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Workplace Safety

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  1. Global Lost-time Case Rate (per 100 Employees)
  2. Lost-time Case Rate by Region (per 100 Employees)
  3. Global Severity Rate (per 100 Employees)
  4. Severity Rate by Region (per 100 Employees)
  5. Workplace Health and Safety Violations
  6. Global Fatalities

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A. Global Lost-time Case Rate (per 100 Employees)

Cases with one or more days away from work per 200,000 hours
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Ford Motor Company (global) 1.8 1.2 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.7
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average for NAICS Code 3361 (motor vehicles manufacturing) 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 NA
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B. Lost-time Case Rate by Region (per 100 Employees)

Cases with one or more days away from work per 200,000 hours
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Americas 2.3 1.7 2.1 1.5 1.2 1.0
Europe 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6
Asia Pacific/Africa 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
  • Reported to regulatory authorities
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C. Global Severity Rate (per 100 Employees)

Days lost per 200,000 hours worked
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
31.5 23.5 23.2 14.5 12.6 13.5
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D. Severity Rate by Region (per 100 Employees)

Days lost per 200,000 hours worked
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Americas 48.4 37.1 34.9 22.4 19.5 23.2
Europe 13.3 11.6 10.9 7.4 7.7 5.4
Asia Pacific/Africa 4.0 2.6 1.8 2.2 1.3 2.1
  • Reported to regulatory authorities
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E. Workplace Health and Safety Violations

Number of violations
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 22 8 1 9 7
Americas 20 8 1 9 7
Europe 2 0 0 0 0
Asia Pacific/Africa 0 0 0 0 0
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F. Global Fatalities

Number of fatalities
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
3 2 2 6 9 4
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Notes to the Data

Chart A

2007 are the most recent Bureau of Labor statistics data available.

Chart B

European data were amended for 2005.