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Safety is CMC’s most important value and ensuring our employees are working safely is our top priority. We are focused on achieving our goal of having zero work-related illnesses and injuries. Our safety culture is fully integrated into our business and our Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Policy states that all employees, on-site contractors and visitors at all CMC facilities globally are accountable for upholding our policies and implementing our OH&S procedures. We expect all suppliers operating on site to comply with the safety standards outlined in our Supplier Code of Conduct and our specific OH&S requirements.
At CMC, safety is our top concern. Our total recordable incident rates are among the lowest in the steel industry.
Building on our culture of safety at CMC, we are committed to:
CMC uses a data driven approach to drive continuous improvement in our safety performance, in the same way we drive continuous improvement in our manufacturing processes. Our safety program focuses on a number of strategic pillars:
Eliminating serious injuries and fatalities (SIF) events – We focus on areas that are high-risk for SIF events, such as overhead cranes, arc flashes and persons on the floor in melt shops and rolling mills and areas with lock out/tag out procedures. We also incorporate automation and robotics in our manufacturing processes where possible for physically-demanding and higher-risk operations.
Achieving 10% annual reductions in recordable safety incidents – We concentrate on higher-risk areas such as hand and finger injuries and new employee safety. Our SMS captures data on safety incidents, including near miss reporting, and shares information throughout the organization to take preventative actions as needed. All employees across locations have avenues for reporting observed hazards and we use OSHA’s hierarchy of controls approach to workplace safety.
Coordinating global safety programs – We strive for consistency in our safety programs across all locations in the U.S., the EU, the UK and Asia by improving communication and sharing best practices. In 2025, we improved our companywide communication around safety incidents and hazards. When an incident occurs or a hazard is observed at any given site, all other facilities are informed via a shared digital bulletin.
Celebrating success in safety performance – We implement companywide programs that recognize facilities with excellent safety performance and individuals who have contributed to that success.
In 2025:
CMC set a new record for our lowest recordable injury rate – 0.98
11 CMC sites have not had a recordable injury in more than 10 years
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CMC safety performance is compared to data from, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA).
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CMC locations that had no recordable safety incidents (multiple years are noted in parentheses).