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SAFE OPERATIONS
From safety professionals to office workers to haul truck drivers, each member of the Martin Marietta team does
something to encourage safety. The ZERO campaign aims to highlight those actions by asking every person to share their
specific contributions – from the smallest, simplest of tasks to those that are larger and far more visible.
Testimonials for the safety campaign have been turned into
digital signs like this one that have been broadcast across the
Company.
The safety campaign evolved from recent Guardian Angel safety training with the West Division’s new colleagues in the
Pacific Region. After introducing the concept of ZERO incidents to a California audience, the division’s safety professionals
asked individual participants, How do you keep your ZERO? The question was used to engage audience members
directly by singling out each person, forcing them to give thought to their individual actions and how they drive safety.
“If you are intentional in what you can do to keep your own zero, and your teammate is doing the same, you eventually
build until the entire crew works together to strive toward ZERO incidents,” says West Division Director of Safety Chris
Downs, “That’s the ultimate safety goal.” Once the question was posed to the California teams, conversations became
specific, personal and engaging. During numerous training sessions offered in the Pacific Region, audiences became
increasingly involved with each team responding to the ZERO incident prompt. Hunt, Downs and other safety
professionals say this is exactly the type of participation that should occur regularly at every Martin Marietta location,
regardless of whether it is a heritage site, a greenfield or an established operation joining the Company through
acquisition.
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