Safety

The management of Brandt is vitally interested in the safety and health of all company employees. It is, therefore, the policy of the corporation to:

• Provide and maintain safe and healthy working conditions
• Create and maintain operating practices that will safeguard all employees and persons who enter our properties
• Comply with all safety laws and regulations

The Safety and Health Program is vigorously endorsed to prevent the occurrence of injuries and illnesses, and to avoid the suffering and economic loss associated with accidents.

Accident prevention and efficient work methods go hand in hand. All levels of management have a primary responsibility for the safety and well-being of all employees within their scope of authority. This responsibility can be met only by working continuously to promote safe work practices among all employees and to maintain property and equipment in a safe operating condition.

Safe practices on the part of employees must be part of all operations. No job shall be considered efficiently completed unless the worker has followed every safety rule or procedure to protect himself and fellow workers. The ideal of job completion and safety must be inseparable.

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Mark A. Zilbermann
President

PERFORMANCE:

For the 2007 calendar year, Brandt's Experience Modifier Ratio (EMR) is .53. A good safety and health record for Brandt is clear evidence of good management. Accordingly, corporate executives and managers will be held accountable for accomplishing the following safety and health responsibilities:

1. Support and enforce the Brandt Corporate Safety and Health policies. Full-time Safety Directors help ensure compliance.

2. Provide safe work places and work environments within Brandt and associate this with safe and healthful work practices and procedures.

3. Ensure that operational management within the group has been delegated adequate safety and health responsibility and authority for which they are consistently held accountable through performance evaluations.

4. Take part in the Corporate Safety and Health Committee, and periodically measure the success or failure of the adopted safety policies and procedures.

5. Establish annual safety objectives, ensuring that plans of action and responsibilities have been developed to accomplish the objective, and periodically monitor progress being made.