Outlook
Expansion of the Plant Fire Department at the Nünchritz Site
The site will be expanding its firefighting capacity in parallel with the expansion of polysilicon plant 9. The fire department’s equipment will be expanded in 2011 (including the purchase of a new, ultramodern turbo-extinguisher) and personnel will be reinforced with new, full-time fire fighters.
WACKER Safety Plus
We will introduce a new groupwide safety program designed to lower our accident frequency.
New Goal
Reduce accident rate (number of accidents with lost workdays for every one million hours worked) from 4.3 to 2.0 (referenced to 2010)
Corporate entity: Group
Deadline: 2015
Goal 2007/2008
Reduce accident rate (number of accidents with lost workdays for every one million hours worked) from 3.8 to 1.9 (referenced to 2007)
Corporate entity: Group
Deadline: 2011
Implementation status: 4.0 workplace accidents were reported groupwide per 1 million hours worked in 2009. That figure rose in 2010 to 4.3 workplace accidents. At WACKER, our accident rate is fueling efforts to continue improving workplace safety. These efforts include the new WACKER Safety Plus program initiated in 2010.