Manufacturers today contend with a myriad of different emergencies and disruptions. On the human capital front, nearly 335,000 manufacturing workers got injured on the job in 2021. The year prior, approximately 136,000 of these injuries resulted in time away from work for manufacturing employees.
Severe weather events also present massive financial and operational risk to manufacturers. Flooding, power outages, extreme cold and hurricanes, among other events, can all wreak havoc on manufacturing infrastructure. Last year, the U.S. experienced 18 weather and climate disasters that each cost at least $1 billion. With severe weather events occurring more frequently — and significant risk posed to both employee well-being and the company bottom line — emergency planning is critical.