Live Chat | Email Alerts Login/Register | My Cart Home Products & Services Careers Investors News About Us Contact Us Service Parts About Us Doing Business with STERIS STERIS Quality Health, Safety and Environment Health, Safety & Environment Message from HSE Chief Officer Health and Safety Policy Environmental Policy Awards and Partnerships Environmental Stewardship STERIS Safety Excellence STERIS Product SDS's Sustainability Health, Safety & Environment STERIS Corporation realizes the importance of Health, Safety & Environment to the well being of our Customers, employees, our community, the environment, and ultimately our shareholders. The health and safety of our people is valued above all else. We believe that all occupational injuries can be prevented. Safety must be an integral part of everything we do. Our mission is to continuously promote STERIS Safety Excellence and to sustain the successes that we have attained. STERIS Corporation must provide the culture and environment for management and employees to remain committed to all our safety elements. STERIS Corporation truly believes that all workplace injuries can be prevented, and that management is responsible for creating and maintaining the environment for safety and injury prevention. All employees must remain vigilant in, and be accountable for, ensuring workplace safety. In fiscal 2004, STERIS embarked on a Safety Excellence Initiative, which sets the goal of becoming an incident-free company. The cornerstone of this initiative is the belief that accidents result from unsafe acts or conditions, both of which are preventable. We have developed three principles that have guided our efforts to achieve world-class safety: All workplace injuries are preventable. Management is responsible for creating and maintaining an environment for safety and injury prevention. All employees must be active in, and accountable for, ensuring workplace safety. To help protect the environment and communities in which we operate, STERIS is committed to the following environmental principles: Comply - with all applicable environmental laws, rules, regulations, and corporate standards. Educate and Train - employees regarding environmental sensitivity and awareness. Integrate - environmental considerations into our business activities, and establish and maintain an environmental management system. Develop - and implement environmental performance evaluation procedures and associated indicators. Design - products so as to consider their environmental impact during production, use, and disposal. Implement - pollution prevention programs to reduce waste and the consumption of natural resources (materials, fuel, and energy). Communicate - our commitment to environmental excellence to our employees, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we operate. Work Constructively - with trade associations, government agencies, and others to develop equitable and realistic laws, regulations and standards that protect human health and the environment. We help make our customers' products and environments safer, to the benefit of the people they serve. And we strive to make our own facilities and people safer, to the benefit of our employees, customers, and investors. HEALTH & SAFETY PERFORMANCE All rates based on 100 full-time employees (FTE) working one year. 100 FTEs equals 200,000 work hours. STERIS Corporation applies U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordkeeping practices worldwide. Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) - Work-related injuries or illnesses requiring medical attention beyond first-aid. Lost Workday Injury Rate (LWDI) - Work-related injuries or illnesses that cause an employee to be away from work at least one full day after the date of the incident. STERIS is a leading provider of infection prevention and other procedural products and services. 5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, OH 44060 U.S.A. 800.548.4873 or 440.354.2600 QUICK LINKS Careers Investors News About Us Contact Information Global Facilities Request a Quote Service Parts Products & Services Site Map | Order Tracker | Privacy Policy | Terms of Sale | Terms of Use © Copyright 2018, STERIS plc. All rights reserved. Registered in England and Wales No. 09257343. Registered office: Rutherford House, Stephensons Way, Derby DE21 6LY, United Kingdom