Phillips & Jordan has a “top down" safety culture.  Accountability starts with the Owner and Chief Executive Officer.  The goal of our safety program is to provide a safe and healthy work environment for the protection of our most vital resource: our employees.  At P&J we have a team of environmental, safety, and health (ES&H) professionals headed by a corporate Vice President.  This team's role is to develop, monitor, and enforce ES&H policy and procedures.  The importance of safety is embraced at all levels of the company and ranks above all other aspects of our business, including schedule and production.

Our safety inspectors regularly conduct surprise job-site inspections to insure that ES&H policies and procedures are being followed.  While these inspections are an important facet of our ES&H program, we also believe that a workforce well trained and informed about ES&H issues is a workforce that will "think safety, work safe".  To that end, our supervisors conduct daily morning safety meetings and weekly "Toolbox Safety Meetings" which all workers are required to attend.  In addition to these meetings, our ES&H Team also holds formal classes and seminars covering ES&H issues, policy, and procedures.

Some of the key components of P&J's Environmental, Safety, and Health Program are:

• New employee safety orientations are conducted by site supervision to ensure workers are properly trained in the tasks to be performed and understand completely what is expected from the standpoint of environmental, safety, and health.
• Effective and thorough Pre-Construction Safety Surveys are held with all levels of management and lead by a member of the P&J Environmental, Safety, and Health Team.
• Clear and timely communications such as morning safety meetings and "Toolbox Safety Meetings" are held to communicate ES&H issues.
• Continuous review are conducted of plans and procedures including reviews of how we respond to each recognized hazard, incident, or near miss.
• Safety stand downs - aggressive reactions to incidents and near misses, even those incidents from other on-site contractors.
• Regular review of subcontractors by management on a “safety first” basis.
• Problem solving and intervention with crews on a daily basis.
• Continuous training both in the field and in formal meeting and seminars.
• Emphasis programs – taking areas that need improvement and focus on getting better.
• Multi-factor response teams – safety and health personnel providing instant attention in the field directly with crews.