Universal Registration Document 2022

3.3.1.3.3 Occupational accidents

Eradicate serious and fatal accidents

EDF is committed to improving the physical and mental health of its employees and subcontractors. The top priority is to protect them and, most importantly, to eradicate serious and fatal accidents.

There were two work-related fatal accidents directly in 2022. These fatalities concerned one employee who was electrocuted during removal of a line, and one employee who fell from a height during work in a mountainous area. In addition to these two fatal accidents, we are saddened to report eight deaths, of six of our employees and two of our service providers who reported feeling unwell, as well as a fatal accident to one of our employees while travelling.

In line with the steps taken within the Group to eradicate serious and fatal accidents, the new policy aims to develop a collective safety requirement supported by both Group and subcontractor employees. The updated policy reinforces the progress made with the providers. Four action sheets or “strengths” have been developed for this purpose.

Reducing work-related accidents

In order to have comparable data between Group entities and measure accident rates directly related to the performance of activities, the EDF group set up a new “LTIR” (Lost Time Injury Rate) indicator corresponding to the calculation of the frequency rate according to Anglo-Saxon standards.

The Group’s key performance indicator: Global LTIR ⁽¹⁾

GROUP KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

Under the health and safety policy, the targets for the end of 2023 are 1.4 for Group employees and 1.8 for all contractors combined.

While 2020 was a highly uncharacteristic year, the Global LTIR has exhibited a steady downtrend since 2019, illustrating the improvement due to the deployment of preventive approaches for employees of both EDF and service providers.

Global LTIR

Further details on work-related accidents and occupational illnesses

The number of occupational illnesses reported in 2022 returned to the numbers recorded in 2018 and 2019, with a sizeable share of cases relating to muscular-skeletal disorders, warranting preventive actions to reduce the hardship of activities (introducing exoskeletons) and user-friendliness of workstations, including in the service sector.