Injury Prevention
In moving toward our ultimate goal of an injury-free workplace, Raytheon tracks two Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) performance measures: recordable injury rate and the lost workday injury rate. The recordable injury rate is the number of recordable injuries and illnesses per 100 employees. The lost workday rate is the number of recordable injuries and illnesses involving days away from work per 100 employees.As the accompanying charts show, Raytheon has made significant progress by implementing best-in-class safety programs and processes. Since 1999, we have reduced our OSHA recordable injury rate by 62 percent and our lost workday injury rate by 50 percent. Since that time, over 7,100 fewer injuries took place than would have been expected if the baseline injury rates had continued. The 2008 injury rates are slightly higher than last year, but continue to demonstrate world-class performance. In 2008, our recordable injury rate increased 3 percent from 0.77 to 0.79 (from 564 injuries to 592 injuries) and our lost workday injury rate increased 4 percent from 0.22 to 0.23 (from 160 injuries to 173 injuries).
We are determined to continue to improve our safety performance. We proactively identify and mitigate safety risks in our workplace, using a series of targeting strategies and analytical tools, and are actively pursuing certification under the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) for our major locations. We believe that our own risk mitigation and safety programs, as enhanced by the rigor of VPP, will further reduce employee injuries.
