Baulderstone sets new safety benchmarks

Baulderstone has continued to set new benchmarks for safety this year, clocking up 2.5 million hours that are lost time injury (LTI) free across its Queensland projects by the end of October.

Stephen Green, Baulderstone General Manager Queensland, attributed the achievement to a focused effort and commitment to safety by Baulderstone’s employees, project builders and subcontractor partners.

“Through our ‘Safety matters’ and the state government’s 'Zero harm' leadership campaigns, we have worked hard to increase awareness of safety hazards in the workplace,” Green said. “We also reward great safety behaviour on all our projects, large and small.

“This achievement is a direct result of the early identification of safety priorities, planning and continued discussions at every level of each project.”

Baulderstone’s efforts in safety have been extensive in 2010. The company was a winner at the 2010 Project Safety Excellence awards, which were presented by the Queensland Major Contractors Association. At the 2010 Worksafe awards, Baulderstone employee Rohan Maheno was recognised for her individual contribution to health and safety. And earlier this year, Baulderstone received national recognition for its continued safety excellence, for its work on the Australian Defence Department’s $35.2 million Enhanced Land Force (ELF) Infrastructure project in Townsville.

“I am particularly impressed and proud of the work our project teams have done to pass down Baulderstone’s safety values and establish a safety culture with the smaller contractors working across our projects throughout the state,” Green said. “But the Baulderstone team will not rest on these strong results.”