Coking operations place considerable demands on plant employees and in the past have posed a high level of risk. OKK´s management therefore places exceptional emphasis on ensuring occupational safety and the observation of safety principles in all internal operations.
The company emphasises:
- Improving work hygiene
- Increasing the operational safety of equipment and technologies
- Monitoring of compliance with occupational safety principles
- Regular employee training
The success in the prevention of occupational injuries in the operations of OKK Koksovny, a. s., is documented by long-term statistics:
- No fatality since 2005
- Reduction to a minimum of occupational injuries requiring hospital care
- Lasting uninterrupted reduction in the numbers in all categories of occupational injuries
The monitored indicators for injury rates (severity of injuries, number of injuries per head, number of shifts lost due to occupational injuries) show very low numbers are being maintained.
Overview of OKK Koksovny, a. s.' safety history from 2005 to 2010
Injury frequency - Number of injuries per 100 employees per year
Injury severity - Average number of calendar days lost per injury
| Number of fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Injuries requiring hospital care exceeding 5 days |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| * average percentage of sick leave |
0,25 |
0,21 |
0,16 |
0,15 |
0,04 |
0,07 |
* Average percentage of sick leave is an aggregate indicator integrating the average length of sick leave and the number of reported cases of sick leave per one hundred insured persons.