A Shared Commitment to Safety
At Mountain, creating a safe job-site is everyone’s responsibility.
From planning the day’s work to speaking up about potential hazards, every member of the project team plays a role in creating a safe jobsite and helping ensure everyone goes home safely at the end of the day.
If You See Something, Say Something
Everyone on the project team shares responsibility for identifying potential hazards before they become problems.
Every morning starts with a brief pre-task planning meeting. Crews talk through the day’s work, identify potential hazards, and discuss the safest way to complete the work. Those conversations create a two-way street between field staff and field supervision.
Beyond the morning pre-task meeting, Mountain teams also practice what General Superintendent and Safety Director Jeff Patterson calls “2+2”: taking a couple of steps back from the work, talking it through for a couple of minutes, and deciding together whether anything needs to change before continuing.
Training and Planning
Team members receive the training and certifications required for their roles, along with ongoing education throughout the year to stay current with safety requirements and industry best practices.
Before stepping onto a Mountain jobsite, every employee, subcontractor, and visitor completes a site orientation.
When work involves unfamiliar tasks or higher-risk activities, the team completes a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) to identify potential hazards, talk through the work plan, and make sure everyone understands it before work begins.
Setting the Tone
Open communication, hands-on involvement, and a clean jobsite all help set the tone. Together, they create an environment where the project team can work safely, collaborate effectively, and perform their best work.
Our General Superintendents spend regular time in the field, checking progress, talking with project teams, and helping prepare for the work ahead. That hands-on involvement creates opportunities to answer questions, share feedback, and address concerns early.
Clean work areas, clear pathways, proper signage, and good housekeeping all contribute to a safe, efficient jobsite. Jeff often reminds the team, “A clean jobsite is a safe jobsite.”
Our priority is making sure everyone who steps onto a Mountain jobsite goes home safely at the end of each day.
