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SAFE OPERATIONS

New Safety Resources to Guide Company Efforts in
Years Ahead

Print copies of the Basic Safety Rules were produced in
April and delivered to all division offices. Local safety
professionals were then tasked with delivering the fresh
copies to the operations for which they are responsible.
Beginning in May and running through July, Martin
Marietta provided regular updates and talking points
covering many of the key changes to the revised Basic
Safety Rules. Site leaders, with support from their district
and divisional supervisors, then rolled out the key changes
with their teams to ensure the new rules were understood.

Central Division President Bill Podrazik, who has worked
with numerous operational teams across multiple divisions,
After extensive review by professionals across Martin said implementing the new Basic Safety Rules
Marietta, a revised edition of the Basic Safety Rules was companywide by mid-summer posed little challenge. “The
fully adopted in 2024. The 62-page, pocket-sized booklet vast majority of teams across Martin Marietta are already
includes new or clarified guidance on a host of topics and operating safely and employing best practices we have
will serve to help our teams work safely, said Vice President developed over decades. They devoted significant effort to
of Safety and Health Michael Hunt. making sure our Guardian Angel culture is strong and were
ready to adopt these changes,” he said. “Given the
Martin Marietta shared a nearly final draft of the Basic timeline and available resources, the new Basic Safety Rules
Safety Rules in December of 2023, asking all teams to were fully and quickly embraced.”
review the material and provide any feedback that would
add value to the document. Several dozen teammates The revised Basic Safety Rules are part of a much wider
replied, including experienced operational professionals, plan to bolster Martin Marietta’s safety performance.
human resources leaders, and division presidents. Other efforts include the launch of the Guardian Angel
Fundamentals, which debuted in late 2023 to bring more
The feedback was then compiled, considered and, where attention to four potential hazards that are among the
appropriate, implemented, said Hunt, noting that the most serious: line-of-fire exposures; slips, trips and falls;
published edition was ultimately reviewed by frontline working at heights; and energy controls. Safety
supervisors, safety professionals, the Safety Executive professionals from across the company are also working to
Steering Committee, and others. refresh key communications elements of the Guardian
Angel safety culture. That work continued through 2024.
“Many of these practices and policies have been in place
for years. They have proven highly effective and have “Our efforts are all geared toward ZERO incidents,” Hunt
helped Martin Marietta grow and succeed,” Hunt said. said. “We have achieved so much from a safety
“We have provided updated guidance in several key safety perspective, but just as with every aspect of our business,
areas. These ideas were thoroughly discussed and carefully we must always strive to be better. We must not rest until
considered by professionals from across the enterprise. I we reach and maintain ZERO.”
am confident our revised Basic Safety Rules will be
effective because so many of our thoughtful and talented
colleagues have had a hand in their development.”

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