NXP is committed to providing a workplace that is healthy, safe, and free of occupational injury and illness for all team members. NXP managers and team members are actively involved in promoting our safety-first program.

NXP has one of the lowest injury rates in the semiconductor industry. While this accomplishment is something we are very proud of, there is still more that can be done.

Overview

Health

We are committed to a culture that fosters a healthy and productive workforce. Health and wellness encompass physical and emotional health, social support and spiritual wellness.

Health Programs

Medical

All our manufacturing sites employ occupational-health specialists, and most have onsite clinics. Most of our non-manufacturing sites employ occupational-health specialists as well. We contract doctors at certain locations for job-related medical services for our team members. We offer comprehensive health-insurance plans and many of our sites organize annual physicals and preventive health screenings, including flu shots.

Physical

Several of our global sites offer subsidized gym-membership plans, access to fitness classes, and/or onsite fitness facilities. In addition to physical fitness, we offer programs and guidance on nutrition, weight loss and avoiding unhealthy habits, such as smoking, drinking and drug use.

Emotional/Mental

Team members are offered resources and assistance programs to find and/or consult with specialists for mental well-being and help in dealing with major life events.

Safety

Safety experts supervise protective measures and create safe and ergonomically friendly workplaces, including areas of production, other technical areas and office workplaces.

Our proactive safety initiatives include the following:

  • Team members trained regularly on emergency response
  • Safety committees/councils include non-management team members
  • Multiple grievance mechanisms in place for directly or anonymously raising safety concerns to management
  • Safety walkthroughs performed by trained managers
  • Monthly meetings with global Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) leadership
  • Discussions held regarding any accidents or incidents, including first aid, near misses and high-potential incidents
  • Prevention measures and safety practices adapted to different situations

Governance

Key health and safety principles are embedded in our Corporate Sustainability Policy, a document signed and approved by our CEO. The Sustainability Policy is developed and deployed by the Sustainability Management team.

EHS Management Board

Supported by executives and senior leaders. Responsible for strategy and policy approval, and proper sourcing.

Sustainability and EHS Leadership Team

Set strategies, develop policies and goals while monitoring metrics.

EHS Site Teams and Standards Committees

Implement site strategies, policies, goals and report on metrics monthly.

Site Worker Committee

Non-EHS worker participation to identify risk, assist in incident investigation and promote awareness.

Certification

ISO 45001 Certification

We ensure the health and safety of our team members through advanced management systems and ISO 45001 certification. All manufacturing sites, as well as the corporate headquarters, are certified to ISO 45001 and are audited both externally and internally for third-party certification. Our non-manufacturing sites follow our internal procedures related to Health and Safety and are also periodically audited. These audits help us control our risks and improve performance while protecting team member well-being.

ISO 45001 includes a greater focus on health and safety as an inherent part of business, and a greater emphasis on worker participation and consultation, ensuring workers are able to participate in all parts of the EHS management system process, including risk and hazard identification, incident investigation and EHS awareness. As a result, our workers are empowered to help create a safe work environment.

Monitoring

Proactively assess our management systems to identify and mitigate any potential risks or hazards for both environmental and social updates or issues.

Risk Assessment

Annually, evaluate potential risks and environmental hazards.

Mitigate identified significant risks and hazards through programs, procedures, and engineering controls.

Self-Assessments

Annually complete an RBA Self-Assessment questionnaire and dedicated management systems focused on health and safety and/or social risks.

Mitigate identified significant risks by updating programs, procedures, and engineering controls.

Audits

3rd party audits for manufacturing sites are done approximately every 30 months and managed through an internal audit-management system. A formal report is issued and corrective actions are tracked until successfully closed.

Training

Company-wide, NXP trains our team members to ensure they are equipped with the skills and knowledge to perform their functions safely. This includes:

  • Job and site specific training
  • On the job training
  • Chemical handling
  • Chemical management and safety
  • Emergency response
  • Ergonomics
  • Other safety related topics

Results

In 2021, there were no incidents that resulted in fines or sanctions in connection with non-compliance of health and safety laws or regulations. There were no fatal work-related accidents for our workers or contractors.

Injury Rate

We maintained our historic low injury rate (TCIR) of 0.08 in 2021. It is also well below the semiconductor-industry averages published by the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which ranges from 0.35 to 0.89.

The Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR), a measure used by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the US to monitor industry safety, is defined as the number of work-related injuries per hundred full-time workers during a one-year period. Tracking TCIR allows our EHS teams to identify patterns across different facilities.

Occupational Illnesses and Injuries

The decrease in our TCIR is directly contributed to the decrease in the number of occupational illnesses and injuries while our workforce population increased in 2021.

Injury Occurrence by Workplace Environment

We continue to emphasize the importance of providing a safe workplace by not only measuring our injury rate but also identifying trends, conducting year-on-year analyses and categorizing injury types to help identify corrective action.

Injury by Category

Severity Rate

The severity rate is the average of the number of lost days per recordable incident, which indicates how serious the injury was. In 2021, our severity rate decreased to 1.47. The severity rate can increase due to a work-related injury of a single incident, since it may require more time off. In addition, as the absolute number of injuries decreases, the types of injuries and the severity rate will vary. Our successful efforts are reflected in our ability to remain below the industry average which ranges from 6.06 to 7.93 for severity rate.

Validation

The Sustainability Office validates the information entered in the Health and Safety database. Validation consists of the following steps:

  • Check for completeness of data (locations and parameters)
  • Compare data from the reporting period with data from previous periods
  • Determine whether changes in data are significant
  • Seek explanations for significant data changes
  • Compare related data (e.g. number of illnesses and injuries versus lost workdays)
  • Investigate notable events

The EHS teams at each factory meet weekly with the senior management to review performance results, the progress of improvement projects and expectations for each project milestone.

To ensure reliable and accurate reporting, we conduct internal audits of our factories, large offices and R&D sites, checking for proper reporting procedures and data trails.

We want to hear from you!

Contact NXP’s EHS team at corpehs@nxp.com
Contact NXP’s Sustainability team at csr@nxp.com