Baxter continually searches for ways to further decrease the potential for injury in the workplace by identifying and addressing the main sources of incidents. The company demonstrates its commitment to employee wellness by offering health-awareness and enhancement programs.

In 2009, the most recent year data were available, Baxter's cases with days lost rate ranked third among industry peers.¹

In 2010, Baxter experienced a 7% decrease in the recordable case rate, but a 13% increase in the cases with days lost rate and a 10% increase in the days lost rate. This worsening of performance occurred after four years of significant progress in reducing injuries and illnesses.

To keep overall performance in perspective, since 2005, Baxter's:

• Recordable case rate decreased by 34%
• Cases with days lost rate reduced by 45%
• Days lost rate decreased by 36%

Employee Safety

Since 2008, Baxter has applied Hazard identification (HI) and risk assessment (RA) to improve safety performance and enable Baxter to understand the main causes of employee injury and illness and tailor programs to address them. In 2010, using this approach, the company identified two areas of focus: Baxter's Renal Home Patient Delivery drivers and the company's Contractor Safety Policy and program. Baxter's safety team formed a task force to address the Renal delivery group's needs, resulting in benchmarking with companies that perform similar work and developing enhanced post-accident analysis tools and data analysis strategies. Baxter's EHS team also focused on the company's Contractor Safety Policy and program to redefine higher risk activities that warrant increased planning and focus on risk.

Near-miss reporting, a type of hazard identification and risk assessment, identifies incidents that might have resulted in injury, illness or damage but did not, which helps the company avoid similar events in the future. In 2010, Baxter exceeded its goal to implement a near miss identification program in 75% of identified facilities based on risk, reaching 91% of those facilities (60 sites total with about 32,500 employees).

2010 Safety Performance*
Recordable Case Rate	1.00 (improved 7% from 2009)
Cases With Days Lost Rate	0.17(worsened by 13% from 2009)
Days Lost Rate	4.56 (worsened by 10% from 2009)
Restricted Days Rate	14.59 (worsened by 15% from 2009)
Employee/Contractor Serious Incidents**	5/0***
Employee/Contractor Fatalities	0/0

*	All rates based on 100 full-time employees working one year, which equals a total of 200,000 work hours. For tracking purposes, Baxter applies U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordkeeping practices worldwide. Thus, in cases where an injury occurs and there are conflicting medical opinions as to the number of days away and/or restricted days that should be recorded, Baxter records on the basis of the most authoritative physician's opinion. Cases with days lost: work-related injuries or illnesses that cause an employee to lose at least one full day after the date of the incident. Days lost: number of days lost recommended by the most authoritative physician's opinion (including weekends and holidays) due to a work-related injury or illness. Restricted days: number of days recommended by the most authoritative physician's opinion that an employee or supervised contractor is unable to work full duty (including weekends and holidays) due to a work-related injury or illness. Baxter does not count the date of injury and date of return to full duty as restricted days. Recordable cases: work-related injuries or illnesses requiring medical attention beyond first-aid, including cases with days lost.
**	Serious workplace incident cases are those that result in an employee or contractor being hospitalized overnight, sustaining an amputation or dying.
***	Five serious incidents occurred in 2010, one involving two employees.

Health and Wellness

BeWell@Baxter is the company's umbrella program for its health and wellness initiatives, and the Personal Wellness Profile is its cornerstone. This online health risk assessment tool helps employees understand how lifestyle choices, family history and other factors impact their health. Aggregate data from the tool provides companywide and facility-level information on health risk. Thirty-two percent of Baxter's employees worldwide completed a Personal Wellness Profile by the end of 2010, exceeding the goal of 30%.

Based on this health risk data, in 2010 the company launched two major health promotion campaigns. The BeWell@Baxter Exercise Challenge, held in May, was designed to increase exercise levels. Throughout the month, nearly 12,000 employees at 80 Baxter locations participated, logging more than 100,000 hours of exercise.

Healthy Eating Month was launched in the month of November to support improved nutrition. More than 35% of employees, at 90 facilities worldwide, participated in events such as healthy cooking contests, quizzes and demonstrations, and onsite seminars from registered dieticians and herbalists.

Other health and wellness highlights during 2010 included the following:

• Baxter made seasonal flu vaccination available to 96.4% of all employees, and 40% participated.
• The company implemented Health Promotion Programs in 94% of facilities, surpassing its goal of 90%.
• Baxter made progress on its smoke-free workplaces initiative, with 86% of facilities completely smoke-free.

1	Out of 19 healthcare companies reporting global safety data to Mercer (formerly ORC), Baxter ranked third in cases with days lost rate in 2009. Mercer is an international management and human resources consulting firm. 2010 data were not available at the time of publication of this report.