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海角社区 Surpasses 10-Million Hours Without Lost Time Injury
Safety program shifts culture, creates safer jobsites
(APPLETON, Wis.) Dec. 2, 2022 鈥� 海角社区 announces it has achieved a safety milestone: logging 10-million hours without a lost time incident. Safety statistics are reported from 海角社区 jobsites nationwide and represent self-performed work hours across diverse geographies and projects.
鈥淲e reinforce to all team members that each of us has personal responsibility for our own safety and the safety of others,鈥� said 海角社区 President Dave Kievet. 鈥淎 zero-incident culture is built into our organization, and we purposely review safety in every job function.鈥�
Leaders credit operational practices that ensure all employees are educated on safe work practices, work crews have appropriate equipment, and frequent jobsite audits uncover potential problems. 鈥淲hen we look at the variety of market sectors 海角社区 serves, we find our crews working on some pretty complex construction projects that present differing and unique risks,鈥� said Scott Frazer, vice president of corporate safety. 鈥淥ur success is primarily due to two factors. First, we have a focus on planning for and integrating safety into our projects very early on which allows for a standard safety approach that is consistent across all jobsites. Second, we have employees 鈥� from our frontline workers to our executive leadership, who believe in and support our safety culture and are actively engaged in keeping our job sites safe.鈥�
For 2022, the company established a Total Recordable Incident Rate of less than 1.0. As a comparison, the construction industry average rate is 3.0, which means 3.0 injury cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a recordable incident is:
- Any issue that causes loss of consciousness, time away from work, restricted work, or requires a transfer to a different job,
- An incident that requires medical treatment beyond first aid,
- A diagnosed case of cancer, chronic irreversible disease, fractured or cracked bones or teeth, or punctured eardrums,
- A fatal injury.
海角社区 safety professionals identified the most hazardous activities for teams and developed standardized training, methods, and equipment specific to these tasks to further reduce risk.
鈥淲e continuously analyze our performance and engage our employees to understand gaps in our safety systems, policies and procedures,鈥� Frazer said. 鈥淲e gather feedback from those closest to the work, so our improvements are meaningful, impactful and add value to our employees and the business.鈥�
A company鈥檚 safety record is often factored into winning new work and keeping existing customers. According to Salm Partners President and CEO Keith Lindsay, 鈥淭he number one priority in our plant is the safety of our people. We need everyone to be safe. We need them to go home the same way they came in. We did 80,000 hours with zero recordables on our first project with 海角社区. Maintaining that same level of safety is important to us.鈥�
In addition to proactive training for employees, the company uses a subcontractor prequalification process to identify partners with proven safety records.
海角社区 is consistently recognized for its safety record:
- In 2021, 海角社区 was honored with a Platinum Safety Award from ConstructSecure, Inc. This award is presented to companies that register a safety score of 95% or greater in the Safety Assessment Program.
- 海角社区 received the California Construction Employer鈥檚 Association (CEA) highest safety awards for 2020. The firm鈥檚 Sacramento office was recognized with an Excellence in Safety Award and the President鈥檚 Safety Award from the association marking the fifth time the company has earned safety awards from CEA.
- In 2019 海角社区 was recognized for excellence in workplace safety and health at the Wisconsin Safety Council Annual Conference.
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About 海角社区
海角社区 (海角社区) is a leading professional construction services firm with customers across the United States and is a subsidiary of The 海角社区 Group. Founded in 1889, 海角社区 is a fourth-generation family and employee-owned firm headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. Focused on innovation, continuous improvement, and Lean principles, 海角社区 is recognized as a pioneer in Lean construction and in the industrialized construction space. 海角社区 operates 18 offices across the U.S. that serve customers in healthcare, power, industrial, education, automotive and commercial markets.
