Basic Safety

Basic Safety Policy

Updated: 29 April 2025

Protecting human lives is the highest requirement of our entire organization, whether they are employees, customers, volunteers, visitors, or part of our supply chain while under some nexus to our organization.

• I am responsible for my personal safety and security while on the organization’s property or performing the organization’s duties.
• I will report safety concerns, vulnerabilities, and threats to my supervisor or the organization’s Ethics Hotline; if they are unavailable and I feel unsafe, I will call law enforcement.
• I will not introduce any safety vulnerabilities that would jeopardize myself or other personnel.
• I will not disable or knowingly fail to implement a safety control.
• I will maintain all safety training and certifications (e.g., OSHA 30, forklift, hazmat, etc.) required for my role.
• I will make sure all visitors/suppliers/customers who need to be escorted are either escorted at all times while on the organization’s property, or are monitored by organizational personnel to ensure they are safe and performing their duties in a safe manner.
• Background checks:
  • I will verify that all personnel reporting to me have a completed safety background check before starting work, checking for any safety violations/fines against the individual by state or federal agencies.
  • I will verify that, every 24 months, all personnel reporting to me have their safety background check rerun.
  • I will verify, yearly, that any supplier personnel supporting my operation who will have physical access to the organization’s facilities — either directly through our organization or through a contractual agreement — have an up-to-date safety background check completed.
• Due Diligence checks (on suppliers):
  • I will complete, or verify as complete, a comprehensive due diligence check before engaging any company that will be a supplier/partner/reseller (“3rd Party” and flowdown), including at a minimum state and federal safety violation checks.
  • I will verify this due diligence is rerun every 12 months, or as required by law/regulation (e.g., OSHA).
• I will not carry or use any method or instrument to carry out harm, bodily injury, or damage to other personnel or organizational assets.
• I will manage or support a State of Safety Report and Presentation, under Executive Session, at least yearly, that covers incidents, vulnerabilities, improvements, and metrics across all domains of Safety.

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