Performance Indicators

Social indicators


Occupational injuries	Fatal occupational injuries

For the first time, we have collected data for the social security systems covering our employees (last updated on March 31, 2007). Data have been collected for 98,093 ftes (full-time equivalents), that is 93 percent of 106,000 ftes. All of our employees worldwide from whom data were collected using the questionnaire have contractually established work hours of at most 48 hours per week and health insurance. 85 percent of the employees are entitled to participate in a company pension program and 63 percent of the employees for whom data were collected are subject to collective agreements with regard to their working conditions

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It has been established that not all employees in the various regions benefit equally from the generally high social standards of the Group. The task in the coming months will be to analyze the reasons for this and, if necessary, to formulate suitable objectives and measures.

Regional distribution of social security indicators (in percent)

Region/Area	Percentage of full-time employees with contractually agreed working time of max. 48 hours per week*	Percentage of employees with health insurance**	Percentage of employees entitled to a company pension program or a pension program financed by the company***	Percentage of employees who are covered by collective agreements****, especially on wages and working conditions
Europe	100	100	91.2	92.6
North America	100	91	100	10
Latin America/ Africa/Middle East	100	100	53.4	42.4
Asia/Pacific	100	100	67	20.8
Total for Bayer Group	100	98.6	84.6	63.3

standard contract, excluding exempts, ** statutory or employer/employee-funded, *** also in addition to the statutory pension program, **** tariff or wage or shop agreements

Since 2005, we have been collecting data for indicators in the categories of diversity and opportunity, and of training and continuing education. Personnel expenditure in 2006 amounted to approximately €6,630 million, with 2.2 percent of this total, about €146 million, being devoted to employee training and continuing education, which equates to approximately €1,400 for each individual. The increase in personnel numbers seen in all regions can be attributed to the transfer of former Schering employees. Without the inclusion of the latter, staff numbers would have fallen in all regions.

Further social indicators

Category	Indicator	2005	2005 cont.	2006 cont.
Diversity and opportunity	Percentage of women in senior management* within the Bayer Group	3.9	3.9	3.8
Diversity and opportunity	Number of different nationalities in senior management within the Bayer Group	17	17	17
Training and continuing education	Training and continuing education costs as a percentage of total personnel expenditure	2.3	2.3	2.2
Employment	Number of employees per region (permanent and fixed term job contracts) as of the cut-off date (December 31, 2006)
	Total for the Bayer Group	93,700	82,600	106,000
	Europe	52,400	45,700	57,800
	North America	16,200	13,100	17,200
	Asia/Pacific	13,900	13,200	17,300
	Latin America/Africa/Middle East	11,200	10,600	13,700

All positions in the Group Leadership Circle are classed as belonging to senior management. This equates to approximately 340 positions within the Bayer Group. The Group Leadership Circle consists of managers who perform a prominent function for the Group in the holding company, subgroups or service companies.

Occupational injuries

The number of injuries resulting in days lost (MAQ, the number of occupational injuries resulting in days lost for every one million hours worked) is a key indicator. In 2006, this number increased slightly over the previous year to 2.8 injuries for every one million hours worked. This statistic includes injuries involving staff on fixed-term contracts, part-time employees and contractors reporting directly to Bayer personnel.

Reportable injuries include all injuries requiring medical treatment beyond first aid measures. These injuries are counted regardless of whether or not they resulted in days lost. This figure, which has been recorded for all sites since 2003, was 4.3 in 2006 (2005: 4.1).

For contractors4, the MAQ increased, returning to about the 2004 level. We shall carefully examine the reasons for this increase and work to further improve our safety management procedures for contractors.

Occupational injuries affecting Bayer personnel resulting in days lost (MAQ*)

MAQ = injuries resulting in days lost for every one million hours worked (million working hour quota)

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The data provide information about occupational injuries involving employees of contractors who do not report directly to Bayer personnel. In order to be counted, injuries must have resulted in at least one day lost.

Reportable occupational injuries affecting Bayer personnel (MAQ*)

MAQ = injuries resulting in days lost for every one million hours worked (million working hour quota)

These data were first collected in the reporting year 2003.

Injuries involving contractors resulting in days lost (MAQ*)

MAQ = injuries resulting in days lost for every one million hours worked (million working hour quota)

Fatal occupational injuries

Unfortunately, Bayer suffered nine fatal occupational injuries in 2006, five of which involved Bayer employees and four of which involved employees of contractors.

A total of five employees and contractors were killed in traffic accidents in various countries. The circumstances of the other four fatal accidents were as follows:

An employee was killed in a forklift accident in a warehouse in Indonesia.
A security guard working for a contractor was killed during a raid on a Bayer site in Pakistan.
In Colombia, an employee working for a contractor fell from a 15-meter scaffold.
In India, an employee working for a contractor died as the result of a snake bite he suffered while working.

None of the injuries was attributable to factors specific to the chemical industry.

Fatal occupational injuries