Our targets and performance

Main corporate Key Performance Indicators for Health and Safety

Key Performance Indicator	Target
Total Recordable Injury Rate (including fatalities)	Zero
First aid injury rate	Ensure reporting of all first aid injuries
High Risk Incidents (HRI)	Ensure reporting of all HRIs
Unsafe conditions / actions for improvement	Four reports per employee per year
Absenteeism (Sick leave)	No specific target
Work related illnesses	Zero

Disclosure of Work-related injuries in accordance with GRI403-9

Work-related Employee injuries	2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
	Nr.	Rate	Nr.	Rate	Nr.	Rate	Nr.	Rate	Nr.	Rate
Fatalities	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
High-consequence injuries	6	0.5	1	0.1	1	0.1	0	0	1	0.1
Recordable injuries	29	2.2	28	2.1	29	2.3	51	3.7	44	3.2
Hours worked	13 142 219		13 037 309		13 097 248		13 097 248		13 936 109

All rates are calculated per 1,000,000 working hours.

Elkem has a strict reporting regime for injuries and requires all injuries to be reported, investigated, and mitigated, independently of severity. Overall, the total number of injuries went down in 2022, with most being low-consequence injuries. Unfortunately, Elkem experienced one subcontractor fatality in India and one subcontractor fatality in China. The investigations showed that necessary safety measures were not followed. In addition, there was one high consequence injury among our employees, up from zero in 2021. This just shows that the health and safety work can never lose focus, for all working at Elkem’s facilities.

The total recordable injury rate went down from 3.7 to 3.2 and the lost workday rate was 0.9, down from 1.5 in 2021.

Work-related Contractor injuries	2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
	Nr.	Rate	Nr.	Rate	Nr.	Rate	Nr.	Rate	Nr.	Rate
Fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.3
High-consequence injuries	2	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.3
Recordable injuries	20	5.0	16	4.6	13	4.7	17	3.5	22	3.8
Hours worked	3 967 988		3 511 412		2 761 047		4 797 159		5 722 932

All rates are calculated per 1,000,000 working hours.

Health and safety training

Elkem employees receive comprehensive documented HSE training to ensure a complete understanding of hazards in the workplace and how they can avoid harm during daily operations. Training activities include:

 → Basic training in Elkem’s HSE management system FORUS mandatory for all employees.

 → Specific work-related training for each work operation and each tool employees are required to use to ensure they have necessary competence to do the job in a safe and health manner.

 → Awareness training to ensure each employee understands how their personal behaviour can affect the health and safety of themselves and others.

 → Training needs and completed training activities are reviewed annually through development discussions with each employee and documented at the site level.

Contractor health and safety on site

Elkem’s zero-harm philosophy applies also to all contractors working on site and contractors are subject to the same health and safety requirements as Elkem employees when working on Elkem property. Contractor companies are screened before being contracted, and contractor employees receive specific HSE training from Elkem before they are allowed to work at Elkem plants. The two fatalities in 2022 shows the need to keep training all own employees and contracted employees.