2021 Owens Corning Sustainability Report | Expanding Our Social Handprint | Living Safely | 258 Emergency Preparedness Procedures The emergency response standard applies to all facilities and worksites where Owens Corning has management control. (Owens Corning has management control at all facilities or other properties where it owns 50% or more of the stock.) An emergency is defined as a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous event that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment, and which requires a coordinated and rapid response. Emergencies are typically handled at the local level. If any of our employees are assigned to a site where we do not have management control, a safety review, including emergency procedures, is conducted by Owens Corning. As with all safety matters, our employees are instructed to report if they feel their work environment isn’t safe. In addition, our emergency response standard requires that each location conduct an assessment to identify potential emergencies that are reasonably foreseeable or credible for their location, taking into consideration a list of emergency scenarios such as fire and explosions, weather emergencies and natural disasters, spills, violence, utility failures, and more. That assessment is documented and used to evaluate internal and external emergency response capabilities. It is to be reviewed annually or as operational or organizational changes occur or following an incident. Each Owens Corning facility has an Emergency Response Team (ERT) who are prepared for and can respond to a local emergency, such as a natural disaster or an interruption of business operations. Specific employee assignments are required for different scenarios, and each site’s plan must include training employees to ensure a safe and orderly evacuation, as well as procedures to be followed by employees who remain to conduct critical plant operations before they evacuate. Drills, inspection, and testing protocols ensure that the emergency response plan and equipment are adequate. Each site also has a specific Emergency Response Plan (ERP) that addresses all emergency scenarios identified as reasonably foreseeable or credible. At minimum, each site’s ERP must address the following emergency scenarios: ■ Medical emergencies. ■ Environmental spill/release. ■ Fire/explosion. ■ Bomb threats. ■ Suspicious packages/devices. In 2020, we developed new emergency lockdown guidelines, which provide Owens Corning plants with information needed in the event of an active assailant on the premises, workplace violence, or unrest — anything that threatens employees in the workplace and would require an immediate shutdown of the plant while keeping the people on-site safe. Safety Training Safety training begins with Owens Corning new-hire orientation, with a mentoring process designed to help reduce injuries among individuals who are either new to Owens Corning or new to their position. Safety training then continues throughout an employee’s tenure, with activities such as daily safety huddles, scheduled monthly sessions, and annual refresher courses. A formal safety mentoring program has been implemented in 80% of our Roofing plants, leading to deeper understanding of safety protocols for both mentors and mentees. For major programs, training is designed and deployed by corporate- level safety leadership with support and input from plant and other relevant personnel. Safety leaders also work with business partners to provide specialized training, such as driver safety for our sales team and personal protective equipment (PPE) support for our facilities. All employees receive regularly conducted training on employee health and safety standards. We develop an annual training matrix, and our facilities use a common web-based platform with standard training modules through our global corporate intranet. Those are supplemented by site-specific education. This system is fully integrated with our talent management structure and provides the ability to customize learning plans for individuals. Global EHS professionals involved in our safety programs receive advanced safety training. Our EHS Skill Building events are one-hour sessions that allow our EHS leaders to gain additional, practical, state-of-the-art knowledge on specific topics. We host periodic meetings with our EHS leaders to review strategies, share best practices, and provide technical training. Our in-depth training covers a diverse array of topics, including: ■ Proper fall-protection strategies. ■ Ergonomics. ■ Incident investigation. We typically offer EHS training sessions on topics such as these at our Science & Technology Center in Granville, Ohio, U.S., and at other facilities worldwide. While the pandemic has curtailed our ability to administer the training in person, we have accelerated our efforts to expand the knowledge of local trainers, in addition to exploring ways of conducting effective training remotely.