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Health Protection
There were significant improvements achieved from programs started in the spirit of the new Occupational Health policy and internal regulation of MOL Group. Examples include: new occupational service providers were contracted in Romania, Slovakia and Serbia, a complete internal investigation system with the scope of overexposure prevention was established in TVK, the most professionally recognized medical investigation methods for cancer prevention were included in MOL Group Health Standards, etc.
Our mid-term targets were achieved as a result of our Workplace Health Promotion Programme (“Take a STEP for your health”). The program received an overwhelming response even though participation was fully voluntary.
- In 2008 more than 40% of employees of MOL, Slovnaft and TVK (4,851 employees) participated at least in one program of STEP;
- A total of 1,992 individual health plans (IHP) were prepared in 2007-2008;
- More than 3,500 screenings were performed in 2008;
- At least 200 MOL employees and 300 family members participated in different self-financed sport activities;
- Nearly 500 employees were involved in different sport programs in Slovakia.
Unfortunately we had to report an occupational illness in 2008 as our colleague working at a logistics depot in Komárom (Hungary), was exposed regularly to harmful chemicals. This means the TROIF calculated for MOL Group in 2008 was 0.04. To prevent the occurrence of similar illnesses in the future we introduced preventive measures: changing the technology where we can into a closed technology, a more detailed risk assessment, establishment of a new air sampling system, rigorous supervision of wearing the personal protective equipment and more frequent trainings of the employees.
