Safety Month 2025: Everyday Decisions That Protect Our People

Each June, Martin Brower celebrates Safety month – a time to reflect, recommit, and reinforce the habits that create a safety work environment for everyone.

Our Safety Journey

We know that a true safety-first culture isn’t built on policies – it’s created when each team member makes conscious choices to protect themselves and others every time they enter a Martin Brower facility. It’s the warehouse associate who secures an uneven pallet, the driver who maintains a safe following distance, and the team member who pauses to help a colleague lift properly. These individual decisions, multiplied across our more than 13,000 team members, create the protective foundation that truly keeps our people safe. 

Our company-wide safety program targets the only goal that matters – zero.  This mindset drives continuous improvement across all our operations, resulting in meaningful progress:

·         20% reduction in recordable injury rate

·         The US had 181 fewer workplace accidents than in 2023

·         The UK & Ireland had a 42% reduction in their workplace accident rate

·         6 of our global sites reported zero recordable workplace injuries

Looking Forward

This Safety Month, we’re challenging our team to strengthen those daily habits that make the biggest difference – mastering proper lifting techniques, maintaining safe distances on the road, avoiding shortcuts that introduce risk, and supporting colleagues in making safety-conscious decisions. Throughout June, we’ll spotlight team members across our LinkedIn channel as they share personal safety practices that have made a meaningful difference in their lives. These real stories remind us that safety isn’t abstract – it’s about concrete actions we take every day to ensure everyone returns home safely at the end of their shift.

Together, we’re protecting what matters most: our people.