In 2015, ARYZTA completed 100% of comprehensive internal safety and security assessments at all North American and European bakery locations to ensure a safe and healthy working environment to our employees. To continually improve the safety of our people in 2015,  ARYZTA focused on four areas to reduce injury frequency and severity:

1. Engineering investment into eliminating hazardous conditions. In 2015, ARYZTA spent over €3 million on direct and indirect safety related capital projects.
2. Education. ARYZTA has a comprehensive training program for People Safety and Food Safety through a standardized training calendar. Last year, ARYZTA employees in North America and Europe completed 175,000 hours of documented training and documented recognition testing on core safety policy and expectations.
3. Enforcement of the safety expectation. North America: In 2015, ARYZTA began tracking safety discipline, where supervisors observe potentially unsafe actions. In support of this, bakery supervisors issued 132 safety alerts. In Europe last year ARYZTA had 200 safety alerts.
4. Engagement of employees, both informally and formally, helps to create awareness and avoid injuries and lost work days. All bakeries have a health & safety committee comprised of management and workers that monitors and advise on health and safety related issues.

ARYZTA uses an industry standard measure for employee safety, called the Safety Index.

The index combines the following:

1. Recordable Injury Rate – Number of Recordable Injuries divided by Hours Worked
2. Lost Time Injury Rate – Number of Lost Time Injuries divided by Hours Worked
3. Severity Rate – Number of Lost Work Days divided by Hours Worked

2015 Safety Results