Contents 2011 • Issue 02 - Skanska

NEHSLT:
Big Goals for 2011 and Beyond
Working for a company with world-class safety and environmental standards requires a paramount
commitment that needs to be embraced by every employee. With this in mind, Skanska’s National
Environmental, Health and Safety Leadership Team (NEHSLT) has carefully developed ways
to engage all employees and workers to enhance safety performance. The NEHSLT has formed three
subcommittees that will meet throughout the year to develop and implement three main tasks to
help the company meet the goal of zero accidents.
» Photo courtesy of the Sarasota Memorial Hospital project team in Sarasota, F.L.
Prevent Complacency
Team: Larry Gillman / Hendrik van Brenk /
Paul Haining / Greg Peele / Ed Szwarc
Mission Statement: Recognize that even though
Skanska USA’s environmental, health and safety
performance is among the best in class, it remains
clear that a level of comfort and complacency can
invade the culture. To prevent complacency, a tool
will be developed to measure and promote a level
of engagement in both the pre-task planning (PTP)
and executive safety site visit (ESSV) processes.
Project Safety Leadership Team Review
Team: Norm O’Brien / Dave Schmidt / Greg
Willingham / Courtney Lorenz
Mission Statement: Develop guidance documents
and provide tools that support each Project Safety
Leadership Team (PSLT) in successfully impacting
environmental, health and safety performance.
In addition, implement methods to observe, measure
and provide feedback to the PSLTs on their performance.
Safety Barricades
Dos & Don'ts
Do!
Use the proper barricade for the
message you're trying to convey.
Red danger tape means don't cross
or enter and yellow caution tape
means proceed with caution.
Always communicate a specific
hazard and contact information
by way of a sign or form.
Don’t!
Never disregard a barricade or remove
a barricade without permission.
Don’t allow barricaded areas to
become unkempt and never leave
barricade materials lying around
when not in use.
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Deliverables:
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Develop a qualitative metric that evaluates
engagement at the project level
Provide examples through case studies
of outstanding PTPs and ESSVs
Conduct a monthly project assessment to
ensure compliance and help to provide
safety feedback before an incident occurs
Deliverables:
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Develop project-specific boilerplate mission
statements for PSLTs
Provide organizational guidelines of the PSLT
Develop recommended processes to
include agendas, action plans and Safety
Week involvement materials
Multi-Level Communication Strategy
Team: Jessica Murray / Bob Rose / Paul Settle / Ryan
Aalsma / Tina Reinert
Mission Statement: Deploy a communication strategy
that ensures both objectives and performance statistics
are communicated at every level of the organization.
Deliverables:
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Project-level performance communication templates
Review existing safety reports and develop a plan to
communicate results at every level of the organization
Enhance the communication of the monthly
national report
Develop a strategic plan with an objective to
effectively communicate performance and
objectives at every level of the organization