Safety & Health

With more than 100 manufacturing locations employing over 29,000 people around the world, Cooper and its employees work hard to provide a safe and healthy workplace.

 2003 Take Charge Safety and Health Award Winners

Tri-Star Award ($2,500)
Cooper Bussmann, Juarez, Mexico
Cooper Lighting, Americus, GA
Cooper Lighting, Eufaula, AL
Cooper Lighting, Juarez, Mexico
Cooper Lighting, Vicksburg, MS

Bi-Star Awards ($1,500)
Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Roanoke, VA

Star Awards ($1,000)
Cooper B-Line, Highland, IL
Cooper Bussmann, Ellisville, MO
Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Syracuse, NY
Cooper Hand Tools, Sumter, SC
Cooper Lighting, Maspeth, NY
Cooper Lighting, Mexicali, Mexico
Cooper Lighting, Monterrey, Mexico
Cooper Power Systems, Lumberton, MS
Cooper Power Sytems, Pewaukee, WI

Honorable Mentions
Cooper B-Line, Reno, NV
Cooper Bussmann, Goldsboro, NC
Cooper Hand Tools, Apex, NC
Cooper Hand Tools, Monroe, NC

 Cooper's Take Charge Safety and Health Awards

Cooper established a unique program, the Take Charge Safety and Health Awards, to increase the awareness and effective management of safety and health processes at all our facilities with a goal of keeping accidents and injuries to a minimum.

The Take Charge Awards recognize facilities that have outstanding safety records and demonstrate creative approaches to safety management. The Take Charge program focuses on three key forms of measurement for each competing facility: management of safety programs and systems, safety and health systems, and innovations within the safety and health program. Cooper honors top performers on an annual basis with grants to local programs promoting community safety, such as fire prevention, emergency planning and CPR training.

The Take Charge Awards have played an important role in making Cooper's facilities among the safest in the United States. In the United States, Cooper's rate of lost time cases for 2005 was 37% below the National Bureau of Labor Statistics' average for the manufacturing sector and 18% lower than last year.