Starting in 2005, SEED light sites have been included in the data. The data collected cover sites on five continents. About two-thirds of all sites are situated in Europe and North America.

Compared with 2005, the range of functions remained stable after showing an increase in production and services in 2005. The increase in 2005 reflects the growth of business at Sulzer.

The age spread has been stable over the last four years and is advantageous for Sulzer.

The share of women employed decreased in 2006 slightly to 12.5%, while the share of women in management functions remained stable at 0.8%. In 2006, salaries for women in supporting functions amounted to about 87% of salaries of men in similar jobs; in production, to about 97%. In 2006, the highest share of women could be found in North America with 16%; the share in Asia was 13%; in Africa, 14%; in Europe, 12%; and in Latin America, 9%.

Starting in 2005, SEED light sites have been included in the data. In 2006, more than 55% of the employees received trainings, and approximately 2.5% were engaged in apprenticeships. As stated in previous years, data for 2002–2004 have not been reported comprehensively. For that reason, they are no longer shown in this context.

The total number of hours spent in training activities increased from twelve per employee in 2002 to 23 in 2006. The increase over the last few years originates mainly from improved data collection. In 2006, 35% of these training activities were internal trainings, and about 15% focused on health and safety issues. Not included in these data are on-the-job trainings, which represent a major part of all training activities at Sulzer.

The effective average working time decreased slightly in the last five years. The effective average vacation time was twenty-six days in 2006. As in previous years, this value is higher than the legal average (twenty-three days per year) due to overtime compensation.

In 2006, circa 90% of the assessed sites carried out performance appraisal interviews that covered 75% of the employees. About 15% of the sites conducted employee satisfaction surveys.

To the best of our knowledge, there were no deaths of external employees working on Sulzer premises in 2006. In 2003, three operators at customers’ sites were injured due to accidents involving Sulzer products. In 2006, one contractor was injured on a Sulzer site.

To the best of our knowledge, there were no deaths due to occupational accidents and illnesses in 2006. Sadly, Sulzer lost thirteen employees due to non-occupational accidents or illnesses in 2006.

The data includes SEED light sites since 2005. Third-party ratings and awards were given by associations for Sulzer’s outstanding economic, technical, quality, and safety skills. Sulzer received QESH awards from both organizations and customers. Examples of these QESH awards include workplace safety, excellent supplier, safety assessment, and apprenticeship awards.

In 2005, the collection of data on accidents and illnesses was improved and SEED light sites have been included. As a consequence, the reporting was shifted to AFR (accident frequency rate, based on accidents with one or more lost days). The changes in 2006 result from the inclusion of SEED light sites, as well as from efforts taken to increase the quality of the collected data. Since the AFR increased in 2006, measures have been taken to reduce the number of occupational accidents. To the best of our knowledge, in 2006 there were no occupational illnesses.

Starting in 2005, SEED light sites have been included in the data. Non-occupational accidents and illnesses cause about forty times more absences than occupational accidents. The changes in 2006 result from the inclusion of SEED light sites, as well as of efforts taken to increase the quality of data on accidents and illnesses collected in the field. Since the rate increased in 2006, measures have been taken to reduce the number of occupational accidents.  

As was the case in previous years, the most important category is national memberships. In 2006, the total number of reported memberships increased, essentially due to the increased number of SEED light sites. Memberships include industrial sector memberships, QESH, quality and standardization topics, as well as industry association memberships, such as the International Thermal Spray Association, ETN (the European Turbine Network), ABIMAC (the Brazilian Machines Association), and BPMA (the British Pump Manufacturers’ Association). The data includes SEED light sites since 2006.

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