3D Mission Statement
The 3D organization strives for excellence. We serve communities and industries by self-performing complex engineering and construction projects. In a teamwork environment, we operate in a fair, cost effective and professional manner, while caring for our employees and their families.
We at 3D have never been satisfied with average results. Our safety concerns are: serious injuries to our employees; the high cost of those injuries; and the poor image a flawed safety record reflects to our clients. Creating a desire for safety is a daily effort at 3D. We utilize incentives and disciplinary measures in our Safety Program, to ensure that our employees follow good safety practices.
3D performs utility and industrial construction for public and private customers. We pride ourselves on using internal resources to deliver our services. Our Safety Program is a top-down format. The CEO chairs a Management Safety Committee in which top managers are responsible for specific areas of safety.
The Committee has developed a Safety Handbook and a detailed manual of safety procedures. Today, each of the Company's employees, from the CEO to the construction workers, has a defined role to play in safety. 3D executives, project managers, and site supervisors have completed safety training programs that hone observation skills. This training expands our focus, allowing for concentration on the acts of people, and not just on unsafe project site conditions.
Project Managers are responsible for safety on each construction site. Safety is a top issue at weekly staff meetings, where top management and all 3D Project Managers meet to discuss the overall 3D safety program, and safety at each project site. Project Managers are responsible for a site safety checklist, which identifies the adherence to 3D safety practices at each project site. These weekly reports are reviewed by top management.
Safety instructions are communicated to construction workers in weekly Toolbox Meetings. These fifteen-minute sessions get workers thinking "safely," which is essential to safety on the job. Toolbox Meetings emphasize safety techniques which are necessary to deal with specific conditions at the project site.
3D's management provides detailed information to all employees about project site injuries, and subsequent prevention actions. We believe this is one of the main strengths of the 3D Safety Program. We utilize a thorough reporting and investigation program within the company, to maintain high awareness of what is happening with regard to safety throughout the company. Senior managemen pinpoints trouble spots, studies injury reports, tracks incidents, and waves flags throughout our organization. Awareness techniques, such as quarterly Safety Newsletter (distributed to all 3D employees’ homes), heighten total family involvement in our Safety Program.
3D uses a variety of approaches to recognize an employee, or a group of employees, who have done a job well and safely. We publish congratulatory items in the Safety Newsletter, and provide personal praise to each employee. Additionally, we have taken another step that includes incentives and disciplinary policy. We feel incentives and disciplinary actions are important tools, because they allow us to reward employees who follow safety procedures, and to remind them to continue their commitment to safety.We recognize that we cannot buy a safe working place, but we can give something back to employees who have made our Safety Program successful. We believe that a Company with a good safety record will have higher employee morale, and will have an improved bottom line through reduced Worker's Compensation and medical costs.
Incentive programs are geared toward our employees. We've developed a monthly and quarterly safety award program. Cash and commendations are presented to employees who achieve safety benchmarks, on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Additionally, employees are recognized for outstanding annual safety achievement at our annual safety awards presentation. Our incentive programs incorporate positive, competitive pressure among construction workers and supervisors – workers don't want to bring down the safety image of their team.
Disciplinary action must be a part of any good safety program. Our employees welcome disciplinary action designed to enforce a commitment to safety. This program is designed to inform employees of consequences of failing to observe safety policies, and require supervisors to take appropriate action when necessary.
3D is committed to safety. The 3D Safety Program has increased the awareness of our managers and hourly employees about our commitment to safety. It strengthens our knowledge of safety procedures, and assures actively managed safety. Serious injuries to our employees have been reduced or prevented by the 3D Safety Program.
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