Successful companies strive to utilize every tool possible to ensure their projects are safe, on schedule and within budget. New methods are developed and “piloted” each year in an effort to constantly improve project execution and satisfy customer expectations. However, all too often the safety program has not been updated for years and safety performance is often more the result of luck than reproducible results.
Many companies understand the need for OSHA compliance and work to enforce regulatory requirements as their safety program. Industry-leading companies don’t accept compliance to government regulations as their success criteria and continuously seek out new and proven safety management methodologies. One proven tool for preventing injuries and incidents that is often overlooked and under-utilized is effective safety leadership by both project executives and their management team. Effective safety leadership can be the major differentiator between average and industry-leading safety performance.