Safety is at the heart of our utility vegetation management solutions at ACRT Pacific. It’s inherently risky work – enormous systems transmitting high voltages across great distances, and each of the ancillary services that make this possible. Nothing is more important than sending people home safe at the end of each day.
Our dedication to safe practices stretches back to the initial development of the Z133 safety standard; Dick Abbott, the founder of ACRT, was vice chair of the original Z committee.
It continues through today. Safety is ingrained in our DNA at all levels of our organization and subsidiaries. It comes first in everything we do. That doesn’t just mean we start meetings by talking about safety (although we do that, too); it includes having a dedicated Safety Team devoted to the health and safety of our employees. This infrastructure of safety training, support, and oversight across our family of companies gives us a true focus on what it takes to be proactive. We have safety-focused volunteers or Area Safety Representatives throughout California, assisting in training and tracking of safety-related items and assessing risks we’ll face in this climate.
At the ACRT Pacific level, programs are designed to reward excellent safety practices and provide learning opportunities when necessary. Employees share in the success for reaching safety goals. Rewards range from free apparel and electronics to days off and monetary incentives.
We’re creating awareness for the importance of safety through our comprehensive safety management strategy SAFE.
SAFE is made up of eight basic principles:
Our employees recognize the responsibility to correct hazards and identify at-risk behaviors. Many of our employees work as solitary units, and personal accountability is key to remaining safe when they’re out in the field.
Safety is the most important training factor our employees receive, but it’s not just one and done. We’re always learning, and having recurring safety training allows our employees to remain up to date on the safest practices while encouraging self-awareness and competency in the field.
Nothing is set in stone. As times change, so do our programs, and we welcome our employees’ expert insight on how we can continue to grow our work practices and safety strategy.
Safety strategies become safe habits through leading by example. Our management team embodies this by reinforcing safe behaviors and refusing to tolerate behaviors that put employees at risk.
Simply put, being safe is the right thing to do, but if that’s not enough, we wholeheartedly embrace safety practices because it saves our clients’ money.
Staying safe means taking preventative action to make sure that incidents don’t occur, and when they do, it means fully understanding the corrective actions needed to make sure they don’t happen again.
Our dedication to safety and the foundation for our company culture stems from the fact that we truly care about our employees and want to make sure they return home in the same condition they left.
Communication is a key part of safety, and by making sure that everyone within our organization is on the same page, we can take the proper steps towards strong safety awareness and practices.
Want to learn more about how we bring safety into everything we do at ACRT Pacific? Contact us today to learn more about partnering with our team.
