Our Commitment
Our culture, processes and systems are designed to support team members' well-being at work and at home, and we strive to lead our industry in worker health and safety. Our commitment to the health and safety of our employees is reflected in our industry-leading safety practices and professional development opportunities.
Our Approach
Team member health and safety is a critical element of the culture that makes Smithfield a great place to work. We require strict adherence to our rigorous health and safety policies from every team member and visitor at every Smithfield facility around the world. We also practice “stop work authority,” which empowers all our team members to halt production, without fear of retribution, if they believe something is unsafe.
To support our team members’ financial, physical and mental health at every life stage, we have taken steps to create a positive work environment, providing competitive pay and benefits, an employee assistance program and unique learning opportunities for career development.
Smithfield recognizes our workers as our greatest asset, and we firmly believe the health and safety of every individual working or visiting one of our locations is our responsibility. View our full Health and Safety Policy.
To comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Transparency in Coverage Rule, the following link is provided to access Machine-Readable Files (MRF) which contain information about the pricing of Smithfield’s health plan: https://transparency-in-coverage.uhc.com/. United Healthcare creates and publishes the MRFs on behalf of Smithfield Foods. These MRFs may be accessed using software for businesses that can organize and interpret data. If you have questions about accessing these files, please contact smithfieldcorporatebenefits@smithfield.com.
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Our Accomplishments
We strive to reduce our recordable safety incidents each year, and we achieved safety incident rates below industry averages again in 2023 for Total Incident Frequency (TIFR); Days Away, Restricted, Transferred (DART); and Days Away from Work Injury and Illness (DAFWII).
Our Smithfield Injury Prevention System (SIPS), a comprehensive occupational health and safety management system, is designed to drive improvements and ensure the effective and consistent management of injury prevention, education and tracking in every part of our business.
Implemented in 2018, SIPS, which encompasses OSHA-required programs and standards, supports our goal of achieving ISO 45001 certification in all Smithfield operations by 2025. It applies to all workers, including management, hourly, temporary employees and contract workers. In 2023, we completed our Stage 1 assessments for ISO 45001 certification.
To make sure SIPS is operating as intended, we complete audits of all Smithfield facilities each year, and last year we rolled out a centralized safety software system to simplify management, tracking and reporting of critical health and safety information.
Protecting our people is one of Smithfield’s top priorities. To achieve this, we have a systematic process for identifying hazards and assessing risks in every task we perform, every modification we make and every new process we employ. This engagement, known as worker participation and consultation, saw more than half of our team members voluntarily offering feedback to the company every month. We set a target of 60% engagement for 2023 and topped that at 62.2%.
Food safety and quality are embedded in our culture and prioritized by every Smithfield team member.
Producing good food is more than ensuring our product is safe, wholesome and delicious.
Being a good corporate citizen means supporting the communities where our team members and their families live and where we operate.
