Safety

LAWRENCE FRY | REGIONAL SAFETY MANAGER

Promotion Announcement

Helix has promoted Angela Adams to an Area Safety Coordinator position. Angela worked as a Project Safety Manager for Helix beginning in June of last year at the Pendry project in Utah. She currently is a certified Construction and Health Safety Technician. She has done an outstanding job and we are pleased to now have Angela working full-time out of the Las Vegas office.

A Year in Review for 2021

Another year has come and gone. At the start of every year, we take the opportunity to reflect on the previous year’s safety record. Last year provided ongoing challenges to the field of safety and health. With-that-said, Helix Electric rose to the occasion and had a stellar year regarding safety performance. Last year Las Vegas had a total of 179 audits. Ten of those audits scored 90 or above with an all-time low of only two fails. In addition, Helix Electric project scored the highest combined average audit score in our company’s history with an 85.89. This is truly a remarkable achievement considering we have expanded our business into new territories and added so many new people to our growing family. As a reminder any audit that scores 80 or higher passes. What that means is if a project scores an 80 they have met all of Helix’s policies and procedures. When a project scores higher than an 80 they have gone above and beyond our expectations. On the reverse side, if a project scores below an 80, they have not met our minimum requirements. Our elite scores typically cap out around 90, but it is possible to score even higher with innovation points.

Goals for 2022

What are our goals for 2022? Some may expect a numeric value to setting a goal when it comes to injury statistics or audit results. For example, we need to do 180 or more audits this year with an average audit score above 86.

My objective and personal goal for Helix is to build on the continuous improvement we’ve already demonstrated over the last decade. I want to see each year Helix improve safety communication, pre-planning, mentoring, and taking more proactive approaches to prevent incidents and injuries. As a committed, communicating, proactive, and harmonized team we will continue to improve in 2022. If we focus on pre-planning, communication, and stay committed to each other, the numbers will take care of themselves.

Ceremony for the Specialty Trade Contractor Safety Program of the Year

As a committed, communicating, proactive, and harmonized team we will continue to improve in 2022.