Safety

The Hill Group’s robust safety culture directly represents our commitment to our most important asset… our people.

Culture & Initiatives

Key components of our safety culture include:
  • Two full-time safety professionals.
  • Six (6) OSHA 145 Hour for Construction certificate holders
  • Mandatory OSHA 30 training for field supervision and project management
  • Employee orientations on corporate and site-specific safety protocols
  • Best-In-Class Safety Training Room
  • Work permit processes for such items as hot work, confined space, critical equipment and material handling procedures, etc.
  • Drug and alcohol testing for all employees
  • Pre-task plans for every activity
  • Daily safety meetings
  • Weekly tool box talks
  • Monthly job-site safety assessments
  • Leadership safety assessments
  • Project Engineer and Senior Project Engineer
  • Daily “stretch and flex” exercises to increase worker mobility
  • Nothing hits the ground. Limit the amount physical material handling, slips, trips and falls.
  • Corporate Safety Committee, represented by a member from each of The Hill Group companies
  • Continuous communication which includes:
  • Weekly Safety Texts
  • Sharing of lessons learned
  • Bi-Weekly and quarterly newsletters
  • “Working Smart” program to address the growing concern of Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in our industry
  • Zero Injury Philosophy Surveys.
  • Safety starts at the bid-phase of all project.
  • Distracted / defensive driving courses
  • Newly revamped Safety Recognition program
  • Hill is both an Avetta qualified contractor and ISNetworld Member Contractor
  • 2017 MCAA-CNA Safety Excellence Award
  • Apprentice Safety Workshop
  • Safety Stand Down To Address Musculoskeletal Disorder Prevention

By the Numbers

A successful project is not measured in dollars and cents, but rather by holding true to our commitment of zero injuries. In 2018 Hill completed more than 16,000 successful projects with zero injuries.

OSHA Metrics
  • Current EMR – 0.72 / Industry Standard 1.00
  • Current DART – 1.14 / Industry Standards 2.30
  • Recordable Rate – 1.85

News & Awards

  • We created and implemented a “Stop Work Authority” policy. Every employee in the company has the right and obligation to stop work if they feel that there is a potential threat to them or a co-worker.
  • Serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention and elimination
  • Hill life-saving commitments.
  • To illustrate our commitment to workplace safety and helping to ensure our employees return home from work to their families injury free, we have initiated our “Safety Takes you Home” campaign.
  • Each employee has been given the challenge of making each jobsite as safe as possible. Which is why we are promoting the mind-set of “you see it, you own it”.