About Us Our Brands Sustainability Careers Investors Contact Us Our people expect and deserve a safe workplace. HOME SUSTAINABILITY Worker Health and Safety Keeping Employees as Safe and Healthy as Possible We approach our workers’ safety and work environment as if they were family – because they are. Each year, our company’s significant safety accomplishments are recognized by industry associations. And each year, we set the bar even higher, because without healthy, safe employees our company cannot fulfill our obligations to keep people fed. View our corporate news View our case studies Download our sustainability report Worker Health and Safety Highlights and Achievements The health and safety of our Smithfield employees has always been paramount in our ability to feed people across the United States and around the world, to support the farmers and partners in the agricultural supply chain and to be a successful business. We pivoted quickly in the early months of 2020 to address the new challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our response focused on two things: keeping our employees healthy and safe while fulfilling our obligation as an Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce to secure and maintain the food supply. $800 MILLION IN COVID-19 RESPONSE MEASURES We invested more than $800 million in COVID-19 response measures at our facilities and employee benefits in 2020 to keep workers safe and healthy while maintaining the food supply chain. WORKER SAFETY AWARD OF HONOR Fifteen Smithfield locations received the Worker Safety Award of Honor from the North America Meat Institute (NAMI), the highest award bestowed by the organization. An additional 21 facilities received Worker Safety Awards for outstanding achievements in workplace safety, both achievements surpassing 2019 recognition. ACHIEVEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY TARGETS We achieved our health and safety targets, as the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Total Incident Frequency Rate (TIFR); Days Away, Restricted, Transferred (DART) Rate; and Days Away From Work Injury and Illness (DAFWII) Rate for 2020 were all on par with or below 2019. Our Goals And Targets 2020 PERFORMANCE FUTURE TARGETS Our Worker Health and Safety Goal: Maintain low employee injury rates. Continue to reduce the TIFR and maintain levels below the relevant industry average in the United States. Achieved on par with 2019 Achieve annual DART and DAFWII results better than relevant industry averages in the United States. Achieved reduced DART compared to 2019 and DAFWII on par with 2019 Maintain safety engagement levels at 40% or more of employees globally. Achieved 47% engagement Ensure all safety leadership complete at least 10 hours of health- and safety-focused training globally. Unachievable due to COVID-19 restrictions Meet or beat location-specific injury rate targets in Poland and Romania (production). Achieved Achieved; Romania production exceeded targets Meet or beat location-specific injury rate targets in Poland and Romania (operations and farms) Did Not Achieve Poland operations and Romania farms did not meet or exceed targets "I have continued to stand tall, get up every morning and go to my farm to raise our pigs to feed our country. Thank you for reminding us that we are American Heroes." - Andrea B., Herdsperson, Missouri Our Approach to Worker Health and Safety Our global health and safety program, SIPS, is designed to drive health and safety improvements across our company with the new goal of achieving companywide ISO 45001 certification by 2025. We implemented SIPS in 2018 and completed audits of all Smithfield facilities in 2019 to ensure the effective and consistent operation of our safety management system. In 2021, we aim to fine-tune facility operations to increase the system’s effectiveness, continue to embed a safety culture and continue to drive down safety incident rates. The success of our health and safety programs is underpinned by our safety engagement culture. We measure safety engagement based on employees who voluntarily go above and beyond job-related safety requirements and training, for example, by serving on a health and safety team or completing training that is not part of normal job responsibility, such as First Aid/CPR training. In 2020, we engaged more than 47% of employees in safety activities, surpassing our target of 40%, and were on par with 2019 in the United States and Poland and ahead in Romania where employee engagement in safety training topped 53%. We are confident we can continuously improve employee safety engagement to reach our new 2025 target of 50% engagement across all our operations. The success of our health and safety programs is underpinned by our safety engagement culture. We also provide comprehensive employee training through Smithfield University’s safety-related online courses. In 2020, more than 7,800 safety-training modules were completed by U.S. employees on worker safety-related topics, fewer than in 2019 — a consequence, we believe, of our collective focus on pandemic safety. In 2020, OSHA metrics were on par or down compared to 2019. In addition, OSHA inspections doubled compared to 2019. While citations were down year over year, penalties increased by 50%. U.S. Safety Data 2020 Hear from Our Industry Experts Our COVID-19 Response Facility Enhancements for Workforce Health and Safety Recognizing Our Safety Heroes Health and Safety Awards Voices of Our Essential Workforce Worker Health and Safety Policy Statement "I have been employed here at Smithfield for over seven years; I am a 60-year-old, 17-year Marine veteran. I have never been associated with a company that cared as much as Smithfield. During this pandemic, this company really stepped up, above and beyond what they needed to. Smithfield is a family. It is a good company. It is My Company.” - Giulio P., Maintenance Lead, Nebraska Worker Health and Safety Spotlights The health and safety of our Smithfield employees has always been paramount in our ability to feed people across the United States and around the world, to support the farmers and partners in the agricultural supply chain, and to be a successful business. 1 OF 2 WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY HEALTHY AND SAFETY AWARDS Our Health and Safety Awards and Workers’ Compensation Awards annually recognize facility and individual accomplishments in safety excellence. Read the case study View all case studies Our 2020 Sustainability Report outlines our efforts to make a lasting impact in our process and policies. 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