Maintaining a safe workplace requires strong leadership, employee involvement, and requires safety processes that are monitored effectively.
Our Approach
The Brown-Forman Health and Safety culture embeds health and safety in the core values of the company. Our vision for a safe, healthy and productive workforce requires engaging our employees so that safety is fully integrated into the company’s time-honored values :
Teamwork – protecting others as well as yourself by adopting a "find it, fix it" mentality to the identification and resolution of safety hazards and supporting r those who follow safe work practices, even when doing so slows down the process
Respect – respecting yourself and your co-workers enough to want to maintain a safe environment and to comply with all safety and health regulations, policies and practices
Integrity – reporting safety and health concerns as soon as they are discovered and not “taking shortcuts” that would impair workplace safety
Trust – providing timely follow up, being accountable and developing sustainable corrective actions to ensure the workplace remains safe
Excellence – producing and distributing quality products in a timely and competitive manner, knowing that the definition of “doing a job well” includes following safe work practices
All B-F team members are expected to embrace workplace safety and health and be committed to work each day with personal responsibility and accountability that creates a world class Spirit of Safety. Our strategy to have a safety culture that focuses on continual improvement, participation and compliance fits the consciousness of Brown-Forman. Just as Brown-Forman has enduring brands, our Spirit of Safety program strives for a proactive and enduring risk management program that keeps our employees safe and healthy.
Actions
We measure total safety performance at our production facilities by evaluating leadership, processes, employee involvement and results. The categories measured include: business applicable OSHA standards (such as machine guarding, Lock Out Tag Out, personal protective equipment, powered industrial trucks, and employee training) contractor and visitor safety; and health and safety meetings.
The F10 Metrics scores ranged from 87% to 99%, with an average score of 95% for all our plants.
Performance
Lost Time Case Rate
Compliance Assurance
Bi-annually, each Brown-Forman manufacturing location and Louisville Campus is audited by a 3rd party Certified Safety Professional. Findings are tracked to closure and measured via the Health and Safety Metrics Program.
Health and Safety Metrics Program
The Health and Safety Metrics Program measures leading and lagging indicators. The leading indicators includes 16 management systems and focuses on high risk operations, written compliance programs, employee involvement, Brown-Forman Health and Safety values, and recognition. The program is audited annually by Safety management peers and 3rd party consultants, who evaluate written programs, conduct walk around assessments, interview employees and sites injury reduction plans.