EIGA Work Injury Statistics

WORK INJURY STATISTICS
LOST TIME INJURIES (LTI)

&
RECORDABLE WORK INJURIES (RWI)
ANNUAL REPORT
YEAR 2013
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Annual Report, Work Injury Statistics 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………………………….………… Page 1
B. CHARTS
Figure 1: Lost Time Injuries ………………………………………………………………………...…………… Page 3
Figure 2: Recordable Work Injuries ……………….…………………………………………..…….……… Page 3
Figure 3: Fatalities and LTI Severity Rate ……….………………………………………………………… Page 4
Figure 4: Hours worked / Number of Member Companies ……………………………………… Page 4
Figure 5: Place of LTI ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 5
Figure 6: Place of RWI ………………………………………………………………………………………….… Page 5
Figure 7: Activity when LTI occurred …………………………………………………………………...… Page 6
Figure 8: Activity when RWI occurred ………………………………………………………………….… Page 6
Figure 9: Type of LTI / Exposure …………………………………………………………………………..… Page 7
Figure 10: Type of RWI / Exposure……………………………..………………………………….…….… Page 7
Figure 11: Apparent major causes of LTI …………………..………………………………………..… Page 8
Figure 12: Apparent major causes of RWI ………………..………………………………………...… Page 8
C. DEFINITIONS …………………………………………………….………………………………………………………… Page 9
APPENDIX A - LOST TIME INJURY (LTI) DATA ……….……………………………..…………… Pages 10 to 17

1. Overview of Lost Time Injuries (LTI):
- All companies (categories A, B, C)
- Category-A members, Category-B members
- Category-C members
2. Analysis of Lost Time Injuries – Categories A, B and C
- in absolute values
- in percentages
APPENDIX B - RECORDABLE WORK INJURY (RWI) DATA……….………..…..…………… Pages 18 to 25

1 Overview of Recordable Work Injuries (RWI):
- All companies (categories A, B, C)
- Category-A members, Category-B members
- Category-C members
2 Analysis of Recordable Injuries – Categories A, B and C
- in absolute values
- in percentages
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A. Introduction
Introduction
EIGA member companies have continued to improve their safety performance over the years.
However, it seems that the days when relatively “fast and easy" progress was possible, such as in the
period 2001- 2009, are over. During the last 6 years the progress has continued but at a much slower
pace.
2013 was both a good and an interesting year.
No employee fatalities were reported, but it is with great sadness that EIGA was informed of five
industry-related fatalities among non-EIGA members and our contractors. These fatalities were a
consequence of road traffic accidents during the transportation of industrial gases and of a tragic
acetylene explosion.
The number of Lost Time Injuries (LTI) decreased from 164 to 143. As the number of working hours
comparing to previous year only marginally changed, the Frequency Rate improved from 2,0 to 1,8
(Figure 1).
The Recordable Working Injury statistics show much the same trend of improvement (Figure 2).
While our performance improved in some areas, it worsened in others. The Lost Time Injury Severity
Rate increased slightly from 28,3 to 32,2 (Figure 3). In other words: although EIGA members
suffered fewer accidents, some of these accidents were more severe in their nature.
EIGA statistics provides us with important information - not only to measure the safety performance
but also to define targets aimed at further improvement. I expect that you will all read the EIGA
Annual Safety Report carefully to find more about where we can do things better in our companies;
so I want to make some points in relation to the data you will find in the report.
• As in previous years, the vast majority of employee injuries occurred at our gas cylinder
filling stations, customer premises and distribution facilities (Figures 5 and 6).
• Most frequently, injuries occur during manual handling of cylinders or other technical
equipment. It is worth mentioning that the level of fork lift truck injuries increased again
after falling in previous years. Additionally, the level of injuries which can be attributed to
administrative activities reached 10% (Figures 7 and 8). The severity of these injuries is
usually low. Most hazardous activities still lie with the domain of transport of gases and
acetylene production.
• Under "others" some simple and unclassified activities are hidden: for example walking
along the road, across yard areas or up and down stairs resulted in slipping, falling or
tripping at work. Generally speaking, slips, trips, falls and ergonomic accidents prevail
(Figures 9 and 10).
• A word or two about injury causes. As in previous years, human failure was reported as
being the major cause of injuries. Human mistakes are at the very top. Typical for this type
of injury is that it usually happens to less competent employees. Skill-based errors (more
than 20%) indicate that a lot of time the working place or working process needs to be
checked, improved and / or redesigned.
• Future challenges for improving safety are closely related to the following issues: human
errors or failures, driving or transporting, manual handling of cylinders, contractor
management, carbon dioxide intoxication, oxygen ignitions and acetylene explosions.
Our statistics, in combination with the EIGA Safety Advisory Council Incident Data Bank, provides the
key guidelines for future work of all EIGA councils and working groups.

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Dear colleagues, the following report provides further valuable insight into EIGA members' safety
statistics. Hopefully, reading this report will trigger new ideas as to how we should tackle safety
issues more efficiently. So let’s go for it.
Danilo Ritlop
Chairman of SAC

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5
300 4.5
Incidents per million worked hours

4
278 276
250 3.5
No of Incidents
247 250 3
231
225 2.5
200
204 2
193
1.5
150 164 164
1
150
143 144 143
0.5
100 0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
No of LTIs LTI Frequency Rate
Figure 1: Lost Time Injuries (LTI)
500 6.0
450
5.0
400 Incidents per million worked hours
4.0
350 367
No of Incidents
341 348
190 337
300 3.0
290 292
282
250 265
2.0
200
1.0
150
100 -
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
No of RWIs RWI Frequency Rate
Figure 2: Recordable Work Injuries (RWI)

3
4 70
Severity Rate (days lost per million hours worked)

60
3
50
40
Fatalities
2
30
20
1
10
0 0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Fatalities LTI Severity Rate
Figure 3: Fatalities and LTI Severity Rate
90000
80000
140
70000
120
No of member companies
60000
Hours worked ('000)
50000 100
40000
80
30000
20000
60
Hours worked ('000)
10000
No of member companies
0 40
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Figure 4: Hours worked / Number of Member Companies

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Gas cylinder filling station 7
Customer premises 11
Centres for cylinder storage and
distribution 8
Other areas 10
Other types of production plant 6
Other operational areas 9
Acetylene plant 1
Air separation plant 2
Public roads 12
Other outside locations 13

Equipment manuf. or construction facility
5
CO2 plant 3
Calcium carbide plant 4
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
2013 2012
Figure 5: Place of LTI
Gas cylinder filling station 7
Customer premises 11
Centres for cylinder storage and distribution 8
Other areas 10
Other types of production plant 6
Other operational areas 9
Acetylene plant 1
Air separation plant 2
Public roads 12
Other outside locations 13
Equipment manufacturing / construction facility 5
CO2 plant 3
Calcium carbide plant 4
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
2013 2012
Figure 6: Place of RWI

5
Manual handling of cylinders and containers 5

Other activities 16
Manual handling of other equipment 6
Filling gas cylinders, bundles, tube trailers 2
Operating fork lift trucks 7
Administrative work 14
Mechanical Maintenance and plant modifications…
Testing and maintenance of cylinders 4
Operating a production plant 1
Using tools (including power driven hand tools) 12
Filling cryogenic products 3
Driving Cylinder delivery vehicles 11.2
Mechanical handling (other than FLTS) 8
Using machine tools 13
Driving Road tankers/tube trailers 11.1
Welding, soldering and cutting 10
Building maintenance and plant modifications 9.3
0 10 20 30 40 50
2013 2012
Figure 7: Activity when LTI occurred
Manual handling of cylinders and containers 5

Other activities 16
Manual handling of other equipment 6
Filling gas cylinders, bundles, tube trailers 2
Operating fork lift trucks 7
Administrative work 14
Mechanical Maintenance and plant modifications 9.1
Testing and maintenance of cylinders 4
Operating a production plant 1
Using tools (including power driven hand tools) 12
Filling cryogenic products 3
Driving Cylinder delivery vehicles 11.2
Mechanical handling (other than FLTS) 8
Using machine tools 13
Driving Road tankers/tube trailers 11.1
Welding, soldering and cutting 10
Building maintenance and plant modifications 9.3
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
2013 2012
Figure 8: Activity when RWI occurred

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Slips, trips and falls 1

Contacts with other objects in motion 7
Falling cylinders 4
Over-exertion or incorrect body position 9
Contacts with stationary objects 8
Contact with moving vehicle/mobile equipment 6
Falling objects 3
Flying particles/materials 5
Falling from height 2
Other exposure e.g. high noise levels, UV, ionising radiation 21
Explosion arising from internal chemical reaction or combustion 18
Exposure to fire involving oxygen enrichment 15
Exposure to harmful gases and vapours 11
Bursting arising from pressure energy release 19
Exposure to cold atmospheres, substances or surfaces 17
Exposure to heat, hot surfaces or substances 14
Exposure to machinery in motion 13
Exposure to other chemicals 12
Exposure to live electrical equipment 20
Exposure to fire not involving oxygen enrichment 16
Exposure to oxygen deficient atmosphere 10
0 10 20 30 40 50
2013 2012
Figure 9: Type of LTI / Exposure
Slips, trips and falls 1

Contacts with other objects in motion 7
Falling cylinders 4
Over-exertion or incorrect body position 9
Contacts with stationary objects 8
Contact with moving vehicle/mobile equipment 6
Falling objects 3
Flying particles/materials 5
Falling from height 2
Other exposure e.g. high noise levels, UV, ionising radiation 21
Explosion arising from internal chemical reaction or combustion 18
Exposure to fire involving oxygen enrichment 15
Exposure to harmful gases and vapours 11
Bursting arising from pressure energy release 19
Exposure to cold atmospheres, substances or surfaces 17
Exposure to heat, hot surfaces or substances 14
Exposure to machinery in motion 13
Exposure to other chemicals 12
Exposure to live electrical equipment 20
Exposure to fire not involving oxygen enrichment 16
Exposure to oxygen deficient atmosphere 10
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
2013 2012
Figure 10: Type of RWI / Exposure

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Human failure - Reckless violation 2.7
Human failure - Personal benefit violation 2.6
Human failure - Organisational benefit violation 2.5
Human failure - Situational violation 2.4
Human failure - Unintended violation 2.3
Human failure - Mistake 2.2
Human failure - Skill Based Error 2.1
Cause unknown 7
External causes outside company control 6
Failure of design / construction 4
Failure of equipment 5
Failure of management systems and procedures 3
Failure of Management 1
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
2013 2012
Figure 11: Apparent major causes of LTI
Human failure - Reckless violation 2.7
Human failure - Personal benefit violation 2.6
Human failure - Organisational benefit violation 2.5
Human failure - Situational violation 2.4
Human failure - Unintended violation 2.3
Human failure - Mistake 2.2
Human failure - Skill Based Error 2.1
Cause unknown 7
External causes outside company control 6
Failure of design / construction 4
Failure of equipment 5
Failure of management systems and procedures 3
Failure of Management 1
0 20 40 60 80 100
2013 2012
Figure 12: Apparent major causes of RWI

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C. DEFINITIONS
Recordable Work Injury is defined as any occupational injury, including fatality, suffered by a person arising
out of and in the course of his employment which results in either absence from work for any time, restricted
activities or medical treatment as defined below.
Lost Time Injury. An occupational injury which prevents the employee from reporting to work on the next
regularly scheduled workday following the incident.
Restricted Work Activity. Where, due to occupational injury, the employee

• is assigned to another occupation on a temporary basis;
• is working at the permanent occupation less than full time;
• is not able to perform all the duties normally allocated to the permanently assigned occupation.
Medical Treatment. Includes treatment of occupational injury administered by a physician or a qualified nurse
providing the injured employee is able to perform all assigned duties on the next regularly scheduled workday
and all scheduled workdays thereafter.
Medical treatment does not include first aid treatment (one time treatment and subsequent observation of
minor scratches, cuts, burns, and so forth which do not ordinary require medical care) even though provided
by a physician or nurse.
Occupational Injury is an injury such as a cut, fracture, sprain, amputation, asphyxiation, toxic skin disease,
acute poisoning, acute back pain, etc., which results from a work accident or from a single instantaneous
exposure in the work environment.
Fatality. A fatal work accident is defined as any accident leading to death within one year of the accident.
Hours Worked is the yearly figure for all hours actually worked by the employees at the member company. It
includes hours for overtime, training, delegation, exercises and information by unions but excludes hours for
holidays, sickness or injury, military periods, strike, and other absenteeism.
Lost Time is the total of working days on which the injured person was away from work as a result of a
temporary disability. Working days are only such days on which the injured person is scheduled to work.
The lost time does not include the day on which the accident occurred or the day on which the injured person
returned to work.
Equivalent Days Lost are charged as follows:

(a) Fatality – 6000 days
(b) Permanent total disability – 6000 days
(c) Permanent partial disability – 500 days
Average Days Lost per Lost Time Injury is calculated as follows:

Total number of days off / Total number of lost time injuries.
Frequency Rate is defined as the number of lost time injuries and recordable work injuries respectively per
million hours worked. It is calculated as follows:
6
Number of injuries x 10 / Total hours worked.
If one accident has injured several employees, each lost time injury will be counted in the statistics.
Severity Rate is defined as the number of days lost per million hours worked, It is calculated as follows:
6
Number of days lost x 10 / Total hours worked.
One rate is calculated WITH equivalent days included and another WITHOUT equivalent days.
Fatality Rate is calculated as follows:

8
Number of fatalities x 10 /Total hours worked

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APPENDIX A - LOST TIME INJURY (LTI) DATA

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Overview of Lost Time Injuries (LTI)
All companies (CAT. A,B,C without D) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nb of member companies 0 0 87 89 89 87 99 102 128 128 129
Nb of accidents 0 0 231 193 204 150 143 164 144 164 143
Nb of hours worked (000) 0 0 69307 65574 66870 69658 71290 69898 82935 80031 78993
Frequency rate: 0 0 3.3 3.0 3.1 2.2 2.0 2.3 1.7 2.0 1.8
Nb of deaths 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
Nb of permanent partial disables 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 0
Nb of permanent total disables 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2
Frequency rate fatality: 0 0 4.3 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.4 0.0 2.4 1.3 0.0
Severity without equivalencies
Nb of days lost 0 0 3811 4168 3378 2344 2131 2880 3090 2264 2544
Average days per accident 0 0 16.5 21.6 16.6 15.6 15.0 17.6 21.5 13.8 17.8
Severity rate: 0 0 55.0 63.6 50.5 33.7 29.9 41.2 37.3 28.3 32.2
with equivalencies
Nb of days lost 0 0 22311 10168 10378 2844 9131 4380 39090 27264 14544
Severity rate: 0 0 321.9 155.1 155.2 40.8 128.1 62.7 471.3 340.7 184.1
CATEGORY A 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nb of accidents 0 0 55 51 38 35 36 33 19 38 23
Frequency rate: 0 0 2.3 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.1 1.3
Nb of deaths 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nb of days lost 0 0 779 1463 570 568 488 417 231 587 660
Severity rate: 0 0 33.2 73.5 32.7 32.1 27.5 24.9 12.3 33.2 37.4
with equivalencies
Nb of days lost 0 0 6779 1463 1070 568 488 417 6231 587 660
Severity rate: 0 0 289.1 73.5 61.4 32.1 27.5 24.9 331.0 33.2 37.4
CATEGORY B 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nb of accidents 0 0 109 90 117 84 76 97 70 60 63
Frequency rate: 0 0 3.2 2.7 3.0 2.0 1.7 2.2 1.4 1.2 1.3
Nb of deaths 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nb of days lost 0 0 1987 1901 2271 1358 1187 2083 1731 797 992
Severity rate: 0 0 58.2 56.4 58.4 31.7 27.2 46.4 34.3 16.5 21.1
with equivalencies
Nb of days lost 0 0 7987 7901 8771 1858 1687 2583 1731 1297 992
Severity rate: 0 0 233.9 234.4 225.5 43.4 38.7 57.5 34.3 26.8 21.1
CATEGORY C 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nb of accidents 0 0 67 52 49 31 31 34 55 66 57
Frequency rate: 0 0 5.7 4.4 4.7 3.4 3.1 4.1 4.0 4.7 4.0
Nb of deaths 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Nb of days lost 0 0 1045 804 537 418 456 380 1128 880 892
Severity rate: 0 0 89.2 67.2 51.0 45.8 46.1 46.3 82.9 63.0 61.9
with equivalencies
Nb of days lost 0 0 7545 804 537 418 6956 1380 31128 25380 12892
Severity rate: 0 0 644.1 67.2 51.0 45.8 702.8 168.1 2287.2 1818.3 894.6
Analysis of Lost Time Injuries (LTI) - Categories A, B and C
New
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Code
Place of accident (1)
1 d/a plant 5 5 11 5 8 3
2 air separation plant 6 3 10 8 3 3
3 CO2 plant 5 1 1 1 1 4
4 Calcium carbide plant 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Equipment manufacturing 3 2 2 0 1 2
6 other production plant 8 5 14 5 1 5
7 gas cylinder filling station 47 41 50 45 51 38
8 cylinder storage/distribution centres 17 14 19 9 7 10
9 other operational areas 11 17 13 9 16 13
10 other areas 13 17 14 6 20 25
11 customer premises 25 21 24 35 26 24
12 public roads 6 9 3 18 16 9
13 other outside locations 4 8 3 3 11 7
Total 150 143 164 144 164 143
Activity (2)
1 operation of prod. plant 4 4 8 4 3 1
2 gas cylinder filling 15 8 11 12 12 11
3 filling liquid products 3 5 6 3 4 2
4 testing/maintenance of cylinders 5 6 8 7 9 6
5 manual handling of cylinders 43 30 39 35 41 34
6 manual handling other equip. 14 9 15 13 16 13
7 operating fork lift truck 7 4 10 3 4 9
8 mechanical handling 7 5 2 3 2 5
9.1 mechanical maintenance 5 8 8 10 4 4
9.2 electrical maintenance 0 1 0 1 0 0
9.3 building maintenance 1 1 1 0 0 0
9.4 vehicle maintenance 1 0 0 1 2 2
10 welding and cutting 1 1 1 1 2 4
11.1 road tankers/tube trailers driving 0 3 1 1 3 0
11.2 cylinder delivery vehicles driving 3 3 2 6 2 0
11.3 light commercial vehicles driving 2 2 0 6 8 3
11.4 passenger cars driving 2 5 0 7 3 4
12 use of hand tools 1 2 6 6 7 3
13 use of machine tools 1 5 1 0 0 1
14 administration 4 3 8 1 3 10
15 laboratory work 0 1 0 2 0 0
16 other activities 31 37 37 22 39 31
Total 150 143 164 144 164 143
Type of accident (3)
1 fall of persons 37 41 58 34 32 40
2 falling from height 4 3 4 5 2 1
3 falling objects 6 10 7 7 8 8
4 falling cylinders 14 14 19 14 18 17
5 flying materials 8 3 4 3 8 2
6 contact with moving vehicle 17 13 9 12 18 13
7 contact with moving object 6 16 21 10 11 10
8 contact with stationary object 20 17 12 10 10 14
9 incorrect body position 20 18 17 23 29 19
10 exposure oxygen deficient atm. 0 0 0 0 1 1
11 exposure to gases 0 3 2 2 0 2
12 exposure to chemicals 1 0 1 0 1 3
New
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Code
13 machinery in motion 4 1 1 7 1 1
14 exposure to heat 3 0 1 3 3 2
15 fire with oxygen enrichment 2 1 2 2 0 1
16 fire without oxygen enrichment 1 1 0 1 7 3
17 exposure to cold atmosph. 1 2 1 2 5 2
18 explosion from chemical reaction 2 0 2 5 6 1
19 explosion from pressure energy 3 0 1 4 1 1
20 exposure to electrical equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 other exposure 1 0 2 0 3 2
Total 150 143 164 144 164 143
Severity of injury (4)
1 death 0 1 0 2 1 0
2 permanent total disability 0 0 0 4 3 2
3 permanent partial disability 1 2 3 0 2 0
4 temporary total disability 149 140 161 138 158 141
5 No disability (only for RWI;zero days lost) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 150 143 164 144 164 143
Apparent major cause (5)
1 Failure of management 10 11 7 10 4 7
2 Human error 73 70 81 0 0 0
2.1 Humain failure - Skill Based Error 0 0 0 34 43 23
2.2 Humain failure - Mistake 0 0 0 32 34 45
2.3 Humain failure - Unintended violation 0 0 0 11 11 16
2.4 Humain failure - Situational violation 0 0 0 3 3 6
2.5 Humain failure - Organisational benefit violation 0 0 0 1 1 0
2.6 Humain failure - Personal benefit violation 0 0 0 6 6 3
2.7 Humain failure - Reckless violation 0 0 0 7 5 3
3 Failure of management systems and procedures 15 4 11 11 13 8
4 Failure of design / construction 12 13 12 8 11 8
5 Failure of equipment 10 11 11 17 16 13
6 External causes outside company control 14 19 18 20 18 11
7 Cause unknown 16 15 24 14 19 14
Total 150 143 164 174 184 157
Analysis of Lost Time Injuries (LTI) - Categories A, B and C
New
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Code
1 d/a plant 3% 3% 7% 3% 5% 2%
2 air separation plant 4% 2% 6% 6% 2% 2%
3 CO2 plant 3% 1% 1% 1% 1% 3%
4 Calcium carbide plant 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0%
5 Equipment manufacturing 2% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1%
6 other production plant 5% 3% 9% 3% 1% 3%
7 gas cylinder filling station 31% 29% 30% 31% 31% 27%
8 cylinder storage/distribution centres 11% 10% 12% 6% 4% 7%
9 other operational areas 7% 12% 8% 6% 10% 9%
10 other areas 9% 12% 9% 4% 12% 17%
11 customer premises 17% 15% 15% 24% 16% 17%
12 public roads 4% 6% 2% 13% 10% 6%
13 other outside locations 3% 6% 2% 2% 7% 5%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Activity (2)
1 operation of prod. plant 3% 3% 5% 3% 2% 1%
2 gas cylinder filling 10% 6% 7% 8% 7% 8%
3 filling liquid products 2% 3% 4% 2% 2% 1%
4 testing/maintenance of cylinders 3% 4% 5% 5% 5% 4%
5 manual handling of cylinders 29% 21% 24% 24% 25% 24%
6 manual handling other equip. 9% 6% 9% 9% 10% 9%
7 operating fork lift truck 5% 3% 6% 2% 2% 6%
8 mechanical handling 5% 3% 1% 2% 1% 3%
9.1 mechanical maintenance 3% 6% 5% 7% 2% 3%
9.2 electrical maintenance 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0%
9.3 building maintenance 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0%
9.4 vehicle maintenance 1% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1%
10 welding and cutting 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 3%
11.1 road tankers/tube trailers driving 0% 2% 1% 1% 2% 0%
11.2 cylinder delivery vehicles driving 2% 2% 1% 4% 1% 0%
11.3 light commercial vehicles driving 1% 1% 0% 4% 5% 2%
11.4 passenger cars driving 1% 3% 0% 5% 2% 3%
12 use of hand tools 1% 1% 4% 4% 4% 2%
13 use of machine tools 1% 3% 1% 0% 0% 1%
14 administration 3% 2% 5% 1% 2% 7%
15 laboratory work 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0%
16 other activities 21% 26% 23% 15% 24% 22%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
1 fall of persons 25% 29% 35% 24% 20% 28%
2 falling from height 3% 2% 2% 3% 1% 1%
3 falling objects 4% 7% 4% 5% 5% 6%
4 falling cylinders 9% 10% 12% 10% 11% 12%
5 flying materials 5% 2% 2% 2% 5% 1%
6 contact with moving vehicle 11% 9% 5% 8% 11% 9%
7 contact with moving object 4% 11% 13% 7% 7% 7%
8 contact with stationary object 13% 12% 7% 7% 6% 10%
9 incorrect body position 13% 13% 10% 16% 18% 13%
10 exposure oxygen deficient atm. 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1%
11 exposure to gases 0% 2% 1% 1% 0% 1%
12 exposure to chemicals 1% 0% 1% 0% 1% 2%
New
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Code
13 machinery in motion 3% 1% 1% 5% 1% 1%
14 exposure to heat 2% 0% 1% 2% 2% 1%
15 fire with oxygen enrichment 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1%
16 fire without oxygen enrichment 1% 1% 0% 1% 4% 2%
17 exposure to cold atmosph. 1% 1% 1% 1% 3% 1%
18 explosion from chemical reaction 1% 0% 1% 3% 4% 1%
19 explosion from pressure energy 2% 0% 1% 3% 1% 1%
20 exposure to electrical equipment 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
21 other exposure 1% 0% 1% 0% 2% 1%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
1 death 0% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0%
2 permanent total disability 0% 0% 0% 3% 2% 1%
3 permanent partial disability 1% 1% 2% 0% 1% 0%
4 temporary total disability 99% 98% 98% 96% 96% 99%
5 No disability (only for RWI;zero days lost) 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
1 Failure of management 7% 8% 4% 6% 2% 4%
2 Human error 49% 49% 49% 0% 0% 0%
2.1 Humain failure - Skill Based Error 0% 0% 0% 20% 23% 15%
2.2 Humain failure - Mistake 0% 0% 0% 18% 18% 29%
2.3 Humain failure - Unintended violation 0% 0% 0% 6% 6% 10%
2.4 Humain failure - Situational violation 0% 0% 0% 2% 2% 4%
2.5 Humain failure - Organisational benefit violation 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0%
2.6 Humain failure - Personal benefit violation 0% 0% 0% 3% 3% 2%
2.7 Humain failure - Reckless violation 0% 0% 0% 4% 3% 2%
3 Failure of management systems and procedures 10% 3% 7% 6% 7% 5%
4 Failure of design / construction 8% 9% 7% 5% 6% 5%
5 Failure of equipment 7% 8% 7% 10% 9% 8%
6 External causes outside company control 9% 13% 11% 11% 10% 7%
7 Cause unknown 11% 10% 15% 8% 10% 9%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
APPENDIX B - RECORDABLE WORK INJURY (RWI) DATA

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Overview of Recordable Work Injuries (RWI)
All companies (CAT. A,B,C without D) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nb of accidents 0 0 367 331 337 265 282 290 341 348 292
Frequency rate: 0 0 5.3 5.1 5.0 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.4 3.7
Nb of deaths 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
Nb of days lost 0 0 3811 4168 3378 2344 2131 2880 3090 2264 2544
Severity rate: 0 0 55.0 63.6 50.5 33.7 29.9 41.2 37.3 28.3 32.2
with equivalencies
Nb of days lost 0 0 22311 10168 10378 2844 9131 4380 39090 27264 14544
Severity rate: 0 0 321.9 155.1 155.2 40.8 128.1 62.7 471.3 340.7 184.1
CATEGORY A 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nb of accidents 0 0 117 96 74 66 91 80 46 85 58
Frequency rate: 0 0 5.0 4.8 4.2 3.7 5.1 4.8 2.4 4.8 3.3
Nb of deaths 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nb of days lost 0 0 779 1463 570 568 488 417 231 587 660
Severity rate: 0 0 33.2 73.5 32.7 32.1 27.5 24.9 12.3 33.2 37.4
with equivalencies
Nb of days lost 0 0 6779 1463 1070 568 488 417 6231 587 660
Severity rate: 0 0 289.1 73.5 61.4 32.1 27.5 24.9 331.0 33.2 37.4
CATEGORY B 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nb of accidents 0 0 159 154 190 147 144 166 198 154 148
Frequency rate: 0 0 4.7 4.6 4.9 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.2 3.2
Nb of deaths 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nb of days lost 0 0 1987 1901 2271 1358 1187 2083 1731 797 992
Severity rate: 0 0 58.2 56.4 58.4 31.7 27.2 46.4 34.3 16.5 21.1
with equivalencies
Nb of days lost 0 0 7987 7901 8771 1858 1687 2583 1731 1297 992
Severity rate: 0 0 233.9 234.4 225.5 43.4 38.7 57.5 34.3 26.8 21.1
CATEGORY C 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Nb of accidents 0 0 91 81 73 52 47 44 97 109 86
Frequency rate: 0 0 7.8 6.8 6.9 5.7 4.7 5.4 7.1 7.8 6.0
Nb of deaths 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Nb of days lost 0 0 1045 804 537 418 456 380 1128 880 892
Severity rate: 0 0 89.2 67.2 51.0 45.8 46.1 46.3 82.9 63.0 61.9
with equivalencies
Nb of days lost 0 0 7545 804 537 418 6956 1380 31128 25380 12892
Severity rate: 0 0 644.1 67.2 51.0 45.8 702.8 168.1 2287.2 1818.3 894.6
Analysis of Recordable Work Injuries (RWI) - Categories A, B and C
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Code
1 d/a plant 15 13 17 9 16 7
2 air separation plant 13 14 18 26 16 14
3 CO2 plant 6 3 1 5 4 4
4 Calcium carbide plant 0 0 0 1 4 0
5 Equipment manufacturing 5 5 4 1 1 4
6 other production plant 13 11 21 14 4 6
7 gas cylinder filling station 84 88 92 119 105 88
8 cylinder storage/distribution centres 22 23 24 19 16 20
9 other operational areas 19 26 21 23 27 27
10 other areas 27 32 28 24 41 41
11 customer premises 42 42 48 68 65 45
12 public roads 14 17 11 26 30 26
13 other outside locations 5 8 5 6 19 10
Total 265 282 290 341 348 292
Activity (2)
1 operation of prod. plant 7 6 10 8 7 4
2 gas cylinder filling 26 21 25 19 22 21
3 filling liquid products 9 13 9 6 11 4
4 testing/maintenance of cylinders 8 17 11 12 14 12
5 manual handling of cylinders 68 54 63 85 91 63
6 manual handling other equip. 25 21 24 34 32 25
7 operating fork lift truck 13 8 14 10 8 14
8 mechanical handling 8 9 6 13 7 9
9.1 mechanical maintenance 13 14 14 24 15 14
9.2 electrical maintenance 1 1 1 1 1 1
9.3 building maintenance 1 1 1 4 0 0
9.4 vehicle maintenance 2 0 0 3 2 2
10 welding and cutting 1 2 2 2 4 6
11.1 road tankers/tube trailers driving 2 4 3 1 3 0
11.2 cylinder delivery vehicles driving 5 9 3 8 3 3
11.3 light commercial vehicles driving 3 4 2 7 12 7
11.4 passenger cars driving 6 7 2 13 4 10
12 use of hand tools 3 10 14 11 14 13
13 use of machine tools 2 5 2 3 1 3
14 administration 10 9 16 9 14 10
15 laboratory work 2 2 1 3 3 1
16 other activities 50 65 67 65 80 70
Total 265 282 290 341 348 292
1 fall of persons 64 73 95 75 68 76
2 falling from height 5 7 8 10 4 2
3 falling objects 18 21 14 20 17 12
4 falling cylinders 20 20 29 28 38 30
5 flying materials 17 11 13 13 17 8
6 contact with moving vehicle 24 20 18 23 33 29
7 contact with moving object 15 34 36 36 30 33
8 contact with stationary object 34 36 25 35 37 38
9 incorrect body position 35 36 26 54 56 28
10 exposure oxygen deficient atm. 1 0 0 1 2 1
11 exposure to gases 2 3 4 5 2 3
12 exposure to chemicals 4 2 2 4 6 7
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Code
13 machinery in motion 6 6 4 11 1 2
14 exposure to heat 5 2 2 5 4 5
15 fire with oxygen enrichment 2 3 3 2 1 1
16 fire without oxygen enrichment 1 1 0 1 9 3
17 exposure to cold atmosph. 2 3 2 4 10 3
18 explosion from chemical reaction 3 0 3 5 6 1
19 explosion from pressure energy 3 0 4 5 2 1
20 exposure to electrical equipment 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 other exposure 4 4 2 4 5 8
Total 265 282 290 341 348 292
1 death 0 1 0 2 1 0
2 permanent total disability 0 0 0 4 3 2
3 permanent partial disability 1 2 3 0 2 0
4 temporary total disability 149 140 161 138 158 141
5 No disability (only for RWI;zero days lost) 115 139 126 197 184 149
Total 265 282 290 341 348 292
1 Failure of management 18 16 10 17 10 12
2 Human error 131 138 140 0 0 0
2.1 Humain failure - Skill Based Error 0 0 0 92 93 67
2.2 Humain failure - Mistake 0 0 0 81 74 89
2.3 Humain failure - Unintended violation 0 0 0 16 18 20
2.4 Humain failure - Situational violation 0 0 0 18 9 8
2.5 Humain failure - Organisational benefit violation 0 0 0 1 1 1
2.6 Humain failure - Personal benefit violation 0 0 0 10 9 6
2.7 Humain failure - Reckless violation 0 0 0 15 6 5
3 Failure of management systems and procedures 21 7 16 28 31 19
4 Failure of design / construction 20 26 18 33 22 18
5 Failure of equipment 22 24 25 34 28 25
6 External causes outside company control 24 36 33 35 43 27
7 Cause unknown 29 35 48 25 39 28
Total 265 282 290 405 383 325
Analysis of Recordable Work Injuries (RWI) - Categories A, B and C
New
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Code
1 d/a plant 6% 5% 6% 3% 5% 2%
2 air separation plant 5% 5% 6% 8% 5% 5%
3 CO2 plant 2% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1%
4 Calcium carbide plant 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0%
5 Equipment manufacturing 2% 2% 1% 0% 0% 1%
6 other production plant 5% 4% 7% 4% 1% 2%
7 gas cylinder filling station 32% 31% 32% 35% 30% 30%
8 cylinder storage/distribution centres 8% 8% 8% 6% 5% 7%
9 other operational areas 7% 9% 7% 7% 8% 9%
10 other areas 10% 11% 10% 7% 12% 14%
11 customer premises 16% 15% 17% 20% 19% 15%
12 public roads 5% 6% 4% 8% 9% 9%
13 other outside locations 2% 3% 2% 2% 5% 3%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Activity (2)
1 operation of prod. plant 3% 2% 3% 2% 2% 1%
2 gas cylinder filling 10% 7% 9% 6% 6% 7%
3 filling liquid products 3% 5% 3% 2% 3% 1%
4 testing/maintenance of cylinders 3% 6% 4% 4% 4% 4%
5 manual handling of cylinders 26% 19% 22% 25% 26% 22%
6 manual handling other equip. 9% 7% 8% 10% 9% 9%
7 operating fork lift truck 5% 3% 5% 3% 2% 5%
8 mechanical handling 3% 3% 2% 4% 2% 3%
9.1 mechanical maintenance 5% 5% 5% 7% 4% 5%
9.2 electrical maintenance 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
9.3 building maintenance 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0%
9.4 vehicle maintenance 1% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1%
10 welding and cutting 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2%
11.1 road tankers/tube trailers driving 1% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0%
11.2 cylinder delivery vehicles driving 2% 3% 1% 2% 1% 1%
11.3 light commercial vehicles driving 1% 1% 1% 2% 3% 2%
11.4 passenger cars driving 2% 2% 1% 4% 1% 3%
12 use of hand tools 1% 4% 5% 3% 4% 4%
13 use of machine tools 1% 2% 1% 1% 0% 1%
14 administration 4% 3% 6% 3% 4% 3%
15 laboratory work 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0%
16 other activities 19% 23% 23% 19% 23% 24%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
1 fall of persons 24% 26% 33% 22% 20% 26%
2 falling from height 2% 2% 3% 3% 1% 1%
3 falling objects 7% 7% 5% 6% 5% 4%
4 falling cylinders 8% 7% 10% 8% 11% 10%
5 flying materials 6% 4% 4% 4% 5% 3%
6 contact with moving vehicle 9% 7% 6% 7% 9% 10%
7 contact with moving object 6% 12% 12% 11% 9% 11%
8 contact with stationary object 13% 13% 9% 10% 11% 13%
9 incorrect body position 13% 13% 9% 16% 16% 10%
10 exposure oxygen deficient atm. 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0%
11 exposure to gases 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
12 exposure to chemicals 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 2%
New
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Code
13 machinery in motion 2% 2% 1% 3% 0% 1%
14 exposure to heat 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2%
15 fire with oxygen enrichment 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0%
16 fire without oxygen enrichment 0% 0% 0% 0% 3% 1%
17 exposure to cold atmosph. 1% 1% 1% 1% 3% 1%
18 explosion from chemical reaction 1% 0% 1% 1% 2% 0%
19 explosion from pressure energy 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0%
20 exposure to electrical equipment 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
21 other exposure 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 3%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
1 death 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0%
2 permanent total disability 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1%
3 permanent partial disability 0% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0%
4 temporary total disability 56% 50% 56% 40% 45% 48%
5 No disability (only for RWI;zero days lost) 43% 49% 43% 58% 53% 51%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
1 Failure of management 7% 6% 3% 4% 3% 4%
2 Human error 49% 49% 48% 0% 0% 0%
2.1 Humain failure - Skill Based Error 0% 0% 0% 23% 24% 21%
2.2 Humain failure - Mistake 0% 0% 0% 20% 19% 27%
2.3 Humain failure - Unintended violation 0% 0% 0% 4% 5% 6%
2.4 Humain failure - Situational violation 0% 0% 0% 4% 2% 2%
2.5 Humain failure - Organisational benefit violation 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
2.6 Humain failure - Personal benefit violation 0% 0% 0% 2% 2% 2%
2.7 Humain failure - Reckless violation 0% 0% 0% 4% 2% 2%
3 Failure of management systems and procedures 8% 2% 6% 7% 8% 6%
4 Failure of design / construction 8% 9% 6% 8% 6% 6%
5 Failure of equipment 8% 9% 9% 8% 7% 8%
6 External causes outside company control 9% 13% 11% 9% 11% 8%
7 Cause unknown 11% 12% 17% 6% 10% 9%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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WORK INJURY STATISTICS

LOST TIME INJURIES (LTI)

EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL GASES ASSOCIATION AISBL

AVENUE DES ARTS 3-5 • B – 1210 BRUSSELS

C. DEFINITIONS …………………………………………………….………………………………………………………… Page 9

APPENDIX A - LOST TIME INJURY (LTI) DATA ……….……………………………..…………… Pages 10 to 17

APPENDIX B - RECORDABLE WORK INJURY (RWI) DATA……….………..…..…………… Pages 18 to 25

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Incidents per million worked hours

Figure 1: Lost Time Injuries (LTI)

400 Incidents per million worked hours

Figure 2: Recordable Work Injuries (RWI)

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Severity Rate (days lost per million hours worked)

Figure 3: Fatalities and LTI Severity Rate

Figure 4: Hours worked / Number of Member Companies

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Gas cylinder filling station 7

Other types of production plant 6

Other operational areas 9

Air separation plant 2

Other outside locations 13

Calcium carbide plant 4

Figure 5: Place of LTI

Gas cylinder filling station 7

Centres for cylinder storage and distribution 8

Other types of production plant 6

Other operational areas 9

Air separation plant 2

Other outside locations 13

Equipment manufacturing / construction facility 5

Calcium carbide plant 4

Figure 6: Place of RWI

Manual handling of cylinders and containers 5

Figure 7: Activity when LTI occurred

Manual handling of cylinders and containers 5

Figure 8: Activity when RWI occurred

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Slips, trips and falls 1

Figure 9: Type of LTI / Exposure

Slips, trips and falls 1

Figure 10: Type of RWI / Exposure

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Human failure - Personal benefit violation 2.6

Human failure - Organisational benefit violation 2.5

Human failure - Situational violation 2.4

Human failure - Unintended violation 2.3

Human failure - Mistake 2.2

Human failure - Skill Based Error 2.1

External causes outside company control 6

Failure of design / construction 4

Failure of management systems and procedures 3

Figure 11: Apparent major causes of LTI

Human failure - Reckless violation 2.7

Human failure - Personal benefit violation 2.6

Human failure - Organisational benefit violation 2.5

Human failure - Situational violation 2.4

Human failure - Unintended violation 2.3

Human failure - Mistake 2.2

Human failure - Skill Based Error 2.1

External causes outside company control 6