PLZ Corp ESG Report 2021

PLZ ESG REPORT 2021 RESULTS

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT

Taking Safety Seriously: 2021 Enhancements

Longstanding Facility Success

To supplement existing EHS procedures, we made significant additions and improvements to our overall safety program. In 2021, PLZ Corp established our Plant Leadership Safety Steering Committee with representation at the employee and management level. The committee’s responsibilities include: • Identify safety trends at the manufacturing facility • Create action plans for reducing and eliminating safety and environmental hazards • Develop personal safety goals for all members of manufacturing facility leadership

Our unwavering commitment to employee health and safety has demonstrated great success at our Mississauga Industrial and Elk Grove manufacturing facilities. They have achieved three and four years, respectively, without a recordable incident. Our Mississauga Industrial manufacturing facility is a great example of continuous improvement in EHS and the dividends it pays. All employees at our Mississauga Industrial manufacturing facility are engaged through Tier I safety meetings, our Safety Observation Program, daily safety talks led by the management team, pre-shift stretching, and more. At this facility, we achieved a 96% closure rate for safety observations in 2021. These efforts culminated in mindful, tailored safety improvements, including adding pedestrian walkways, posting pallet racking certification and load ratings, installing containment around wet equipment to prevent slip hazards in pedestrian traffic areas, posting machine-specific Control of Hazardous Energy Procedures, and installing 11 new pinch point guards as part of our focus on machine safety.

• Review safety observation cards to track behavioral trends

• Conduct manufacturing facility safety walkthroughs

• Provide relevant safety trainings for manufacturing facility personnel and leadership

PLZ launched 10 required Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) trainings across all manufacturing facilities -- resulting in a 97% completion rate. We supplemented that required training with 12 hands-on safety trainings to practice what we learned on our plant floor.

of our manufacturing facilities completed all monthly Safety Hands-On Trainings in 2021

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