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Management Commitment: Leaders are directly involved in demonstrating safety responsibility - committee involvement, informal and formal audits, investigation involvement, safety communications, etc. Demonstrate that safety is a business priority. This includes everyone in operations management positions (supervisors, area managers, executives, etc.).

Line Responsibility for Safety: Supervisors carry out safety recommendations promptly, communicate all safety matters to employees, and are directly involved in all safety training, etc. They demonstrate a sincere care and concern for people. Supervisors must have a daily safety contact with each employee under their direction.

Safety Training: All operations supervisors are responsible for ensuring that employees receive continuing safety training and education according to the site training plan, regulatory requirements and through safety meetings, on the job task instruction, and specialized training according to job requirements, etc. Supervisors are responsible for developing the site safety plan and are directly involved in planning and presenting safety training and education. Supervisors must be sure that records of training are kept on each employee. Supervisors must confirm that a method is in place to assess training effectiveness as well as the quality and scope of training plans. Safety meetings must be reviewed by management periodically for quality. Safety Policy, Cardinal rules, and goal "Zero" are understood.

Audits: Formal audits are done according to a set schedule (minimum of one per month). All supervisors/managers must ensure each crew and/or location has a minimum of one formal audit per month. All supervisors/ managers not assigned a specific crew or location must perform a minimum of one formal audit per month. The supervisor is responsible for ensuring that a record of formal audits is maintained. The crew or location supervisor is responsible for ensuring follow up requirements are met. Informal audits are done continuously by anyone receiving the necessary training. Formal audits must be posted and or communicated to all appropriate employees by the responsible supervisor. Higher management must initiate a system of review for audit quality with overall objectives of building safety awareness, verifying training effectiveness, and raising safety standards. The data is to be used to prevent injuries. Names are not to be used in the formal audit report. Any unsafe behavior identified during the audit must be addressed immediately, with all involved reaching safety agreement.

Job Safety Analyses with Local Rules and Procedures Established: Job Safety Analyses will be completed by the supervisor and employees involved for any critical tasks. Local supervision must evaluate work conditions and develop site-specific rules and procedures to address identified hazards. Established JSAs must be reviewed for possible changes by supervision and hourly employees each time it is used. All non-routine activities should be considered for a job safety analysis and special planning. For major non-routine activities, appointing special observers should be considered.

Injury/Incident Investigation & Analysis: All injuries and incidents can be prevented and prompt, thorough investigations of all injuries and incidents can help avoid similar occurrences in the future. A team will investigate all injuries and incidents. Investigations must focus on causes and events, not in finding fault. The supervisor is responsible for ensuring that a follow up system is in place to carry out recommendations. A process of periodic injury/incident data analysis must be in place for each location/crew, area, segment, division and corporation. All injury investigation reports will be shared throughout the company. Local operations staff will send preliminary injury information to all employees within 24 hours (email, fax, etc) and the final report will be handled similarly once complete. Any potentially serious incidents would be shared as appropriate. (All injuries and incidents would be entered into the Oracle.)

Safety Committees: Corporate, and Division committees will be active and emphasize results. The primary focus is on implementing all elements of the "Safety Culture". Additional committees such as Business Segment (construction, aggregates) and location are at the option of each respective unit.

Local Safety Communications: General safety information, incident reviews, near misses, incident reports from other work units, motivational information, etc. will be communicated verbally and posted on bulletin boards where possible by supervisors. Safety Policy, Cardinal Rules, and Goal "Zero" is verbally communicated and posted conspicuously where possible. Operations managers are responsible for ensuring that open safety communication exists between hourly employees and all levels of management.

Employee Involvement: All employees are involved in the safety effort. All employees are accountable for working safely. Working safely as a condition of employment is a basic principle of our company. Supervisors must be sure that an award, recognition, and discipline system is in place and understood by all employees.

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