Two further Henkel employees and one employee of an external company who was carrying out work for Henkel died in accidents that happened during working time, but were unrelated to their actual work. We report these accidents for reasons of transparency, as they fall to some extent under the OECD’s definition of an occupational accident (OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), or were reported in the local press:

• On his way to a business meeting in Italy, a Henkel employee from Great Britain died when his motorcycle was involved in an accident in Germany. The use of a motorcycle is not in conformity with the Henkel guidelines for business travel, but was not expressly forbidden by our subsidiary.
• An employee of an external company engaged to support Henkel’s sales activities in Huixquilucan, Mexico, was fatally injured by falling doors in a DIY center. The accident occurred in a barred no-entry area and was totally unrelated to the work of the external company’s employee.
• A Henkel field sales employee attempted to prevent a theft outside our site at Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, and was fatally injured by the thieves, although the emergency services were on the spot within five minutes. The culprits were subsequently caught.