Life Technologies, a provider of innovative life science solutions, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ion Torrent for $375 million in cash and stock.
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We recognize our employees as our greatest asset. Therefore, their health and safety lie at the foundation of our efforts to build a talented and engaged workforce. A fully productive employee must be safe first. As a result, we provide our people and contractors with the tools and training they need to do their jobs safely every day.
We use U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards to report all work-related injuries and illnesses globally. Since 2004, we have reduced our OSHA recordable and DART rates by 40% and 59% respectively.
Our goal is to further reduce our injury and illness rates by 25% from 2009-2012.
Worldwide Safety Recognition
As Life Technologies achieves safety excellence, external certification verifies competencies and promotes innovation and expansion of existing safety programs. The success of the safety program is attributed to building a strong safety culture based on employee accountability and ownership, which is aligned with the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). The following sites have been recognized by OSHA VPP or the equivalent in their country:
Eugene, Oregon
VPP Merit Status
Warrington, UK
British Safety Council, 5 Star Award
New Zealand
ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices - Tertiary Level
Singapore
WSH Council bizSAFE Star
