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Ongoing focus on workplace practices and programs drove
continuous improvement and attracted additional recognition in this area.
Intel tops U.S. EPA list of Best Workplaces for Commuters
In 2004, Intel Corporation was named the top company on the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)-sponsored list "Best Workplaces for Commuters from the
Fortune 500 Companies." Issued for the first time, the list ranks companies
that provide transit or vanpool passes, telework programs, bike lockers and
showers, as well as other commuter benefits.
In the U.S., commuting to and from work consumes 5.7 billion gallons of fuel and
3.5 billion hours in lost productivity each year, costing the nation an
estimated $63.2 billion. According to the EPA, the top 20 companies on the list
reduced an estimated 250 million miles of driving, saving more than 12 million
gallons of gasoline and preventing more than 186,000 tons of global warming
pollution.
www.bwc.gov/campaign/f500_sub.htm
Employee safety performance
We continue to set the industry benchmark for world-class safety performance
and have a goal to achieve zero injuries. In 2004, we maintained our
historically low injury rate, achieving a U.S. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) recordable injury rate of 0.29. Additionally, Intel's
construction contractor workforce established a new benchmark in project and
construction safety with a global recordable injury rate of 0.37.
Intel New Mexico: health and safety recognition
OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star is the highest recognition in
the United States of work sites with comprehensive, successful safety and
health management systems. Our New Mexico site is the first Intel site in the
U.S. to receive a VPP award. The review team consisted of state and federal
experts, including safety officers, industrial hygienists and an ergonomist.
Health and productivity
Intel is working toward further improving the well-being of our employees and
their families through a new health and productivity initiative. The initiative
features a collection of programs supported by a comprehensive online health
risk assessment. In 2004, approximately 5,800 employees and family members in
the U.S. completed this confidential assessment. Participants receive an
individual profile containing detailed information about reducing their health
risks and achieving or maintaining optimal health.
ISO 14001
Each year, as part of our corporate-wide ISO 14001 registration, Intel
undergoes independent third-party environmental audits of our manufacturing
facilities. As we enter our third year of ISO 14001 registration, we are proud
never to have received a "major finding." We believe that such results reflect
our operational discipline and commitment to environmental excellence.
Update on SIA worker health study
In March 2004, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced that it
would proceed with a retrospective epidemiological study to investigate whether
fabrication workers in the U.S. chip industry experienced higher rates of
cancer than non-fabrication workers over a period of more than three decades.
The SIA sought proposals from independent investigators to conduct the study
and plans to select a research team in 2005. Intel, a proponent of the study
from the beginning, is funding it along with other SIA member companies.
Regularly updated information is available at
www.sia-online.org/iss_whs.cfm
Contractor fatality
Intel is saddened to report that in 2004 an electrical technician was fatally
injured while performing work on a lighting system in our Costa Rica plant. An
extensive investigation was conducted into the specific incident and all
related work worldwide. This tragic incident further strengthens our resolve to
make our workplace incident- and injury-free. To refocus the entire company on
this goal, a high-level task force consisting of facility directors, EHS staff
and construction personnel is reviewing safety performance companywide.
