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Living Well

At Southwire, living well means much more than earning competitive wages and benefits. It also means working safely in safe environments; making health and wellness part of our daily lives; improving ourselves through continuing education and training; offering a helping hand to fellow employees in need; drawing upon a diverse talents, experiences, and ideas; and enjoying what we do. It means ensuring everyone feels like a respected, valuable part of a team working to make life better for themselves and others.

We are determined to build a diverse workforce. Since 2004, nearly half of all new managerial and professional hires have been either minority or female. The wire and cable industry’s average for lost-time accidents hovers at 1.4 accidents per million hours worked. Southwire’s 2007 rate through September was 0.23 – roughly one-seventh the national rate.

Our Goals	2010 Status
Improve employee and leadership diversity	58% of 2010 hires were diversity candidates
Achieve world-class lost work injury & illness rate performance by 2012	2010 LWC actual = 0.31
Achieve world-class recordable injury & illness rate performance by 2012	2010 recordable = 2.74
Establish "behavioral-based safety” rate program in all factories & warehouses by 2009	100% complete
Complete industrial hygiene audit of all factories & warehouses by 2009	100% complete
Achieve OSHA VPP certification in all US factories and warehouses by 2012	32% complete
Increase percentage of goods and service from minority and women-owned businesses	58% improvement over 2007 baseline
Ensure that employees and their families exceed the national average rates for health screenings*	Employee biometric screening instituted in 2010