UAPA: Why is a safety culture important to your company? What motivates your safety leadership team? Carlos: Staker Parson Companies values providing a safe, healthy, and clean work environment for employees and business partners. The company is committed to ensuring that everyone returns home safely each day. The safety leadership team focuses on human performance principles and becoming a learning organization through event learning teams and safety cultural surveys, allowing the company to learn from those closest to the risks. UAPA: How does senior management demonstrate their commitment to safety and employees? Carlos: Our leaders have outlined three core safety principles for achieving world‑class safety performance, to be included in every AMAT company safety program: • Eliminate Serious Harm: Focus on safety-critical tasks and create environments with built-in defenses to ensure safe operations. • Become a Learning Organization: Build trust, fairness, and employee engagement to develop systems that tolerate errors and allow safe failure. • Cultivate an Employee-Driven Safety Culture: Encourage employees to participate actively and take ownership of the safety program. UAPA: How does your safety program/culture empower your employees? Carlos: ALL our employees are empowered with the authority to STOP work if they feel it is unsafe or whenever they are unsure of procedures or their ability to perform the task safely. One of our core values at Staker Parson is “See, Stop, Do. When I SEE something, I will STOP and DO something.” UAPA: What is the best avenue for other subcontractors to start building a safety culture? Carlos: Using resources from associations like UAPA and your insurer’s risk control team is key to building a strong safety program. Supporting and empowering employees will enhance your safety culture. UAPA: What overall statement would you like the UAPA community to know about your company’s safety? Especially the Utah subcontractor community? Carlos: Safety leadership starts from the top with our president’s commitment to prioritizing safety. This culture fosters a work environment where people come first, and safety is the top priority. 9
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