Health and safety

DAFWCF (Group)

DAFWCF stands for Days Away From Work Case Frequency. This is measured by the number of incidents per 200,000 hours worked, that resulted in an injury where a person is unable to work for a day (shift) or more. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category. This bar chart shows DAFWCF analyzed by employees, contractors and the overall workforce.

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	Units	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
DAFWCF - Group - workforce (4)	per 200000 hrs	0.25	0.21	0.13	0.10	0.09	0.08	0.11	0.08	0.08	0.08
DAFWCF - Group - employee (4)	per 200000 hrs	0.17	0.16	0.11	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.05	0.08	0.06	0.06
DAFWCF - Group - contractor (4)	per 200000 hrs	0.35	0.26	0.15	0.12	0.10	0.09	0.15	0.09	0.08	0.09

(4) DAFWCF - Days Away From Work Case Frequency: the number of DAFWC incidents per 200,000 hours worked. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category.

DAFWC (Group)

DAFWC stands for Days Away From Work Cases. This is measured by the number of incidents that resulted in an injury where a person is unable to work for a day (shift) or more. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category. This stacked bar chart shows DAFWC for employees and for contractors.

	Units	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
DAFWC - Group workforce (3)	Case numbers	461	450	327	272	239	230	305	188	167	175
DAFWC - Group - employee (3)	Case numbers	175	184	138	100	96	82	66	78	65	62
DAFWC - Group - contractor (3)	Case numbers	286	266	189	172	143	148	239	110	102	113

(3) DAFWC - Days Away From Work Cases: the number of incidents that resulted in an injury where a person is unable to work for a day (shift) or more. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category.

RIF (Group)

RIF stands for Recordable Injury Frequency. This is measured by the number of work related incidents per 200,000 hours worked, that result in injuries or that caused fatality, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or require treatment beyond first aid. Prior to 2003, illness reporting was included in this category. This bar chart shows RIF analyzed by employees, contractors and the overall workforce.

	Units	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
RIF - Group - workforce (5,6)	per 200000 hrs	1.42	1.26	0.95	0.77	0.61	0.53	0.53	0.47	0.48	0.43
RIF - Group - employee (6)	per 200000 hrs	1.09	0.84	0.77	0.72	0.57	0.49	0.41	0.40	0.35	0.35
RIF - Group - contractors (6)	per 200000 hrs	1.82	1.73	1.12	0.81	0.65	0.56	0.62	0.54	0.59	0.50

(5) RI - Recordable Injury: the number of work-related incidents that result in injuries or that caused fatality, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or require treatment other than simple first aid.
(6) RIF - Recordable Injury Frequency: the number of RI incidents per 200,000 hours worked. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category.

RI (Group)

RI stands for Recordable Injury. This is measured by the number of work related incidents that result in injuries or that caused fatality, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or require treatment beyond first aid. Prior to 2003, illness reporting was included in this category. Prior to 2003, illness reporting was included in this category. This stacked bar chart shows RI for employees and for contractors.

	Units	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
RI - Group - workforce (5)	Case numbers	2,596	2,726	2,392	2,012	1,604	1,513	1,471	1,067	1,060	951
RI - Group - employee (5)	Case numbers	1,118	947	935	898	701	586	501	413	355	338
RI - Group - contractor (5)	Case numbers	1,478	1,779	1,457	1,114	903	927	970	654	705	613

(5) RI - Recordable Injury: the number of work-related incidents that result in injuries or that caused fatality, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or require treatment other than simple first aid.

Fatality rate (Group)

The fatality rate is measured by the number of fatalities per million hours worked. This bar chart shows the fatality rate analyzed by employees, contractors and the overall workforce.

	Units	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Fatality rate - Group workforce (2)	per million hrs	0.082	0.050	0.032	0.025	0.038	0.019	0.049	0.016	0.016	0.026
Fatality rate - Group - employee (2,10)	per million hrs	0.049	0.041	0.021	0.012	0.020	0.017	0.004	0	0.015	0.010
Fatality rate - Group - contractor (2,10)	per million hrs	0.123	0.059	0.042	0.036	0.054	0.021	0.083	0.029	0.017	0.012

(2) Fatality Rate - the number of fatalities per million hours worked.
(10) Fatality rates in 2004 for employees and contractors were previously shown as 0.012 and 0.024 respectively.

Fatalities (Group)

This stacked bar chart shows the total number of fatalities, analyzed by employee and contractor, for BP Group.

	Units	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Fatalities - Group - workforce (1)	Case numbers	30	23	16	13	20	11	27	7	7	5
Fatalities - Group - employee (1)	Case numbers	10	10	5	3	5	4	1	0	3	2
Fatalities - Group - contractor (1)	Case numbers	20	13	11	10	15	7	26	7	4	3

(1) The total number of fatalities by employee and contractor for the BP group.

Cumulative change (All rates)

This bar chart shows the cumulative percentage change in the DAFWCF, RIF and fatality rate for the BP Group workforce. DAFWCF stands for Days Away From Work Case Frequency. This is measured as the number of incidents per 200,000 hours worked, that resulted in an injury where a person is unable to work for a day (shift) or more. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category. RIF stands for Recordable Injury Frequency. This is measured by the number of work related incidents per 200,000 hours worked, that result in injuries or caused fatality, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or require treatment beyond first aid. Prior to 2003, illness reporting was included in this category. The fatality rate is measured by the number of fatalities per million hours worked.

	Units	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Fatality rate - Group workforce (2)	% change	-39.0	-61.0	-69.5	-53.7	-76.8	-40.2	-80.5	-80.5	-68.3
DAFWCF - Group - workforce (4)	% change	-16.0	-48.0	-60.0	-63.6	-67.6	-56.0	-68.0	-69.9	-68.0
RIF - Group - workforce (5,6)	% change	-11.3	-33.1	-45.8	-57.0	-62.7	-62.7	-66.9	-66.2	-69.7

(2) Fatality Rate - the number of fatalities per million hours worked.
(4) DAFWCF - Days Away From Work Case Frequency: the number of DAFWC incidents per 200,000 hours worked. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category.
(5) RI - Recordable Injury: the number of work-related incidents that result in injuries or that caused fatality, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or require treatment other than simple first aid.
(6) RIF - Recordable Injury Frequency: the number of RI incidents per 200,000 hours worked. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category.

Business segment comparisons (RI)

This stacked bar chart shows the number of cases of Recordable Injury for Group workforce, analyzed by business segment. This is measured by the number of work related incidents that result in injuries or caused fatality, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or require treatment beyond first aid. Prior to 2003, illness reporting was included in this category.

	Units	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
RI - Group - workforce (5)	Case numbers	2,596	2,726	2,392	2,012	1,604	1,513	1,471	1,067	1,060	951
RI - E&P - workforce (5,7)	Case numbers	1,026	1,413	1,053	757	553	522	465	422	459	390
RI - R&M - workforce (5,9)	Case numbers	867	766	770	818	757	637	783	559	517	491
RI - Chemicals - workforce (5,9)	Case numbers	599	424	414	292	198	254	86
RI - GRST - workforce (5,7)	Case numbers	2	21	55	61	41	27	81	53	50
RI - Other - workforce (5,8)	Case numbers	102	102	100	84	55	73	56	33	34	70

(5) RI - Recordable Injury: the number of work-related incidents that result in injuries or that caused fatality, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or require treatment other than simple first aid.
(7) GRST - Gas, Power and Rewables included renewables business operations (including BP Solar) from 2002 onwards. From 2005 this included BP Shipping. From 2008 onward 'GRST' ceased to exist. The NGLs and LNG Businesses were consequently transferred to 'E&P'. The AE, IST and Shipping businesses were transferred to 'Other'.
(8) 'Other' business - from 2002 onwards this included Shipping, Aluminum and Corporate Functions/offices. From 2005 Shipping was included in 'GRST'. In 2005 Wingles, SECCO, PEMSB and Pasadena which were previously part of 'Chemicals' were included in ‘Other’ businesses. From 2006 SECCO and PEMSB are included with 'Refining and Marketing'. From 2008 the Shipping, IST and AE businesses were reported in 'Other'.
(9) In 2005 'Chemicals' became the entity known as Innovene which was divested late 2005 as Ineos. This does not include Aromatics and Acetyls which from 2005 were included with 'Refining and Marketing'.

Business segment comparisons (DAFWC)

This stacked bar chart shows the number of Days Away From Work Cases for the BP Group workforce, analyzed by business segment. This is measured by the number of incidents that resulted in an injury or illness where a person is unable to work for a day (shift) or more. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category.

	Units	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
DAFWC - Group workforce (3)	Case numbers	461	450	327	272	239	230	305	188	167	175
DAFWC - E&P - workforce (3,7)	Case numbers	204	214	138	109	77	63	51	50	44	51
DAFWC - R&M - workforce (3,9)	Case numbers	128	124	85	99	107	111	209	114	108	103
DAFWC - Chemicals - workforce (3,9)	Case numbers	98	79	68	43	39	32	11
DAFWC - GRST - workforce (3,7)	Case numbers	0	4	8	4	1	4	14	11	9
DAFWC - Other - workforce (3,8)	Case numbers	31	29	28	17	15	20	20	13	6	21

(3) DAFWC - Days Away From Work Cases: the number of incidents that resulted in an injury where a person is unable to work for a day (shift) or more. Prior to 2003, illness was included in this category.
(7) GRST - Gas, Power and Rewables included renewables business operations (including BP Solar) from 2002 onwards. From 2005 this included BP Shipping. From 2008 onward 'GRST' ceased to exist. The NGLs and LNG Businesses were consequently transferred to 'E&P'. The AE, IST and Shipping businesses were transferred to 'Other'.
(8) 'Other' business - from 2002 onwards this included Shipping, Aluminum and Corporate Functions/offices. From 2005 Shipping was included in 'GRST'. In 2005 Wingles, SECCO, PEMSB and Pasadena which were previously part of 'Chemicals' were included in ‘Other’ businesses. From 2006 SECCO and PEMSB are included with 'Refining and Marketing'. From 2008 the Shipping, IST and AE businesses were reported in 'Other'.
(9) In 2005 'Chemicals' became the entity known as Innovene which was divested late 2005 as Ineos. This does not include Aromatics and Acetyls which from 2005 were included with 'Refining and Marketing'.

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