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PREVENTION CULTURE IN
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Sensitising and raising awareness
from the prevention perspective is an
essential question to guarantee a safe
and healthy working environment for
the workers.

Aqualia employees being trained in OHS.
ACCIDENT RATE AND ABSENTEES

11.13 11.56 12.05 0.35 0.39 0.41

2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016

Accident frequency index Accidents seriousness index
Number of occupational accidents occurred per Number of working days lost due to occupational
million working hours in the year. accidents per thousand working hours in the year.

19,66 21,57 22,80 3,90 4,20 4,66

2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016

Index of occupational accident incidence Employment absenteeism
Number of accidents occurred for every thousand Total hours lost in relation to working hours in the
persons exposed. year.

Although the recent development of the indicators is not positive, two questions must be
taken into account. Firstly, that the company’s accident rates are significantly lower than
the average results for the second sector and, secondly, that the development of the ratios
maintains an evolution that is similar to the national trend.

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