The one year

injury-free milestone eclipses Winpak's previous best record of injury-free

days by 216 days.

"This

is truly world-class safety performance, an all-time record for WFI, and

an accomplishment that we are very proud of," said Kevin Byers, Winpak

Films' president. "Our employees are the ones responsible for the

safety performance here at Winpak Films."

"As with

any successful safety program, Winpak's goal is to be injury-free,"

said Larry Robertson, Winpak Films' Occupational Safety Manager. "What

is equally important is to stay the course and continue to improve one's

safety systems and culture."

Winpak's approach

to safety focuses on people. Studies have shown that unsafe acts are the

cause of 96 percent of all accidents at work. Because the actions and

attitudes of employees are essential to working safely, it is necessary

to demonstrate the company's commitment to safety and to ensure that employees

adopt this commitment as their very own.

At Winpak Films,

safety is placed at the top of the agenda of every staff meeting, and

all employees, as well as contractors, participate in regularly scheduled

safety meetings.

Because of

management's special responsibility for preventing injuries, all Winpak

supervisors and managers are personally involved in safety training and

safety audits. Great attention is also given to the observation and elimination

of unsafe acts. If they go unnoticed, they will sooner or later lead to

accidents. This is why all incidents, including near hits are reported

and investigated at Winpak.

"Our vision

for the year 2003 is to be able to look back and see zero recordable injuries

and to be well on our way to reaching 1,000,000 man hours worked with

no lost-time incidents," noted Robertson. When goals are achieved,

all employees are rewarded as all employees contribute to achieving the

goals.

"With

the summer months, vacations, and outdoor recreational activities now

upon us, it is very easy for us to be distracted from the task at hand

and to take our minds off of working and playing safely," said Robertson.

The true test

of any successful Safety program is whether or not people are working

safely and preventing injury long term. Winpak says, "We can!"