Safety & Awards

Statement of Safety Policy

Safety is Patterson & Wilder Const. Co.’s NUMBER ONE concern. The objectives of P&W’s safety program are to provide a safe and efficient working environment where personal injury is eliminated and property and equipment damage is minimized. The safety program also contends to educate and train employees in current safety issues and practices as well as provide employees with feedback on their individual performances. Through this program, employees will also receive instruction on record keeping requirements in accordance with OSHA and other recognized standards.

 

Safety Administrator:  Gray Lewis

 

Safety Memberships, Awards, Alliances:

• NCDOL Building Star Company
• Alliance with North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL)-OSHA (3 year agreement)
• 8th Consecutive Year Safety award: NCDOL
• Distribution Contractors Association (DCA) 2006 National Safety Award: 1st Place
• North Carolina Utility Contractors Association (NCUCA) 2007 Safety award 1st place greater then 100,000 manhours
• Member of the National Safety Council
• Member of the Safety and Health Council of North Carolina
• National Contractors Insurance (NCI) Safety Excellence Risk Control Award
• NUCA Safety Ambassadors Club Member
• Total man hours since February 2004 with out a lost work day injury = 710,000 and counting!

 

Patterson & Wilder Joins Safety Initiative
by Heather Crews, Public Information Officer,NCDOL

The North Carolina Department of Labor recently signed its first partnership with a construction company to promote awareness of workplace safety and health. Patterson & Wilder Construction, which has offices in Newton Grove, Raleigh and Wilmington, and the department signed the agreement in the fall to foster safety in the construction industry. The program officially kicked off at the beginning of 2004. The company specializes in the construction of gas pipelines.

"We believe this is the opportunity for Patterson & Wilder and the utilities industry to present the challenges we face," said Gray Lewis, a company vice president. "This partnership is going to help create an unprecedented line of communication between the industry and NCDOL."

As part of the agreement, NCDOL provides safety and health training for subcontractors and employees. Patterson & Wilder provides training to NCDOL employees on gas pipeline construction.

"Patterson & Wilder is involved in many unique operations, such as excavation under rivers," said Les Kafel, NCDOL bureau chief. "We believe that they are going to be a great source of information for our department and in turn, we will help them protect employees' safety and health."

Other aspects of the alliance include workshops, conferences and participation in NCDOL recognition programs.

 

In 2002 the construction industry represented 24 percent of the 169 work fatalities, although the 44 deaths reflected a 13.7 percent drop from the 51 in 2001."Increasing safety among construction workers has been a top priority for NCDOL," Kafel said. This partnership is just another step in that direction.

Awards

North Carolina Department of Labor Safety Awards Program

• 2007 First Place -Greater then 100,000 Man Hours Division NCUCA
• 2007 Carolina Building Star Partnership with North Carolina Department of Labor
• (NCDOL)-OSHA 3 year agreement Distribution Contractors Association (NCUCA
• Honorable Mention for Commendable Safety Program 2006
• 2005 Seventh Annual Safety Award Receipt
• 2004 Sixth Annual Safety Award Receipt
• 2003 Fifth AnnualSafety Award Receipt
• 2002 Fourth Annual Safety Award Receipt
• 2001 Third Annual Safety Award Receipt
• 2000 Second Annual Safety Award Receipt
• 1999 First Annual Safety Award Receipt

North Carolina Department of Labor Safety Award

Patterson & Wilder Construction Co., Inc. has received the prestigious North Carolina Department of Labor's "Certificate of Safety Achievement" for the past six years.

 

We are very proud of this accomplishment, especially since it is the sixth consecutive year we have qualified for this honor.

 

To qualify for an annual safety award a firm must meet the following requirements:

 

1. It must have had no fatalities during the calendar year for which the award was given.

 

2. It must have maintained either a perfect safety record for that year, or a lost workday case rate at least 50 percent below the state-wide average for its particular industry group. Lost workday cases are cases of work-related injury or illness that involve days away from work and/or days of restricted work activity.

 

3. It must have ten or more full-time employees if applying for separate divisions or departments within a firm. In figuring the incidence rate, the OSHA Log and Summary of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is used to determine the number of lost workday cases.

2001 Arthur T. Everham Safety Award

Patterson & Wilder Construction Co., Inc. is a proud 2001 safety award winner in the under 200,000 hours category for the Arthur T. Everham Safety Award sponsored by the Distribution Contractors Association.

 

Participation for the award was at its highest level since its inception in 1986. The DCA is continually trying to improve safety within our potentially hazardous industry through various programs, including this award program.

National Safety Council Membership

Patterson & Wilder Construction Co. has recently joined the National Safety Council. The mission of the National Safety Council is to educate and influence society to adopt safety, health, and environmental policies, practices, and procedures that prevent and mitigate human suffering and economic losses arising from preventable causes.

Drug & Alcohol Testing

As a part of Patterson & Wilder’s employment procedures, an applicant is required to undergo a pre-employment alcohol and drug screening that is conducted by a physician or technician designated by Patterson & Wilder.  Any offer of employment that applicant receives from Patterson & Wilder is contingent upon, among other things, satisfactory completion of this screening. 

 

As a condition of continuing employment, employees shall also be required to undergo periodic, random alcohol and drug screenings.

 

DER (Drug and Alcohol Program) Administrator: Cathy Cavender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operator Qualifications

“Operator Qualification” is a new regulatory requirement that has been placed on the operating companies by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety.

 

The regulation has been scrutinized and revised many times since its beginning in 1987, but the end result is that gas companies are required to qualify their operations and maintenance personnel by October 28, 2002.  Since P&W’s company employees are essentially contract employees to the gas company, we must also qualify our employees.

 

P&W’s Operator Qualification Plan requires a re-certification every three years.

Patterson & Wilder uses the following companies to track Operator Qualifications:

	ISNetworld is an on-line contractor/supplier management database. Owner Clients evaluate their contractor/supplier’s information to meet internal and governmental requirements. ISNetworld Review and Verification Services (RAVS) validates this information. Additionally, contractor/suppliers use the system to manage training and record keeping requirements.
	The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) is a not-for-profit education foundation created to help address the critical workforce shortage facing the construction industry and to develop industry-driven standardized craft training programs with portable credentials.
	Veriforce provides the following services: Operator Qualification Program Administration Monitoring Contractor Compliance with Drug/Alcohol Testing Requirements Approval of Service Line Installers (for LDCs in OH,PA, and WV) Monitoring Contractor Safety Performance Hosted Training Design, development, and deployment of web-based training Management and reporting of training records for both employees and contractors Reporting through VeriSource Contractor Management Internal Auditing/Compliance Assessment Support

OQ Administrator: Gray Lewis

OSHA

OSHA Safety Statistics (as of December 31, 2006)

	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Total Hours Worked			134,953	306,887	296,317	313,555	517,728
Experience Modification Ratio			0.7	0.83	0.77	0.76	0.96
Lost Workday Injury Incident Rate			0.00	0.00	0.67	0.92	0.39
OSHA Recordable Injury Incident Rate (Industry Average 7.8)			5.93	1.96	1.35	1.84	0.39

OSHA Statistics Administrator: Gray Lewis