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SAFE OPERATIONS

Corporate Safety Audit Initiative

Our corporate safety audit initiative has been an essential
element in our safety journey. Originally implemented
with a core team of seven safety professionals, the audit We Continue to Prove
team was expanded in recent years to include all safety that Zero is Possible
professionals and operational staff as well. The purpose of
the initiative was to share best practices and to identify
process and communication improvements to further the of employees
Company’s safety performance to world-class levels. 99.8% experienced ZERO lost-
time incidents in 2021
COVID-19 and related travel safety concerns paused
the corporate safety audit team’s activities in 2021.
However, recognizing that the audit process has become of employees
an important element of the Company’s safety program, 99.1% experienced ZERO
incidents in 2021
we asked local personnel to act as safety auditors to business
continue driving better performance. In total, these audit
teams conducted 432 safety audits across the Company’s
footprint in 2021. Led by hourly employees, the audits
were accompanied by safety blitzes and safety units have worked more
engagements conducted by operations leadership, 77 than 500,000 hours with
including our Division Presidents. This process allowed our ZERO lost-time injuries
teams to maintain a strong, boots-on-the-ground
presence, which contributed to Martin Marietta’s safest
year on record. In this regard, our MSHA citation per inspection (CPI) rate of 1.08 and our MSHA citation per inspection
day (CPD) rate of 0.29 outperformed the 2021 aggregates/cement/lime industry averages of 1.17 and 1.13, respectively.

’You’re Messing with the Bull’

Safety Manager Points to Space Shuttle Disaster to Bring Potential Quarry Hazards to Light

The term “You’re Messing with the Bull” was popularized
in the wake of a tragedy that shook the world 6 years ago,
but it’s just as relevant today as it ever was, especially in
industries like mining. Dr. Diane Vaughan, an American
sociologist, defines the normalization of deviance as “the
gradual process through which unacceptable practices or
standards become acceptable.” In her book, “The
Challenger Launch Decision,” she details how NASA
engineers knew in 1977 that O-rings being used in the
Space Shuttle Program contained potentially catastrophic
flaws, but did nothing to correct the problem. In 1986, the
O-rings finally failed, leading to the Challenger disaster Tailgate pinchpoint
is highlighted in
that claimed the lives of seven astronauts. this training photo

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