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At the end of the day, we want Waste Management to be known as a company that not only treats
all employees fairly, equally, and with respect, but also plays an active role in their professional growth
and development. That’s what counts.
We are on a mission—a mission to zero accidents and injuries. For our valued employees
and for our neighboring communities, the most important thing we can provide is a safe workplace and
safe operations. As one of Waste Management’s core values, safety is a continual focus across our
entire organization.
In 2007, our safety initiatives once again reached new levels of effectiveness. Waste Management’s
Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR), the measure used by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) to track work-related injuries, declined 11 percent to 4.3. At that level,
Waste Management’s injury rate is 30 percent below the industry average. We reduced the number of
lost-time injuries by 30 percent in 2007. Since the year 2000, we have achieved a reduction in workplace
injuries of approximately 80 percent through our ongoing safety campaign, M2Z®
, which stands for
“mission to zero” and keeps us mindful of our goal: zero accidents and injuries.
Although safety receives continual companywide emphasis, Waste Management devoted two weeks
during 2007 to an intensive safety focus at all sites to reinforce and revitalize our safety culture.
During 2007, we continued our successful video training series, “Driving Science,” which educates
drivers about the physics involved in handling trucks, and we also added interactive training maps that
address nearly every situation a driver might face.
One of the year’s most compelling safety messages was delivered through the in-house video,
“It Only Takes a Second.” Produced in real-life drama style, the program shows how quickly a life-
shattering accident can occur. Originally intended for drivers, the video garnered so much attention
that a DVD was mailed to every Waste Management employee.
All these efforts contributed to our achievement in 2007 of a 23 percent reduction in the number of
vehicle accidents resulting in personal injury.