BUILDING A World-Class A year ago, in my 2016 Conveyor
■ More than 90 percent of our more
message, I observed that while
than 400 facilities had no reportable
our company and industry were
incidents.
benefiting from a cyclical upturn in
■ Half of our divisions posted Total
construction-related activity following
Injury Incident Rates (TIIR) better than
the Great Recession of 2008-2009, not
world class. The other half performed
all of our peers would be as positively
better than the prior year, consistent
impacted as Martin Marietta.
with our dedication to continuous
Indeed, our recipe for success is not a
improvement. The natural result: the
secret. We are widely regarded as an
company now has a Lost Time Incident
industry leader not only because of the
Rate (LTIR) better than world-class
proven benefits of our strategic plan,
metrics.
SOAR 2020, but because of our disciplined
execution of that plan. This
■ Nineteen sites reached 500,000
performance is only possible because of
hours without any incidents and
the quality and commitment of our
11 surpassed 1 million hours of
people. Your dedication to excellence is
incident-free work. Sixty-four sites
what sets us apart.
surpassed 500,000 hours without a
That dedication is apparent in Martin
lost-time incident; 11 of these exceeded
Marietta’s commitment to safety – one
the million-hour mark in that category.
of our core values. I am proud to report
our company’s 2017 safety performance
was the best we have ever experienced.
This is the result of unwavering dedication
by every employee. Through your
hard work, vigilance and perseverance,
safety awareness has been elevated
across the enterprise.
Highlights of our remarkable safety
Message from Ward Nye
performance include:
■ San Antonio’s Rio Medina Quarry
was a gold-level winner in the National
Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s
annual Safety Excellence Awards
program. The Rio Medina team –
a 2017 Diamond Honor Award winner
– has worked incident-free for more
than 12 years. Thirteen Martin Marietta
sites were also silver- or bronze-level
NSSGA winners.
In summary, where our safety
performance isn’t already world class,
we’re relentlessly closing in on it!
Chairman and CEO,
Martin Marietta
The team at Rio Medina
Quarry earned a gold-level
Safety Excellence Award from
the National Stone, Sand and
Gravel Association in 2017.
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