Bi-annual Safety Highlights and Records 2022

Michelle MachenOur Stories, Safety

At Mauser Packaging Solutions, our dedicated workers are our biggest asset. It is our ethical responsibility to ensure that each employee goes home safe and unharmed, every day. Our facilities continually work to implement and improve safety measures and ensure employees have a safe work environment. Achieving safety milestones requires an ever–present consciousness on the part of every employee and we recognize employees in facilities that have reached and are maintaining significant safety records.

International Packaging

Bremerhaven, Germany and Hamburg, Germany have significantly reduced incident rated based on previous years. Between 2019 and 2022, incidents in Bremerhaven have reduced by at least a third year over year. In Hamburg, incidents were reduced by half in 2021 compared to 2020. Both facilities are currently at zero incidents for 2022.

In Tarragona, Spain (NCG) employee participated in fire and chemical reaction training. Through this training, employees learn how to react in a fire or chemical reaction emergency, become familiar with various fire fighting equipment, and learn specific techniques for putting on and removing PPE without contaminating themselves or colleagues.

A Safety and Environmental Awareness Day was held on June 21 at the Grezzago, Italy facility.

New Packaging Facilities that have maintained 0.00 TRIR YTD 2022. 
(based on recordable incidents as of 7/11/2022)

Belford Roxo 
Creil
Fonzaso 
Gliwice 
Hamburg
Jiangyin 
Louveira
Malaysia
Matao 
Queimados 
Ryazan

Reconditioning Facilities that have maintained 0.00 TRIR YTD 2022. 
(based on recordable incidents as of 7/11/2022)

Älvängen
Bickenbach
Bremerhaven 
Germiston 
Matao 
Mira
Oosterhout 
Sevilla
St. Amand 
Tarragona
Taubate 
Tuzla 
Villastellone/Maider


North America Industrial Packaging

As we focus on our second round of 12 Step Safety Building Block Audits, the Warren PA (New Metals) plant should be recognized for their focus and improvement with our foundational safety elements.  Their first round score was 53%, second audit score 83.05%.  30.05% improvement.  Thank you to the plant team for the focus and dedication to put these elements in place.  Way to set the bar for our other facilities.

59 of the 89  NASP facilities have maintained 0.00 TRIR YTD 2022.  These facilities are:

Addison (Logistics)
Anniston (IBC)
Baltimore (Reco IBC)
Boucherville (Reco IBC)
Brighton (Reco Steel)
Calgary (Distribution)
Cannon Falls (Reco IBC)
Carrollton (Distribution)
Charlotte (Reco Steel)
Chicago (Fiber)
Chicago Rings (Reco Steel)
Chillicothe (IBC)
Cincinnati (Distribution)
Clarkston (IBC)
Cleveland (Reco IBC)
Columbus (Reco Steel)
Easton (Fiber)
Edmonton (Distribution)
Edmonton (Reco IBC)
Erlanger (Reco IBC)
Griffin (Reco Steel)
Harrisburg (Metal)
Hastings (Reco IBC)
Houston (IBC)
Houston (Reco IBC)
Kemp (Reco IBC)

Kent (Distribution)
Lakeland (Reco Steel)
Lloydminster (Manufacturing)
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Miami (Reco Steel)
Minnesota Fab Shop (Reco IBC)
Mississauga (Reco IBC)
Montebello (Distribution)
Montebello (Reco Steel)
Montreal (Distribution)
North Canton (Distribution)
North Wales (IBC)
Providence (Reco Steel)
Regina (Distribution)
Reidsville (PCR)
Romeoville (IBC)
Salt Lake City (Reco Steel)
Seattle (Reco Steel)
South Plainfield (PCR)
Springville (Reco Steel)
Taylors (Distribution)
Toluca (IBC)
Union City (Distribution)
Vaughan (Distribution)
Webster City (Reco IBC)
Woodlands (IBC)


North America Small Packaging

On July 11, the Indianapolis, Ind. achieved 11 years without a lost time injury. Plant Manager Ken Muncy commented on this achievement saying, "When it comes to safety there will always be room to improve and new hurdles to overcome but with your continued support we can go a long way to continuing out goal of zero injuries. This is what working safely is all about and we continue to improve on our culture and actions every day."

10 of the 27  NASP facilities have maintained 0.00 TRIR YTD 2022.  These facilities are:
(based on recordable incidents as of 6/24/2022)

Fontana
Garland
Trenton
Cedar City
Cidra
Indianapolis
Lagrange
Monroe
Oakville
Springhill