Metrics
Health and safety (S1-14)
| Metrics for health and safety | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share of people covered by occupational health and safety management 1) (%) | 87.5 | / 2) | / 2) |
| Fatal occupational accidents 3) | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| DB employees and temporary workers | 5 | / 2) | / 2) |
| Employees of external companies and self-employed persons | 5 | / 2) | / 2) |
| Number of recordable occupational accidents | 5,690 5) | 5,698 6) | / 2) |
| Rate of recordable occupational accidents 7) | 17.2 5) | 17.0 6) | / 2) |
| LTIF 8) | 22.7 1) | 21.9 9) | 22.7 9) |
| Days lost 10) | 125,708 5) | 130,739 6) | / 2) |
| Fatalities due to work-related ill health 1), 11) | 0 | / 2) | / 2) |
Unless otherwise stated, all key figures include DB employees and temporary workers.
1) Germany (Group companies account for about 98 % of employees).
2) No data available.
3) DB Group (Group companies account for about 98 % of employees).
4) Recordable occupational accident = occupational accident leading to incapacity for work for more than three days or to the death of the employee.
5) Germany (companies with about 93 % of employees).
6) Germany (companies with about 92 % of employees).
7) Rate of recordable occupational accidents = recordable occupational accidents *1,000,000/working hours.
8) Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) = LTI (occupational accidents resulting in at least one calendar day of absence) * 1,000,000/working hours.
9) Germany (Group companies account for about 97% of employees).
10) Days lost = number of days lost due to recordable occupational accidents.
11) Fatalities due to work-related ill health are only cases in which a labor or social court, after conducting official determination proceedings, has legally established that the working conditions are causally related to the fatality and the company has been held responsible accordingly. Cases in which there is no judicial finding or final conviction are not taken into account even if there is an internal suspicion or presumed causality. This definition ensures that only objective, legally sound and traceable cases are included in the reporting. Decision-making authority is actively assigned to independent state-owned bodies.
- Coverage of management system: At DB Group in Germany, the rate of coverage by an occupational health and safety management system that is certified or introduced in accordance with recognized standards is 87.5 % in relation to employees. Operating units that have not yet implemented an occupational health and safety management system in accordance with recognized standards are gradually being integrated into the existing system in order to systematically increase Group-wide coverage and further strengthen the effectiveness of occupational health and safety.
- Fatal occupational accidents: In 2025, there was again an increase in fatal occupational accidents among DB employees and employees of contracted external companies. Each of these incidents highlights the special responsibility that DB Group bears for the safety of all persons working for it. In the event of fatal occupational accidents, binding internal accident investigation processes are immediately put in place within DB Group. This includes clearly defined reporting channels and the direct involvement of specialists who carry out comprehensive accident analyses based on the information available. The resulting investigation reports form the basis for investigating the causes conscientiously and carefully and for deriving and implementing targeted measures to prevent further incidents. The investigation of a fatal occupational accident is always carried out with particular care, sensitivity and responsibility. In addition to the technical and organizational analysis, the focus is on identifying learning effects and continuously developing occupational health and safety. DB Group constantly works to improve its preventive occupational safety measures and systematically reduce risks. The safety of all employees – including contractors working at our sites – is our top priority.
- Recordable occupational accidents: The number of recordable occupational accidents involving DB employees in Germany remained at the previous year’s level. In accordance with statutory provisions in Germany, recordable occupational accidents are reported to the statutory accident insurance within three calendar days of the accident becoming known. Despite different job profiles and an increasingly complex working environment, the trend is therefore largely stable. This development makes it clear that the Group-wide measures for prevention and strengthening the safety culture are fundamentally effective but need to be further expanded in view of the growing complexity. Continuously reducing the number of accidents is a central component of the zero- accident strategy.
- Rate of recordable occupational accidents: The rate of recordable occupational accidents is anchored as a supplementary monitoring indicator to the LTIF. It is used for the factual classification of recordable accidents involving the company’s own employees. In contrast to the LTIF, which is the key performance indicator for occupational accidents with lost time of one calendar day or more, including fatal occupational accidents, the rate of recordable occupational accidents only includes recordable events as defined by law (occupational accidents with lost time of more than three calendar days and fatal occupational accidents).
- LTIF: The LTIF for DB employees in Germany increased in 2025. Although the number of accidents remained stable overall, this development can be attributed to two developments:
- Accidents increased in individual business units due to higher risk profiles, while other business units were able to maintain or even improve their levels.
- Structural adjustments in the 2025 organizational structure led to a reduction in insured working hours, which serves to mathematically increase the LTIF. The long-term reduction of the LTIF remains a key objective of the occupational health and safety strategy. Preventive measures, technological innovations and the strengthening of occupational health and safety and management culture are intended to help to bring the metric back towards the target value.
- Days lost: The number of days lost by employees of DB Group in Germany decreased in 2025. The positive trend indicates a lower average severity of recordable occupational accidents. This development underlines the effectiveness of the occupational health and safety measures implemented.