Facts Related to Our South Shore Manufacturing Facility and Proposed Union Contract

Worker Safety, Environmental Compliance and Health

Safety

HWI performs safety assessments on work tasks and determines the appropriate proper protective equipment for workers and provides that protection at HWI’s expense. Additionally, HWI provides an annual allowance for the purchase of new safety shoes.

Standard measures for safety at South Shore continue to trend positively from 2013 through 2016. The Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) has continued to decrease over the past several years, as well as, have Days Away Restricted Days and Job Transfers (DART) for the same time period.

Environmental

Environmental performance at South Shore is and has been in compliance with applicable regulations and permit conditions.

Health

• There have been NO chrome overexposures for the past three consecutive years.
• There were NO overexposures using the old or new Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) in 2016.
• There were NO overexposures using the old PEL for the past three consecutive years 2014 through 2016.
• There were NO overexposures when calculated under the new PEL for the past three consecutive years.

Testing is performed by independent, licensed monitoring companies using methodologies approved by government regulators.