America's Safest Companies 2017 [Photo Gallery]

    Sept. 13, 2017
    EHS Today has named 13 companies – ACCO Brands Corp., Atkins Energy America, Electrical Systems & Instrumentation, H+M Industrial EPC, Mangan Inc., M.C. Dean Inc., Milliken & Company, National, Nova Group Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., Valvoline, Wastren Advantage Inc. and Yaskawa America Inc. – to the list of 2017 America’s Safest Companies.

    All of the 2017 America’s Safest Companies demonstrated support from management and employee involvement; provided innovative solutions to safety challenges; reported injury and illness rates significantly lower than the average for their industries; supported comprehensive training programs; believed that that prevention of incidents is the cornerstone of the safety process; integrated safety into their corporate culture and communicated the value of safety to employees and customers; and substantiated the benefits of the safety process.

    About the Author

    Sandy Smith

    Sandy Smith is the former content director of EHS Today, and is currently the EHSQ content & community lead at Intelex Technologies Inc. She has written about occupational safety and health and environmental issues since 1990.

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