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SAFETY

Safety Performance

We monitor and measure several safety metrics across our operations, including Days Away, Restricted or Transferred Case Rate (DART) and Total Recordable Case Rate (TRCR), which measure the frequency of safety incidents that occur within our facilities.

73%

Of all manufacturing sites and 100% of major manufacturing sites were ISO 14001 certified in 2024

31%

all manufacturing sites were also certified to the ISO 45001 standard for occupational health and safety

2018-2024 Safety Performance(1)

38% Reduction

in Total Recordable Cases (TRCR)(1) (from 2018 to 2024)

Annual data as of December 31 — end of each reporting year

TRCR = Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR)

  1. TRCR is calculated per the U.S. OSHA definition and are calculated per 100 full time employees.

Our management system approach to environmental, health and safety (EHS) includes:

  • EHS Policy and Global EHS Directives that establish the Company's standard expectations — which often exceed compliance obligations — for EHS performance across our operations.
  • Training across a wide variety of safety topics, including peer-to-peer observations and interventions.
  • Employee-led joint management safety committees that focus on improving our safety culture by identifying and addressing unsafe conditions, reinforcing safe acts and instructing one-on-one safe work practices.
  • Commitment to International Standards Organization (ISO) 14001 implementation at all major manufacturing locations.
  • A focus on learning from events and near misses of all types that supports process redesign and improvement.
  • Extensive auditing and regular monitoring of our safety performance, which enables accountability at all levels of the organization and assesses the health of the program.
  • Award and recognition programs, including our annual Chairman's Awards for Safety, Environment and Sustainability Excellence, as well as a Safety Leadership Award for Plant/General Managers, Business Unit President Awards, citations for high-performing employees who make superior contributions to the business, and "Best Practice" designation for site-level projects that are innovative, impactful and transferable across the enterprise.

EHS Best Practices

“Every year, facilities are invited to submit their best EHS projects of the year for the Annual Best Practices Contest.”

Musculoskeletal disorders, often resulting from poor posture or awkward positions at work are a key driver of injuries in our operations. In our Bielawa, Poland, facility, we implemented lower limb exoskeletons for operators to create a more ergonomic, comfortable and productive workplace. The exoskeleton supports a healthy and upright posture and prevents pain.

In our Reno, Nevada facility, we had a process which required the removal of several heavy, part-securing vises from a milling machine during process changeover. The legacy process had the potential to cause strains. Through redesign, namely using lighter weight rigid adapter plates, more varied types of parts can now be machined without the removal of the heavy vises. These plates move easily, are replaceable and allow for increased productivity at the work center.

In our Chennai, India, facility operators of Spooling Machines bend down to pick up empty spools from the pallet 70-100 times in a shift. A spring-activated retractor rack holds the empty spools and brings them up to the operator's working height. This prevents the operator from bending down to the spools. In this situation, the ergonomic Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) score improved from 10 to 2.