BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Every year, more than 80,000 construction workers suffer an injury on job sites across the U.S. Life is too precious to not make safety the number one focus of the construction industry. That’s why Hoar Construction is joining 31 national and global construction firms to participate in the first annual construction industry Safety Week from Sunday, May 4 through Saturday, May 10.
All Hoar employees will participate in daily activities and safety meetings, take the Safety Pledge, and will share “Why I Work Safely” by sharing photos of loved ones who inspire us to work safely every day. “Any incident is one too many, so we are proud to join in raising awareness for this important effort,” says Bart Wilder, Hoar Construction’s Director of Safety. “We work hard every day to continually improve safety on our jobsites and throughout the company. By all accounts, we have done a great job of building safely.”
In 2014 Hoar Construction received a Diamond STEP (Safety Training Evaluation Process) award from the Association of Builders and Contractors, the highest award possible, in recognition of our ongoing commitment to safety and our safety statistics. In addition to the STEP award, Hoar leads the industry with an outstanding safety program that has achieved:
· Man hours without a lost-time accident: 2,643,615 (January 19, 2012-March 31, 2014)
· Hoar Construction’s current Days Away/Restricted/Transferred Incident Rate is .32; the National Average is 1.6
· Hoar’s current Total Recordable Incident Rate is .97; the National Average is 3.2
· ABC S.T.E.P. awards: 4 Gold, 14 Platinum (1996-2013); Diamond, 2014
· ABC Safe Day Awards: 7 consecutive Gold Level Awards, including 2014
· American Contractor’s Insurance Group (ACIG): Hoar Construction #1 in Safety 2013
For more on the 2014 Safety Week, read Wilder’s entire post on the Hoar Construction Blog, http://www.hoar.com/post.php?s=2014-05-02-hoar-construction-celebrates-safety-week-2014-to-further-promote-safety-awareness. In the blog, Wilder discusses Seven Safe Perceptions That Lead to Safety Excellence. #2014SafetyWeek.
