Safety is, and always has been, Dow’s top priority. We are committed to ensuring every employee returns home safely each day, recognizing that a healthy, safe workforce supports reliable operations and our ability to meet customer needs. This commitment is reflected in top‑quartile safety performance and a strong foundation of safety culture, operating discipline, advanced technology and environmental stewardship.
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Safe and Reliable Operations
6 consecutive years with no motor vehicle accidents - achieving our 2025 Sustainability Goal
Since 2005, we have seen a 98% reduction in Process Safety Containment Events (PSCEs), and a 95% reduction in injury rates.1
At the end of 2025, we reached
5 years +
9 months
without a fatality
31 2025 L1 + L2 Unplanned Event (UPE) performance, the second best-ever in the company's history
1Aligns with API RP-754 Tier 1 and 2 PSCEs.
Advancing Our Safety Vision
Safety is our top priority and fundamental to who we are — impacting every decision we make about workplace resources and processes. We are committed to the safety of our people, of our facilities and our communities.
Our Safe & Reliable Operations Commitments:
Safe and reliable operations guide how the company protects people, communities and the environment by preventing serious incidents, reducing risk and emissions, and operating efficiently to conserve resources and strengthen resilience.
- Strive to eliminate fatalities and significantly reduce severe injury and illness incidents.
- Work to eliminate process safety events that impact our people, our communities and the environment.
- Reduce potential Occupational Exposure Limit Exceedances currently mitigated with hearing and respiratory protection.
- Strive to eliminate all severe transportation incidents.
- Commit to efficient operations that drive environmental benefits for our communities and the world:
- Reduce our waste intensity footprint.
- Reduce net annual carbon emissions (Scope 1 & 2).
- Implement site water stewardship plans and climate-resilient safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs.
- Conserve habitat.
- Strive to eliminate water-related incidents causing harm to aquatic or land-based wildlife.
Environmental, Health and Safety Policy
At Dow, protecting people and the environment will be a part of everything we do and every decision we make.
Dow Lab Safety Academy
We’ve developed the Dow Lab Safety Academy to enhance the awareness of safe practices in academic research laboratories and to promote a safety-first mindset in the future workforce of the chemical industry.
Flare Education
Flares are an important part of Dow’s manufacturing safety systems, designed to help safeguard people, facilities and the surrounding community.