide
Serge Hutin, Program Manager, FMT Central Functions (portrait)
Serge Hutin

Program Manager, FMT Central Functions

Make no mistake, there is one priority at ST that is valued and shared on all the sites I’ve visited worldwide, whatever their culture – people’s safety! I’m very proud to have been able to train the safety community that takes care of all ST employees.”

Learning from Incidents (LFI) is part of our safety training that considers human factors. It is an investigation process for safety incidents and accidents that aims to identify all the technical and systemic causes. LFI helps to minimize the potential for a recurrence by taking into consideration the inevitability of human error. In 2019, we trained more than 50 people in France, Italy and Asia on LFI.

Safety First everywhere for everyone

In ST, it is standard practice to inform all workers about our safety requirements, communicate with them and train them. Our Safety First program includes all people working on ST sites – employees and subcontractors – in line with our safety policy and OHSAS requirements that every person in the workplace be treated in the same way.

In 2019, the Lost Workday Case (LWDC) incident rate for subcontractors was better than our target of 0.27, reaching 0.26. I 103-3 I

0.26

Subcontractor Lost Workday Case incidence rate

Lost Workday Case incidence rate (LWDC rate) – subcontractors I 403-2 I

2015

2016

2017(1)

2018

2019

(1)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.

Lost workdays cases per 100 subcontractors

0.40

0.35

0.24

0.29

0.26

Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals

Our commitments and programs as described above contribute to:

SDG 3 good health and well-being (official icon)

SDG target 3.8 – Achieve universal health coverage, including access to quality essential healthcare services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

SDG 8 decent work and economic growth (official icon)

SDG target 8.8 – Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers.

2019 OBJECTIVES

Status

Comments

Employee severity rate ≤2.0.

2.5
Objective 2020: ≤2.0.

Main on-site subcontractors Lost Workday Case rate (LWDC) ≤0.27.

0.26
Objective 2020: ≤0.24.

Recordable cases for employees ≤0.16.

0.16
Objective 2020: ≤0.16.