A Track Record of Safety
Safety in the Workplace
Kraft Heinz is committed to providing a healthy, safe, and secure workplace for employees, contractors, and all people who visit our facilities. Safety Management is built into our fully integrated Kraft Heinz Management System (KHMS), combining best-practice safety principles with other operational functions in a continuous improvement framework. The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) pillar within KHMS states clear expectations and practical steps to manage risk and avoid injuries, and requirements are expected to be followed in every Kraft Heinz facility. We track and measure implementation through internal audits, with results reflected in Management-by-Objectives KPIs and Factory Championship rankings. Due to robust site-level implementation, Kraft Heinz improved its safety KPIs over the last year, representing some of the best results among our industry peers.
Severity Prevention
The severity prevention indicator provides significant input to our global EHS program. It establishes a culture of intervention that encourages all employees and contractors to proactively identify and report near misses and unsafe conditions and behaviors. In this way, we can anticipate preventative actions to address these situations before they escalate to an actual injury.
We study near–miss data thoroughly and have identified the top three precursors to accidents: safe access to and securing of machinery, powered industrial vehicles, and hazardous materials. The identification of these precursors has enabled us to focus on the instances that could lead to severe injuries or fatalities and prevent them. Our leadership is engaged in understanding how theses precursors may harm our people and operations and ensures the allocation of resources to mitigate or eliminate risks.
In addition, Kraft Heinz manufacturing employees have access to many tools and programs to help keep safety in mind. These include STOP. THINK. ACT., a program to support the proactive reporting of near misses and unsafe conditions or behaviors, and Safety Triggers, a tool to help employees anticipate the potential risks of their tasks by taking a step back and identifying potential safety triggers prior to starting their task.
Total Recordable Incident Rate
Our compiled worldwide Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is a medical incident rate based on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) record-keeping criteria (injuries per 200,000 hours). 2022 saw continued progress in our Worldwide Safety Performance, resulting in a 0.53 TRIR, improving approximately 15 percent as compared to 2021. Kraft Heinz is proud of its safety track record, having delivered year-over-year incident reductions since its inception. We will keep strengthening our safety culture towards our goal of zero loss.
