We have always worked hard to protect employee safety. Our Vision 2010 program includes objectives for safety as well as environmental performance. We have set ambitious goals to improve our performance by 2010 based on key safety metrics. They are:

• Zero fatalities
• Zero permanently disabling injuries
• Global total reportable incident rate (TRIR) of less than 0.5. Reportable incidents are work-related events that result in fatalities, disabling injuries or illnesses, lost work days or restricted work
• Global lost-time reportable incident rate (LTRIR) of less than 0.2. This measures the frequency with which incidents cause time to be taken off normal work
• Global severity rate of less than 12. The severity rate is the number of days of lost or restricted work as a result of a work-related injury per 100 full-time employees per annum
• Global contractor TRIR equal to or less than the K-C TRIR

In 2007, there were 272 cases of work-related injury or illness that resulted in days away from work, compared with 249 cases in 2006.

We are pleased to report that 47 manufacturing facilities achieved 12 months without a reportable incident in 2007. In August, K-C Professional’s Corinth, Mississippi, U.S. facility celebrated five years of injury-free operation.

OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) recognize workplaces that have achieved and are maintaining excellence in worker safety and health protection through cooperation among government, industry and workers. All of our nonwovens facilities in the U.S. have achieved VPP recognition. Our Lexington and Hendersonville sites in North Carolina, U.S. achieved North Carolina VPP Star recognition, which distinguishes them with the highest level of safety and health excellence.

We had one fatality in 2007. An operator at our Barrow, U.K. facility died in an accident involving mill equipment. K-C management has reminded employees that no performance target or production goal is ever worth putting someone at risk. We introduced several capability-building measures to prevent future fatalities. These included:

• Web seminars – conducted in English and Spanish – on working at heights, confined space operations, electrical safety, chemical management and workplace transport. Approximately 250 employees participated in the 15 sessions
• A one-day train-the-trainer course in identifying Class A hazards for global nonwoven employees
• Two-day safety training and hazard recognition session at six mills in Mexico. There were approximately 320 participants
• A 36-hour safety course for facility safety coordinators covering topics such as electrical safety, machine guarding and fall protection in Roswell, Georgia, U.S.
• EHS management system implementation training sessions.

We also evaluated our EHS resources and identified areas to build greater capabilities. We are using this information to develop a comprehensive, long-term training plan.