Viewing: Home / Safety Safety “The most important safety tool we have is every individual out there.” -Mike Gilbertson, Barnard Superintendent Safety is personal. We believe that we all deserve to work in a safe place and go home to our families every day after work. The “we” refers to all people – our employees, our subcontractors, everyone onsite, and the public at large. At Barnard, we know that each person, from the newest crew member to the CEO, should be equally accountable for safe work practices and creating a safe work place, so we’re continually on the lookout for more ways to enhance our safety program. Safety Week. Barnard is proud to be one of 31 national construction companies to develop and promote this nationwide focus on improving Safety performance and understanding. During the first week of May each year, companies are encouraged to give safety presentations and conduct mock accidents and drills, to encourage proactive safety responses from their teams. Safety Week emphasizes the need for safe work practices each week of the year. Speak Up / Listen Up. Barnard uses the Speak Up! / Listen Up! Program, a training program focused on increasing and improving communication when a crew sees something unsafe. This program encourages anyone at any level to reinforce a safe work culture and confirms that it is okay to give safety feedback to supervisors, managers, or people in other work groups. Key Activity Reviews. Our Key Activity Reviews are informal, sit-down reviews with a crew at the 10 percent completion stage of any major work activity to see if the execution of the work can be improved for Safety, Quality and Production. Teams discuss incidents and good ideas so that they can be related to all employees throughout the Company. Executive Safety Team. Our Executive Safety Team, a cross-section of Barnard, from craft to senior management, meets quarterly at different projects to openly discuss safety stats, trends, issues and needs for the future with the project team. Intentionally improving the communication of Safety throughout each day and at each project and identifying and working with crew members who are most likely to take risks are also part of our commitment to continuous improvement. Barnard’s Safety Objectives Promote the safety and well-being of each employee and his/her family. Eliminate personal injury based on the belief that "injury-free" projects can and should occur. Encourage recommendations for improvements to safety throughout the Company and each project. Establish individual responsibility for the safety program on each project that reaches every level. Key Elements of Our Safety Program Involving our crews in creating Jobsite Hazard Analyses (JHAs) for all major work phases. Holding daily pre-work safety meetings to cover work tasks, associated hazards, work procedures, equipment, and required PPE. Providing safety training applicable to the project scope of work. Assigning a Safety Educator to each project team. Establishing safety recognition programs. Mandating new employee orientation and training programs. Always following up with corrective measures through our accident and injury reporting system. Applying our Safety Violation/Misconduct Enforcement Program. Ensuring that insurance company Loss Control Specialists visit our jobsites and make recommendations where warranted. Partnering and coordinating with the client for job-wide safety and health efforts. Establishing a Medical Director to oversee the prompt and diligent care for any worker who may be injured while performing duties for us. Treating our subcontractors, vendors and visitors as members of our team. Company Headquarters BARNARD 701 Gold Avenue Bozeman, MT 59715 p: 406-586-1995 / f: 406-586-3530 Email BARNARD BARNARD Careers We're looking for bright, innovative, hard-working people - those who thrive on demanding and challenging tasks and who bring out the best in others on their Team. Our people are eager for responsibility. View Available Positions Join Our Mailing List Follow BARNARD © BARNARD | Privacy Statement | Terms of Use | Employee Login