Safety
Safety in the Herd
Nelson Stark has outperformed industry safety averages for close to two decades. The numbers speak for themselves. The company has logged over 570,000 safe work hours and earned the Dayton Builders Exchange Silver Safety Award.
How It Works on Site
Every worker on a Nelson Stark jobsite owns the safety of their crew.
- Foremen lead safety planning before each task starts
- Crews participate in hazard identification, reviewing controls and assigning roles before work begins
- Any worker on the crew has the authority to stop work if something isn't right
Nelson Stark's safety culture is built on respect, responsibility, and teamwork. It's how our herd keeps crews safe and projects moving forward.
Training and Credentials
Nelson Stark's crews come out of union apprenticeship programs with craft-specific safety training already built in. The company's corporate safety director adds in-house training on top of that:
- Confined space
- Aerial work platforms
- Skid steer, all-terrain, and industrial forklift operation
- Infectious disease control
- Fall protection
- Trenching and excavation safety
- Asbestos and lead awareness
Every employee holds at minimum an OSHA 10 card. Field superintendents in each division hold OSHA 30. All employees carry a COATS drug card from a 9-panel screen.
