About Our Company:
Every business has many sides - layers, levels, divisions, dimensions, multiple supply chain links. Solving It From All Sides proclaims that we understand the complexities and dynamics of our customers' business and we have the ability and desire to impact all of them.
Corporate Safety
At Smurfit-Stone, there is no greater priority than keeping our employees safe. We are proud to have led the industry in safety since 2001, and our performance continues to improve year after year. Our 2008 corporate safety goal was met by achieving a recordable case rate (RCR) of 0.94, making 2008 Smurfit-Stone's safest year yet.
Working together, we reduced our rate of injuries and illnesses in 2008 nearly 10.5 percent compared to 2007.
Our employees’ dedication to working safely has earned our facilities numerous recognitions throughout the pulp and paper industry and from various safety associations. And while we are proud of our performance numbers, we realize that safety is really about making sure that our employees return home safely at the end of the day.
2008 Safety Highlights
Our Recycling division finished the year with an amazing 0.61 RCR -- the lowest ever of any division in our company. Plus, the division achieved this milestone while adding three new plants in Orlando and Jacksonville, FL, and Atlanta, GA, and increasing the number of hours worked by 15 percent.
Our Mill division ended the year with an impressive 0.81 RCR, a 20 percent reduction from 2007 and a record low for the division. Our Uncasville, CT, mill; Forest Resources group; Dalton, GA, tube plant; and Homerville, GA, sawmill, completed the year with no recordable injuries.
Our Container division finished the year with an improved 1.05 RCR, a 4.5 percent reduction from 2007 and a new division record. In fact, 65 plants finished the year at or below a 0.94 RCR, and 39 plants finished the year injury-free.
