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Health and safety
ST is committed to good Health and Safety practices and its corporate Safety and Risk Management organization aims at achieving Occupational Health & Safety Management System validation under OHSAS 18001 international standards at all manufacturing sites by 2003.
Recent safety and health trends have shown remarkable improvements. For instance, ST’s Assembly and Test sites worldwide have slashed the Lost Workday Case (LWC) rate by 74% and achieved a target of 60% reduction of Lost Time Injuries from a high 14 in 1998 to 3.6 in 2001.
Reflecting the major effort made to integrate safety, two of our chip assembly and test plants -- Shenzhen in China and Tuas in Singapore -- have performed their work without a single recordable injury for two million and one million hours respectively. This confirms our progress towards the goal of zero incidents.
Beyond 2003, following manufacturing site certification under OHSAS 18001, ST will launch specific advanced programs in areas such as occupational health, chemicals optimization, ergonomics, property conservation and risk management.
SAFETY TRENDS: OVERALL ASSEMBLY AND TEST SITES
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