Occupational Safety & Health

Occupational safety, health and well-being are paramount at Avient because we understand the value of good performance in these areas to our people, their families, collective morale, operational costs, our contractors, the communities in which we operate, and our reputation. As such, we ensure that our operations meet both legal and best-in-class standards.

Our culture of safety was built not through words, but through dedication, continuous improvement, and action. Throughout Avient’s history, systems have been in place that underscore our commitment to the occupational health, safety, and well-being of our employees.

Avient believes that participation of employees at all levels of the organization is required to reduce risk to acceptable levels. For this reason, we have built an actively caring and attentive culture, where input on safety and health topics is encouraged and expected. To enhance employee participation in our safety & health systems, the 2024 Annual Incentive Plan included a safety-based metric that measured the percentage of employees that participate in a safety engagement. These safety engagement activities can range from submitting a safety suggestion, identifying a hazard, to leading a safety meeting or helping a customer with a safety issue.

Each employee has the freedom and expectation to communicate hazards and remove themselves from unsafe situations, without the fear of reprisal. Safety committees exist at our manufacturing sites and represent all employees employed in production. Where there is a need for new internal standards or updates to existing ones, working groups comprised of regional and corporate EH&S experts are established. We then develop and communicate the draft to internal stakeholders, soliciting feedback, and considering revisions before the standard is finalized and approved. All standards are then published in the EH&S information management system and made available to all employees.

Under our EH&S MS, Avient has rolled out multifaceted trainings and tools to achieve our ultimate goal of zero recordable injuries in the workplace. Examples include Global Safety Days, Residual Risk Reduction (R3), and our Ergonomics Rapid Events designed to identify and correct ergonomics risks. These programs incorporate improvements to safety leadership, behavioral safety, various safety suggestion mechanisms, internal and external audit systems, and measurable performance indicators. The importance of employee participation in safety management systems is a common thread throughout our systems at Avient.