Newell Brands recently completed its global “Everyday Ergonomics — Positioned to Win” safety campaign, bringing together employees across manufacturing and distribution facilities to focus on one of the most relevant safety topics in our facilities: preventing ergonomic injuries before they happen.

The month-long campaign focused on helping employees better recognize ergonomics risks in their daily work, identify opportunities for improvement and reinforce practical behaviors that reduce strain, fatigue and injury over time. The effort combined frontline engagement, leadership activation, knowledge-building activities and a newly expanded recognition approach designed to celebrate safety excellence across sites globally.

Focusing on Everyday Work and Everyday Improvements

“This campaign is an opportunity to help employees recognize risk earlier, make practical adjustments in how they work and prevent the kind of daily strain that can build into injury over time,” said Mike Bell, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations, in his campaign launch message to employees. The campaign centered on practical ergonomics topics employees encounter every day, including lifting techniques, repetitive motion, body positioning, recovery time and workstation design.

Weekly “Safety Moments” gave employees short, focused content designed to reinforce key messages in an easy-to-digest format. Topics included recognizing early warning signs of strain, reducing repetitive motion risk, improving recovery through job rotation and using simple tools like anti-fatigue mats and kneeling pads to reduce contact stress.

The campaign also reinforced the importance of speaking up early when discomfort begins, helping employees recognize that many ergonomic injuries develop gradually rather than through one major event. Employees were encouraged to report discomfort, suggest improvements and participate in ergonomics discussions before issues became more serious injuries.

Strong Frontline Engagement Across Global Sites

Facilities across the global Supply Chain network embraced the campaign with high levels of participation and creativity.

Employees took part in stretch breaks, workstation reviews, ergonomic self-checks, safety observations, quizzes and peer recognition activities. Many locations also shared local success stories and improvement examples across sites.

Several site spotlights highlighted measurable progress tied directly to ergonomics improvements.

At the Victorville, California distribution center, the team reduced OSHA recordable injuries from seven in 2024 to one in 2025 while increasing its SEAL score through stronger focus on ergonomics, Behavior-Based Safety and employee engagement.

The Garín, Argentina team introduced ergonomic improvements including electric pallet jacks, scissor lift pallet jacks, anti-fatigue mats and push-to-start screwdrivers to reduce strain and repetitive motion risks for employees.

In Montéléger, France, employees maintained strong ergonomics engagement through workstation optimization, safety campaigns and employee suggestion programs while achieving more than 1,800 days without a recordable accident.

The campaign consistently reinforced that the best ergonomics improvements often come from the people closest to the work. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas through safety suggestion systems and owned improvement programs while leaders were encouraged to actively partner with employees to identify practical solutions.

Reinforced Key Safety Messages

One of the campaign’s strongest indicators of engagement was participation in the weekly knowledge quizzes distributed across facilities globally.

Employees submitted thousands of quiz entries throughout the campaign, reinforcing key ergonomics concepts and helping teams stay focused on injury prevention and safe work practices.

The quizzes focused on practical, real-world ergonomics topics, including lifting safety, early reporting, repetitive motion risks and workplace design improvements.

The campaign also incorporated activities designed to increase participation and reinforce positive safety behaviors, including stretch reminders, “Safety Shoutouts,” commitment cards, Bravo recognition and ergonomics improvement suggestions.

Recognizing Safety Excellence and Employee Ownership

A key feature of the campaign was the expanded use of recognition activities focused specifically on safety excellence and employee ownership.

Leaders were encouraged to recognize employees who identified risks, contributed improvement ideas, supported coworkers and demonstrated strong safety behaviors during daily work. Employees could also recognize peers through dedicated “Safety Shoutouts” and local site recognition programs tied to campaign participation.

The recognition approach reflected Newell’s broader focus on strengthening a culture where safety is owned at every level of the organization.

“Safety reflects how we live our values at Newell,” Bell said. “It shows Ownership in how we take responsibility for our environment, Teamwork in how we protect one another, and Integrity in how we do the right thing every time.”

As the campaign concluded, one message remained consistent across every site and activity: safety excellence is built through continuous improvement, employee engagement and a shared commitment to protecting one another every day.