Health, Safety & Environment

STERIS realizes the importance of Health, Safety, & Environment (HSE) to the well-being of our Customers, Associates, community, the environment, and ultimately, our shareholders. To that end, the company's HSE and management teams are committed to supporting the HSE programs with ongoing involvement through our continuous improvement process.

STERIS embarked on its Safety Excellence initiative nearly two decades ago. We have the goal of becoming an incident-free company. The cornerstone of this initiative is the belief that incidents result from unsafe acts or conditions, both of which are preventable.

Our goal is to promote a workplace fostered by caring Associates who demonstrate an active, willing, and personal desire to achieve a Goal of Zero injuries, illnesses, spills, and non-conformances to compliance requirements. To achieve this, STERIS has embraced the following operating principles:

• Promote a work environment based on Associate involvement, safety education, training, and leadership.
• Reinforce the need for Associates to actively care about the health and safety of themselves and their co-workers.
• Embrace the philosophy that workplace safety is core to the business.
• HSE improvements and effective preventative maintenance programs reduce hazards and risks.
• Recognition of site, service zone, and individual achievements.

Over the last several years, STERIS' global workplace injury/illness severity rates have continued to be characterized as best-in-class (first quartile performance), according to the 2019 Bureau of Labor Statistics benchmarked companies.