Safety, Health & Environmental
Westcon’s culture for SH&E starts with the commitment to excellence from the president and the entire corporate management team for the company. The corporate management team leads this culture by example, personally gets involved with all new employee training on the topic of SH&E, and participates in every monthly project audit. It is the strong commitment to SH&E and the culture of the company that has made Westcon a leader in SH&E amongst all U.S. construction-industry peers in every major industrial market. Westcon’s safety statistics and overall program are “best-in-class”, and have been recognized and accepted by the top-tier company leaders in all major U.S. industrial markets.
As a leader in SH&E, Westcon has adopted a behavior-based safety program that has a proven track-record for improving the safety culture and safety performance for the company. This program is led by the corporate SH&E director and all SH&E leaders in the field are trained on the implementation and oversight of the program.
Westcon believes that maintaining the highest level of excellence in SH&E requires a continuous improvement philosophy and plan. Therefore, the company has a constant dedication to learning and training in all areas of industrial safety. The safety training starts with the corporate SH&E director and his direct project SH&E leaders in the field. The corporate director receives constant training on new regulations from OSHA and MSHA, participates on various industry safety councils, attends safety-related conferences and expositions, reviews and selects new and advanced industrial products for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and networks with other SH&E leaders in the industry. A major role and responsibility for the corporate SH&E director is to provide company-wide training on any new industry standard or practice, and to ensure that the changes are properly implemented in the field and audited frequently.
Project Specific Safety, Health & Environmental Plan:
Westcon provides a project-specific SH&E plan for all major projects. This plan is based on Westcon’s comprehensive SH&E manual, and is augmented with any specific requirements from the client. It also includes site-specific requirements for safety training, site-specific emergency response, project-specific hazards and awareness training, job-safety task analysis, a project- and site-specific environmental plan, a safety meeting schedule for daily, weekly and monthly training, and a project audit plan.
Safety, Health & Environmental Professionals:
Westcon has a full complement of trained SH&E professionals with a wide array of specific industrial experience for oil and gas, chemicals, refinery, mining, power, and all other major U.S. markets. Every SH&E leader for the company has been trained on Westcon’s SH&E manual and the policies of the company. Other industry training and certifications are maintained for each SH&E professional. These typically include OSHA (10 hr.), OSHA (30 hr.), DOT training, First Aid, NIOSH, MSHA and similar industry-specific training. Several of Westcon’s SH&E professionals are also certified trainers in OSHA 10-hr and 30-hr programs.
Westcon’s Employee Prerequisite Minimums:
- Pre-employment background checks
- Pre-employment drug screening
- OSHA 10-hr training
- Project-specific safety training
- Employee physicals (select projects)
Westcon’s Recent Safety Statistics:
- 2007: EMR 0.77; TCIR 1.75; DART 0.64
- 2008: EMR 0.75; TCIR 2.71; DART 1.08
- 2009: EMR 0.75; TCIR 0.76; DART 0.76
- 2010: EMR 0.82; TCIR 0.93; DART 0.47
- 2011: EMR 0.81; TCIR 0.67; DART 0.00
Westcon’s Recent Safety Awards and Recognitions: