Safety Days help set expectations and reinforce positive behaviors.
Across ITW, the Enterprise Safety Strategy provides a shared foundation based on the philosophy that all accidents are preventable. Now celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the strategy was designed to be practical yet flexible, giving divisions a consistent model to drive continuous improvement.
Safety Days have been part of ITW’s approach to safety for years, and within the Construction Products segment they have become a proactive, cross-functional way to set expectations and reinforce positive behaviors. Around the world, sites pause normal operations for training, team building and aligning on safety priorities.
For example, at the Power Nailing site in Pocahontas, Arkansas, U.S., Safety Day gave teams time to step back from production and focus on everyday safety behaviors. In Denmark, colleagues saw the impact of these moments firsthand while visiting the division’s Middelfart site as part of a safety peer audit.
Local ownership is the core of Safety Days. While the execution looks different across sites, what resonates often are the same elements: visible leadership, cross-functional engagement and recognition of progress.
