Metrics and targets on health and safety
Health and safety targets (S1-5)
Our health and safety goal for 2030 is guided by the principles outlined in Epiroc’s health and safety guidelines, reflecting our firm commitment to fostering a safe and healthy working environment across all operations. Our goal is:
- Have no work-related injuries in 2030.
We also set yearly targets to efficiently measure and follow up on milestones needed to reach our 2030 goal. We measure this using Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR).
For information on stakeholders involvement in the target process, see Processes for engaging with own workforce.
Progress on targets
Target for 2025 was below 2.5% and the result was 2.1% (2.2).
Target for 2025 was below 3.8 and the result was 3.9 (4.3) and showing a continued progress.
Health and safety metrics (S1-14)
Work-related injuries
| 2025 | 2025 target | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of fatalities as a result of work-related injuries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whereof employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whereof non-employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of total recordable work-related injuries (TRI) | 154 | 170 | 193 | 192 | 155 | |
| Whereof employees | 142 | 159 | 168 | 168 | 135 | |
| Whereof non-employees | 12 | 11 | 25 | 24 | 20 | |
| Total recordable work-related injury frequency rate (TRIFR) | 3.9 | <3.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| Whereof employees | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.8 | |
| Whereof non-employees | 4.0 | 3.4 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |
| Number of high-consequence injuries (HCI) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
| Whereof employees | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| Whereof non-employees | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Number of days lost to work-related injuries and fatalities from work-related accidents, related to employee | 1 060 | 1 978 | 1 743 | 1 857 | 1 731 |
Ill health
To strengthen our control and monitoring of occupational health and safety we have implemented new reporting measures related to ill health (health problems caused or aggravated by working conditions or practices) during 2025. This will be included in our monthly reporting and tracked at the entity, divisional, and Group levels to ensure comprehensive follow-up going forward and can be included in our reporting in the upcoming years.
Methodology
TRI include: fatality, injury resulting in absence from work, restricted work, medical treatment, loss of consciousness or significant injury diagnosed by a physician. TRIFR is calculated per million hours worked. High-consequence injuries (HCI) are also reported. These are injuries where the worker cannot or is not expected to recover fully to pre-injury health status within 6 months. If expectation of recovery changes, the HCI is to be restated. If HCI is confirmed after year-end (within 6 months), the HCI is reported in year 2. Fatalities are excluded from our calculation of high-consequence work-related injuries. Number of days lost to work-related injuries and fatalities from work-related accidents, related to employee, is calculated on working days and not calendar days.
Sick leave is calculated by total number of sick leave days/total number of working days.