At Maersk, our 120,000 employees are the very lifeblood of our company. No work-related injury or death is ever acceptable to us.

Oil rigs, ships, container terminals, container factories and shipyards are all workplaces that pose risks in terms of employee safety. The work carried out at these sites requires heavy equipment and is often performed in harsh and challenging conditions. This requires us to go to great lengths to manage the health and safety risks our employees are exposed to.

In 2009, we finalised the implementation of our Group Health, Safety, Security and Environment Manual, a process we began in 2008. All our business units have a governance, management and reporting structure in place to ensure that our employees are protected at work.

While our performance doesn’t yet live up to our vision of zero fatalities and no injuries at our workplaces, we’ve made important strides in reducing the numbers of work-related incidents and fatalities.

Read more about our safety performance here.