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Before each job, the crews review the Pre-Job Plan and Briefing. ese cover the key areas required for safe work practices and
OSHA compliance. In addition, teams discuss safety at weekly tailgate meetings. When appropriate, new safety protocols are
disseminated through these meetings to ensure every crew member is equipped with the latest safety information.
Davey implemented a Road to Zero safety goal and initiative in 2005. rough Road to Zero, we track the percentage of
regions with zero incidents. e program encourages our employees to proactively correct unsafe conditions. Our Safety
Honor Road recognizes Davey Tree employees who have been free of a recordable incident for one year or more. Results of the
increased focus on safety are clear—the number of Safety Honor Road employees has increased 26 percent while total labor
hours have increased more than 6.5 million since 2005. Road to Zero is a journey and a work-in-progress. Davey also works
toward specific metric goals to monitor continuous safety improvement.
We continue to build safety performance and goals up to the highest levels of the company. Embedded within Davey's strategic
plan, each business segment is responsible for reporting safety performance to Davey leadership each month. e corporate
safety department, led by the corporate director of safety, supports business segments in executing on our safety performance.
e corporate director of safety delivers monthly updates to the executive vice president and general manager of the Commercial
Landscape Services, who in turn reports to the chief operating officer. Safety performance is reported quarterly to executive
leadership and the board of directors.
In 2016, Davey developed a new safety & training manual, to be released early 2017. We are also working on reaching full
implementation of our Close Call Communicator, making it easier than ever to report and debrief close call incidents and build
tools and tactics for prevention.
WORKFORCE RELATED INCIDENTS
G4-LA6
REGIONS WITH
ZERO RECORDABLE
INCIDENTS IN 2016
Total Recordable Incident Rate Lost Time Case Rate
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
5.96
5.72 5.7
5.59
5.83
3.15
3.36
3.02
2.76
2.43
65%
