Improving Contractor Safety Performance, Part 2

05/13/24 • 26 min

Incidents occur every day due to neglecting contractor safety principles. Managing work-in-progress assurances, considering both owner and general contractor perspectives, as well as performance evaluations and feedback, helps to avoid unsafe outcomes. Together, these principles achieve better performance and ultimately benefit the bottom line.

In part two of this episode of The Safety Experts podcast, Jerome Spear, Jeremy Lancaster, and Dave Griffith sit down to discuss field safety oversight, understanding general contractor and owner expectations, and why feedback is so important.

Join us as we discuss how to improve contractor safety. And just in case you missed it, be sure to check out Part 1 of Improving Contractor Safety, where we introduced the topic, prequalification and selection minimums, and EHS contract requirements.

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Previous Episode

Improving Contractor Safety Performance, Part 1

Preventable incidents happen across industries every day. Managing employees effectively and taking action to reduce risk and injury increases profits by managing costs, but most importantly, protects and saves lives.

In the first part of this episode of The Safety Experts podcast, Jerome Spear, Jeremy Lancaster, and Dave Griffith sit down to discuss how to improve contractor safety performance. Jerome and Jeremy speak with Dave about the minimum criteria for pre-qualification and selection, as well as EHS contract requirements.

Join us as we discuss why contractor safety oversight is important and learn how to achieve better performance. In the second part of this episode on contractor safety, be sure to join us as we discuss owner and general contractor perspectives as well as performance evaluation and feedback.

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Confined space projects present risks that other projects typically do not have. Improper management of these projects and their associated risks can lead to catastrophic events, including loss of life.

In the first episode of our brand-new season of The Safety Experts podcast, your host, David Griffith, welcomes safety experts Jerome Spear and Bonnie Lockhart to discuss one of the worst confined space catastrophes in U.S. history. Together, they walk through the lessons learned and best practices to prevent future similar events. David, Jerome, and Bonnie set the scene, describe the main contributing factors behind the tragedy, and what can be done to better assess risks and plan work in confined spaces.

Join us as we discuss how to improve safety while working in confined spaces to avoid loss of life.

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