Our Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) program, formalized in 2019, continues to grow in importance. We are committed to working across functions to create safe and healthy work environments for our employees.
In FY23, the Global Workplace team completed safety inspections at most Booz Allen sites. The inspections helped us identify and eliminate unsafe working conditions and hazards, protect the environment, and comply with applicable regulations and laws. When selecting sites for inspection, we prioritized larger sites and those with warehouses, light industrial operations, laboratories, research activities, and 3D printers, along with facilities in states with unique safety program requirements.
Looking to FY24, we will continue to focus on addressing observations from our FY23 site safety inspections, conducting ongoing safety evaluations of our operations, and continuously improving our overall EHS program.
ALTHOUGH OUR HEADCOUNT HAS INCREASED OVER THE YEARS, THE EMR, TRIR, DART, AND SEVERITY METRICS REMAIN LOW AGAINST OUR INDUSTRY BENCHMARK, which we identify using the North American Industry Classification System's code 54161.
Environmental Health & Safety Metrics*
| Category | CY 2020 | CY 2021 | CY 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMR | 0.76 | 0.72 | 0.61 |
| TRIR | 0.027 | 0.051 | 0.049 |
| DART | 0.015 | 0.028 | 0.038 |
| Severity | 0.98 | 0.4 | 0.21 |
| Fatality | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Based on U.S. facilities only and reported on a calendar year basis.
DEFINITIONS:
- Experience Modification Rate (EMR) = The EMR is a metric that insurers use to calculate premiums. Our insurance company provides the EMR to Booz Allen. An EMR considers the number of claims/injuries a company has had in the past and their corresponding costs. An EMR of 1.0 is the benchmark average—if a company's EMR number is lower than average (e.g., less than 1.0), its workers compensation premium will be lower than average.
- Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) = Number of OSHA recordable injury or illness cases x 200,000/total hours worked.
- Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) Rate = Number of OSHA recordable injury or illness cases resulting in days away, restricted, or transferred x 200,000/total hours worked. Consequently, this rate will be the same or less than the TRIR.
- Severity Rate = Number of lost workdays (days away) x 200,000/total number of hours worked. (In certain situations, the number of “lost” workdays for the previous year may have to be reassessed when related to injuries lasting into the next calendar year. In no individual cases shall the number of lost workdays recorded exceed 180 days.)