2017 sts - reinforce your safety culture (jerry anderson)
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Reinforcing a Safety Culture
Jerry Anderson
Who is Midstate Reclamation & Trucking?
• Asphalt recycling contractor, based in Lakeville, MN and Spearfish, SD. Performs work in 13 states
• Provides:– Asphalt Milling - Soil
Stabilization– Reclaiming - Heavy Haul
Trucking– Cold In Place Asphalt Recycling
Cold In Place Recycling
Soil Stabilization
Heavy Haul Trucking
Building A Safety Culture at Midstate• Primary Value of Owners and Management• Consistent message from project managers, dispatch
and shop• Build a slogan into your marketing and branding• Share your values, encourage them to take ownership
Getting Buy In From Staff• Tell them, and show them that they are valued• Explain that you care that they get home safe to
their loved ones • Success will be achieved, when the staff is watching
each others back
Driver Training- Our standard is 2 years of experience for heavy haul
drivers
- Managed Peer to Peer Training- Don’t assume that best practices are being passed down
Peer to Peer Training• Develop your “Best Practices” for each task• Tell, Show, then watch, when training• Define “Tiers” of driver qualifications, that fit your
operation• Toolbox Talks
Incident Review• Post Incident – Management Review• Bulletin sent to all staff, explaining how to prevent
this from happening again• Annual Review of incidents at company wide
“Safety Days” event
Safety Days• Incident Review, DOT Compliance Training• Process Improvement Training for safe operation of
machines• Open Forum for staff to communicate with
management about suggestions and problems in the field
