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SAFE OPERATIONS

Corporate Safety Audit Initiative

Our corporate safety audit initiative has been an essential
element in our safety journey. Originally implemented
with a core team of seven safety professionals, the audit We Continue to Prove
team was expanded in recent years to include all safety that Zero is Possible
professionals and operational staff as well. The purpose of
the initiative was to share best practices and to identify
process and communication improvements to further the of employees
Company’s safety performance to world-class levels. In 99.8% experienced ZERO lost-
time incidents in 2020
doing so, the corporate safety audit teams have already
conducted 55 comprehensive audits of the safety and
health programs in place at Company locations, inspected
nearly 3,000 pieces of mobile equipment, and conducted of employees
experienced ZERO
safety surveys with more than 2,500 hourly employees. 98.9% incidents in 2020
Importantly, audited sites have consistently showed business
improvement in incident rates versus the prior year.

COVID-19 and related travel safety concerns paused
the corporate safety audit team’s activities in 2020. units have worked more
However, recognizing that the audit process has become 79 than 500,000 hours with
an important element of the Company’s safety program, ZERO lost-time injuries
we asked local personnel to act as safety auditors to
continue driving better performance. In total, these
audit teams conducted 188 safety audits across the Company’s footprint in 2020. Led by hourly employees, the audits
were accompanied by safety blitzes conducted by operations leadership, including our Division Presidents. This process
allowed our teams to maintain a strong, boots-on-the-ground presence, which contributed to Martin Marietta’s safest
year on record. In this regard, our citation per inspection (CPI) rate of 1.05 and our citation per inspection day (CPD) rate
of 0.30 outperformed the 2020 aggregates/cement/lime industry averages of 2.17 and 1.08, respectively.

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