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By Marisa Scott Senior EH&S Coordinator
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July 2022 #14276 Page #114
Everybody Matters: Safety Never Takes a Holiday
une is National Safety Month, but at Simpson Strong-Tie, safety never takes a day off. We’re at it all year, day in and day out. The motto of the Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) department is “Keep Us Strong,” and that’s exactly what we strive to do. At Simpson Strong-Tie, safety comes first. One of Barc’s Nine Principles of Business is “Everybody Matters,” and this is truly supported by our team’s dedication to the safety of our employees, as well as making products that build stronger, safer structures for our customers.
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In the safety field, the Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is the best-known measure of the strength of a company’s occupational health and safety program. It’s calculated as a ratio of the total number of OSHA-reportable injuries per 100 full-time workers over a period of time. We have met our TRIR goal for 11 out of the last 12 months and continue to challenge ourselves to drive that number downward by working alongside other departments to build a comprehensive, sustainable safety program that truly has no equal. We do this by providing training, implementing policies and procedures that protect our people, teaching employees at all levels to identify potential safety hazards before they become a problem, and leading investigations of the incidents that do happen in an effort to prevent recurrence. The safety team at each branch is charged with creating and managing employee participation programs to get every employee involved in identifying and reporting safety hazards. As some of our banners around the plant say, “Safety is everyone’s business.” Our Global EHS team is a growing, dynamic group. In the past two years, we’ve added three full-time EHS coordinator positions and two EHS manager positions at our Columbus, Ohio; McKinney, Texas; and Gallatin, Tennessee branches, and expect to add more in pace with the growth of the company.
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