Safety
0.62 EMR. 1.4 TRIR. 64 years of operating safer than the industry.
Safety is the operating system, not a slogan. Field-led culture, stop-work authority for every craft worker, daily safety walks, transparent leading-indicator tracking.
2025 safety performance
0.62
EMR · 2025
Industry avg: 0.91
1.4
Total Recordable Incident Rate
Per 200K hours
0
Fatalities
Fatality-free trailing 7 years
12.4M
Annual exposure hours
Programs
What runs the program
Stop-work authority
Every craft worker has documented stop-work authority for any unsafe condition. No retaliation. No questions asked. We’ve had 384 documented stop-work events in 2025; not one led to a recordable injury.
Daily safety walks
Senior superintendent + safety lead walk every site daily. Hazard identification, control verification, leading-indicator tracking.
Pre-task planning
Every craft team builds a pre-task plan before each shift. Job hazard analysis, control measures, communication protocols. Reviewed by senior super.
Subcontractor pre-qualification
Every trade contractor prequalified annually for safety. EMR, TRIR, OSHA citations, written program review. We don’t bid trades whose safety record doesn’t meet our threshold.
Trade safety partnership
Trades sign onto our safety program at contract execution. Pre-construction safety alignment. Joint daily safety walks where multiple trades share work areas.
Incident investigation
All recordable incidents + near-miss events investigated within 24 hours. Root-cause analysis. Lessons-learned shared firm-wide. Active learning culture.
Specific risks
High-hazard work — how we handle it
Fall protection
100% tied off above 4’. Engineered fall-arrest systems on every elevated work area. Required harness inspection + retraining annually.
Excavation + trenching
Competent-person inspection daily. Engineered shoring + sloping per soil classification. Confined-space program for permit-required spaces.
Heavy equipment + crane operations
NCCCO-certified operators. Daily inspection logs. Lift planning for all critical lifts. Spotters required.
Hot work
Permit-required for all welding + cutting. Fire watch + air-monitoring per task. Certified welders only on structural work.
Confined-space entry
Permit-required entry program. Atmospheric testing, retrieval systems, attendant + entrant + supervisor protocols.
Working over occupied space
Specific protocols for healthcare + education + occupied-facility work. Containment + air-monitoring + after-hours-only execution where required.
Safety leadership
Field-driven, executive-supported
Field-led safety
Safety is owned by superintendents + craft leads. Corporate safety supports; doesn’t dictate. Best practices emerge from the field.
Executive accountability
Project safety performance reports to CEO weekly. Underperforming projects get senior intervention immediately. Safety isn’t delegated to a chief safety officer + forgotten.
Supervisor accountability
Project executives + superintendents have safety performance metrics tied to compensation. Underperformers don’t lead our biggest projects.
Craft leadership
Craft workers nominated to safety committees. Lead investigations of near-misses. Mentor newer workers. Sense of ownership shows in our metrics.
Open reporting culture
Near-miss reporting is rewarded, not punished. We track near-miss rate as a leading indicator; rising near-miss reporting is healthy.
Continuous improvement
Annual safety culture survey. Quarterly all-hands safety calls. Annual leadership safety summit. We get better, deliberately, year over year.
Policy + compliance
Documents available
Written Safety Program
300-page document. Available to clients + auditors under NDA. Updated annually + reviewed by external safety consultants.
OSHA-30 trained workforce
100% of supervisory craft + management complete OSHA-30 training. Trade contractors required to maintain same standard.
Drug + alcohol program
Pre-employment + reasonable-suspicion + post-incident testing. DOT-compliant program. Trade contractors required to participate.
OSHA inspection record
Available on request. We track all inspection events + findings. 2025: 14 inspections, 0 willful citations, 2 minor unrepeated citations resolved within 30 days.
Insurance carrier safety partnership
Active loss-prevention partnership with Travelers. Their senior loss-prevention engineers consult on our largest + highest-hazard projects.
External audits
Independent safety audits by 3rd-party firms semi-annually. Findings publicly summarized in our annual safety report.
Safety questions
What owners ask
- It’s the cumulative result of 64 years of culture. Not one program; not one initiative. Field-led ownership, executive accountability, transparent metrics, and consistent investment over decades.