Safe and Healthy Employees

Better workplaces for our employees

Safety is the bedrock of Armstrong, and it has been central to our culture since our inception. We believe that our philosophy around healthy spaces starts within our company, and we know that employee well-being – from a physical, mental and social perspective – is an important part of our commitment to our employees.

Safe and Healthy Employees

We aim to cultivate a culture that leads to safe, healthy, fulfilled employees.

Targets
• Employees are offered tools and resources to improve their financial, physical and mental health and well-being.

• Employees are offered learning and development opportunities annually.

• Workplace safety scores improve year over year, while we strive to have zero workplace injuries.

• Employees are offered at least a fair wage, to be defined as competitive total rewards based on position and location.

Safe and Healthy Employees

We aim to cultivate a culture that leads to safe, healthy, fulfilled employees.

Targets
• Employees are offered tools and resources to improve their financial, physical and mental health and well-being.

• Employees are offered learning and development opportunities annually.

• Workplace safety scores improve year over year, while we strive to have zero workplace injuries.

• Employees are offered at least a fair wage, to be defined as competitive total rewards based on position and location.


Our Approach to Safety Management

Our Safety Management System covers 100% of AWI employees and includes processes and procedures that support meeting our goal of zero workplace injuries. We track and review safety metrics internally, including among senior leadership, on a regular basis and comply with all regulatory reporting requirements. Operations management, including facility EHS Managers, ensure plant procedures and practices meet or exceed the requirements of the AWI Safety Management System.

Guided by our Safety Policy, the key tenets of our Safety Management System include:

Personal behavior
All Armstrong employees are called upon to become a safety role model through their own actions.

Accountability
Each organization should have a formal system in place to measure safety performance, evaluate achievements against milestones, and to hold managers, supervisors and employees accountable for safe work.

Communication
Each organization is responsible to build and sustain an excellent safety culture.

Employee involvement
Each organization must actively promote employee involvement through Safety Committees and programs that encourage and enable all employees to participate in safety activities.

Hazard Identification and Control
Management must assess and control risk in its operations.

Education
Each employee must receive the education required to ensure they can conduct tasks safely.

Audits
Each level of the organization must conduct audits to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.

 


Health and Safety Performance


Maintaining Our Employees’ Well-Being

We have a long history of placing safety at the core of our company culture and believe that our philosophy around healthy spaces starts within our company. There are a number of ways we help facilitate employee well-being. We offer workout facilities at some locations to help employees meet their physical fitness goals, including at our main campus in Lancaster, as well as our Marietta, Macon, Hilliard, Millwood and Arktura manufacturing facilities. In addition, we offer mental health support through our confidential Employee Assistance Program and, in 2022, began piloting on-site health screenings at our production facilities.


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