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People & Communities data

1. Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate

injury frequency rate

Chart: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
Chart: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Quarry materials business 0.66 0.39 0.45 0.37 0.29
Building products business 0.89 0.86 0.80 0.99 0.34
Combined 0.68 0.54 0.52 0.44 0.30

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2. Lost Time Injuries

number of accidents

Chart: Lost Time Injuries
Chart: Lost Time Injuries
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Quarry materials business 46 35 37 26 25
Building products business 34 30 16 16 4
Combined 80 65 53 42 29

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3. Lost Time Injury Severity Rate

injury severity rate

Chart: Lost Time Injury Severity Rate
Chart: Lost Time Injury Severity Rate
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Quarry materials business 189 131 176 127 112
Building products business 225 213 219 302 83
Combined 204 181 184 156 108

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4. Total Recordable Case Frequency Rate

case frequency rate

Chart: Total Recordable Case Frequency Rate
Chart: Total Recordable Case Frequency Rate
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Quarry materials business 1.93 1.54 1.13 0.69 0.52
Building products business 2.86 2.33 2.09 2.34 0.69
Combined 2.09 1.76 1.32 0.97 0.54

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5. Fatal Injury Frequency Rate

fatal injury frequency rate

  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Quarry materials business 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00
Building products business 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Combined 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00

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6. Occupational ill health - new cases

number of new cases

Chart: Occupational ill health - new cases
Chart: Total Occupational ill health - new cases
    2009 2010 2011
NIHL (UK HSE) Quarry materials business 10 12 0
Building products business 1 3 0
Combined 11 15 0
Silicosis (COAD) Quarry materials business 0 0 1
Building products business 0 0 0
Combined 0 0 1
HAVS Quarry materials business 32 17 1
Building products business 3 1 0
Combined 35 18 1
Dermatitis Quarry materials business 0 0 0
Building products business 0 0 0
Combined 0 0 0

Data notes:

  • Change of reporting methodology from previous reports – we are now reporting the new cases only. This fits with our target to eradicate new cases of occupational health issues.
  • New cases reported in 2007 and 2008 were combined figures for UK, not available split out.

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7. Total Tarmac UK employees

number of employees

Chart: Total Tarmac UK employees
Chart: Total Tarmac UK employees
  2009 2010 2011
Quarry materials business 4,621 4,539 4,485
Building products business 1,867 1,329 817
Combined 6,488 5,868 5,302

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8. Employee gender

% female employees

Chart: Employee gender
Chart: Employee gender

number of employees

    2009 2010 2011
Male employees Quarry materials business 3,922 3,853 3,770
Building products business 1,670 1,134 646
Combined 5,592 4,987 4,416
Female employees Quarry materials business 699 686 715
Building products business 197 195 171
Combined 896 881 886

% female employees

    2009 2010 2011
% Female employees Quarry materials business 15.1 15.1 15.9
Building products business 10.6 14.7 20.9
Combined 13.8 15.0 16.7

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9. Employees by contract type

number of employees

Chart: Employees by contract type
Chart: Employees by contract type
    2009 2010 2011
Permanent Quarry materials business 4,547 4,458 4,397
Building products business 1,941 1,410 807
Combined 6,488 5,868 5,204
Contractor Quarry materials business 74 81 88
Building products business 20 98 10
Combined 94 179 98

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10. Employee turnover

%

Chart: Employee turnover - %
Chart: Employee turnover - %

number of employees

Chart: Employee turnover - Number of employees
Chart: Employee turnover - Number of employees

%

    2009 2010 2011
Voluntary Quarry materials business - - 5.48
Building products business - - 10.89
Combined 14.70 6.40 6.32
Non-voluntary Quarry materials business - - 4.53
Building products business - - 70.38
Combined 3.67 3.03 14.67

number of employees

    2009 2010 2011
By age:
Under 30 Quarry materials business 198 149 182
Building products business 115 82 112
Combined 198 149 182
30-50 Quarry materials business 318 228 240
Building products business 366 63 362
Combined 684 291 602
Over 50 Quarry materials business 329 196 139
Building products business 437 29 190
Combined 766 225 329

Data notes:

  • % Voluntary and non-voluntary turnover is calculated as a % of all employees

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11. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements

number of employees

Chart: Total Tarmac UK employees
Chart: Total Tarmac UK employees

%

Chart: Total Tarmac UK employees
Chart: Total Tarmac UK employees

number of employees

    2009 2010 2011
Number of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements Quarry materials business - - 962
Building products business - - 57
Combined 2,745 2,640 1,019

%

    2009 2010 2011
% of total workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. Quarry materials business - - 19%
Building products business - - 7%
Combined 42% 45% 17%

Data notes:

  • Decrease in number of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements is mainly due to plant closures in building products business.

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