Occupational Safety and Comprehensive Health Promotion Looking after the health and safety of our employees is a top priority for us. Occupational safety and health protection are key elements of our corporate philosophy. A broad array of measures is used to promote the safety awareness and health literacy of our employees. Prevention in action The avoidance of accidents is one of our most important concerns in the area of occupational health and safety (OHS). We are committed to a security culture which is based on the corporate guidelines and the relevant statutory requirements. The occupational safety department cooperates intensively with all the Group business units at all the Festo locations in order to promote the culture of health and safety. As part of this networking, the department draws on our global occupational safety network and promotes knowledge sharing. Certified management system We use an ISO 45001-certified occupational health and safety management system to manage our OHS processes. The level of implementation for this system varies according to the different locations. More information on our OHS management system can be found in chapter 5.5 “Occupational Health and Safety” in our Sustainability Report 2023. Main measures from 2024 – Completion of the process map for occupational health and safety: It offers an overview of all OHS processes at Festo. This assists us in identifying potential for improvement and addressing this across all levels of the Group. – Expansion of occupational health and safety standards to other operational areas: We have integrated our OHS management systems fully into our Festo production system. Our aim here is to structure the application of safety requirements to be more uniform and comprehensive. – Improved and detailed OHS indicators: We now apply our OHS key performance indicators (KPIs) at all operational locations and systematically record all commuting accidents and near misses. – Follow-up of occupational safety audits: The results have been used to identify critical areas and drive forward continuous improvements. – Introduction of a global standard for risk assessments at the workplace (RA): The group-wide risk assessment standard allows us to determine and assess workplace risks in a more structured and uniform way, and to reduce hazards. Preventive measures based on risk assessments Prevention demands forward-looking action. Risk assessments for our workplaces constitute an important building block for this approach. Chapter 5.5 Occupational Health and Safety in our Sustainability Report 2023 shows how we organize and implement risk assessments. The results lead to the introduction of evidence-based improvements. In 2024, one of the measures we took at our plants in Scharnhausen and Rohrbach was to replace manual lever presses used for repetitive assembly operations in product manufacture with an ergonomically adjustable model. The new model requires less physical effort, and exerts less load on an employee’s shoulder joint than the previous model. It should therefore reduce risks to health and the sickness rate. Raising awareness It is important that our employees are familiar with our OHS standards. The following measures we introduced in the reporting year were directed toward this purpose: – Bangalore, India: As part of our National Safety Week 2024, we held safety training sessions and campaigns at the location. For example, employees were able to have their sight tested. Good vision is an important factor for employees to work safely with machinery and also for quality assurance. – Seoul, South Korea: We improved the visibility of our health and safety notices by projecting messages on the floor. This alerts employees to them while they are walking along and raises awareness for the messages. At the same time, the prompts highlight our safety culture for customers and visitors from government agencies who come to our facilities. Lost hours worldwide. 10 0 8,896 6,895 15,840 2021 2022 2023 15 5 Occupational accidents with an absence of at least one day. *) *) Due to changes in the calculation methodology, there are deviations in the previous year's values. 100 0 110 105 117 2021 2022 2023 150 50 Accident frequency rate, worldwide. 8 0 8.1 7.3 8.1 2021 2022 2023 12 4 Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2024 Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2024 2. Social 44 45
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