Health & Safety FY 2008/09

What are we trying to achieve?

Amcor remains committed to its stated goal of ‘No injuries’.

How are we going about it?

In order to achieve this goal, the following processes and infrastructure have been put in place:

1. Standards – In FY 2004/05, Amcor developed Occupational Health and Safety Standards. These standards form the basis of our safety management approach. The Amcor standards are the mandatory, minimum requirements for all Amcor operations and apply to all employees, visitors and contractors on Amcor sites. 2
2. Reporting – The Amcor Board requires monthly reports from the Business Groups on compliance with these standards and local legislation, in addition to reports on injury statistics.
3. Auditing – Internal audits of the safety management system are conducted at least annually, and external audits are conducted every three years. There is close alignment between the Amcor standards, AS/NZS 4801, and OSHA 18001, and therefore audits conducted against these two standards are also acceptable.
4. Organisational structure – Each of the Business Groups has an individual who is responsible for managing safety at their respective Business. These individuals are supported by plant and office safety representatives and committees.
5. Global Safety Steering Committee – A Steering Committee has been established this year to investigate, recommend and oversee the implementation of improvements to Group safety policies, processes and infrastructure. This Committee is chaired by the Managing Director of Amcor Rentsch and members include safety and environmental professionals from every Business Group. The Committee meets quarterly.

Amcor will continue to review its standards, reporting and auditing regime and organisational structure to ensure that:

• Standards are aligned with international standards and definitions;
• Performance reporting remains as transparent and as accurate as possible;
• Sites receive objective feedback on performance and advice on how to improve;
• and Appropriate human resources are allocated to achieve safety goals.

What have we achieved?

Safety performance

Fatalities

Regrettably, Amcor had two fatal accidents this year. One accident involved an employee at the PET packaging facility in Tlazala, Mexico.

The second accident involved a visitor to the Ryco Dies site in Auckland, New Zealand.

Charges have been laid against Amcor Packaging (New Zealand) Limited in relation to two potential breaches of the Health and Safety in Employment Act (NZ). A thorough investigation of the first incident is complete and investigation is underway on the second. Lessons learnt are communicated across the Company once analysis has been completed.

Fines and prosecutions

On 12 December 2008, Amcor Packaging (Australia) Pty Ltd was fined $35,000 (without conviction) in the Townsville Industrial Magistrates Court for breaching the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (AUS). On 1 August 2007, a worker at the Amcor packaging plant in Bohle fractured his wrist while cleaning a cardboard folder/gluer machine using a hose delivering compressed air. The machine was operating, and the worker’s hand was caught in the moving parts of the machine.

Injuries and illnesses

Amcor’s safety performance is measured using two criteria – Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) and Recordable Case Frequency Rate (RCFR).

Amcor’s LTIFR is measured by calculating the number of injuries resulting in at least one full work day lost per million hours worked. In FY 2008/09, the LTIFR was 1.4, compared to the previous financial year’s result of 1.6. This represents an overall improvement of 12.5%.

Amcor’s RCFR is measured by calculating the number of medical treatment cases and lost time injuries per million hours worked. In the FY 2008/09, the RCFR was 6.8, compared to the previous financial year’s result of 7.4. This represents an overall improvement of 8.1%.

Amcor PET, Amcor Australasia, Amcor Flexibles Food and Amcor Flexibles Healthcare all achieved reductions in their numbers of Lost Time Injuries (LTI). Amcor Asia reduced its LTIFR to zero in FY 2008/09.

Amcor PET, Amcor Flexibles Food, Amcor Flexibles Healthcare, Amcor Rentsch, Amcor Asia and Amcor Sunclipse also achieved reductions in the number of Recordable Cases (RC). Amcor Asia did not have any RCs in FY 2008/09.

Health programs

TravelSafe

Amcor has entered into a partnership with Control Risks and International SOS to implement its TravelSafe program.

TravelSafe ensures that any Amcor employee travelling for business purposes has access to:

• Pre-travel – The latest pre-travel advice and risk assessments
• Travel tracking – Which allows Amcor to understand where all of its travelling employees are at any time. In this way, Amcor can proactively manage any emerging security or medical travel risks as they develop
• Incident response – If an employee is adversely impacted by a medical or security risk, then they have immediate access to response from highly qualified security and medical professionals.

Swine Flu response

In response to the Swine Flu outbreak in 2009, Amcor released advisory information to all co-workers. This included information about the outbreak such as where it had been reported and advised co-workers on travel plans and other measures to reduce their chance of infection.