Safety

Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR)

2020 | 0.00

2019 | 0.00

2018 | 0.28

National Steel City is proud to present a safety Certificate of Achievement…

to the KCI Airport Project for dedication to SAWHORSE and SAFE best practices on site with zero incidents or injuries on our new airport terminal construction at Kansas City International. SAWHORSE and SAFE, standing for Safety At Work, Home, Office, Recreation, Safety Everywhere, and Safety Analytics For Evaluation, are two longstanding active safety programs at National Steel City; both have been heralded by customers and within the industry as among the most proactive and effective in industrial safety.

Certificate of Achievement

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The Good(?) Old Days

Happily, safety standard have improved a bit since the building of Detroit’s Penobscot Building.

NSC Builder

SAWHORSE = 360-degree safety

NSC’s Safety Record:

  • Five-times Lower OSHA Recordable Incident Rate than the industry average
  • Extremely competitive EMR, TRIR
  • One of the Industry’s lowest DART rates
  • FDR Safety – safety best practices and guidance in a continuum

At NSC, safety is a core company value and a commitment to our customers and employees that is practiced on all projects. At the heart of our safety program is SAWHORSE, our official safety awareness initiative designed to help foster a culture of safety throughout the company, from employee performance and conduct on project sites to recreational activities and performing basic tasks at home.

SAWHORSE ensures all NSC employees are knowledgeable and practice a safe way of life. There is a reason our OSHA Recordable Incident Rate is approximately FIVE times lower than the average contractor in the steel erection business. To maintain the safest jobsites for our employees, we review client safety rules and procedures and evaluate them against our corporate standards to ensure all site-specific work conditions and hazards are addressed in our safety plans.

All site-specific rules, procedures and hazards are communicated to all employees during site orientation, daily toolbox safety meetings, and weekly foreperson and project-wide mass safety meetings.

Through NSC’s SAWHORSE program, employees are educated on how to embrace safety best practices wherever they may be: on a project site, at home, in the office, or perhaps in recreational activities, to ensure safety remains number one and top-of-mind for all employees, all the time.

Highly Competitive EMR

Another important component demonstrating our commitment to excellence in safety is our Experience Modification Rate (EMR). A laser-like focus on continuous safety improvement has helped us maintain an extremely competitive EMR.

A low EMR allows us to have a lower cost for Workers Compensation insurance and thus a more competitive price to our clients. In the event of an Owners Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP), our EMR demonstrates that we will likely have a lower overall cost to the Owner with our presence on the site.

FDRsafety

NSC has maintained an outstanding safety track record through a long-term alliance with premier safety consulting firm, FDRsafety. With approximately 25 years of OSHA experience, FDRsafety President Jim Stanley rose to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor in the United States government’s Department of Labor.

Mr. Stanley and FDRsafety regularly consult with the company on both our overall corporate safety program and projects, providing advice, counsel and training for all managers and supervisors.In addition, FDRsafety conducts regular independent site audits of all projects. Mr. Stanley has counseled the company’s senior managers, presented at company meetings and submitted safety material for company publications.

To learn more about FDR Safety visit www.FDRsafety.com

NSC brings unparalleled company core value BEST safety practices to each project we undertake.  We value safety on the job, but fully recognize the need to bring safety into each aspect of our employees’ lives.  In recognition of this need NSC is proud to launch:

SAWHORSE

Safety At Work, Home, Office, Recreation, Safety Everywhere

The implementation of SAWHORSE will bring safety into the lives of each and every one of our employees. We will accomplish this by continuously educating our employees on the growing focus of safety everywhere, this includes providing industry-leading employee training, and by providing SAWHORSE safety tips on employee paystubs each week.  No matter where our employees may be, from home or office to recreational activities – SAWHORSE literally brings the safety everywhere concept to life.

2000

NEA Safety Award

NEA

2007

Safety Award of Honor – Field Erection Category

AISC

2011

Safety Commendation – Field Erection Category

AISC

2011

Certificate of Achievement of Construction Safety Excellence

Southern Company

2014

Triangle Safety Award

Southern Company

2015

Safety Award of Honor – Field Erection Category

AISC

2015

Safety Award of Honor – Shop and Office Category

AISC

2015

Project of the Year

IMPACT

2016

Triangle Safety Award

Southern Company

2016

Thomas J. Reynolds Award

TAUC

2016

Safety Award of Honor – Field Erection Category

AISC

2016

Curt Award – Awarded November 2017 CURT

CURT

2017

Triangle Safety Award

Southern Company

2018

Thomas J. Reynolds Award

TAUC

2019

Construction Industry Safety Excellence (CISE)

CURT

2021

Gold Safety Award

Gold Safety Award

ConstructSecure