HBG Newsletter, March
2001
Wow! What a great safety record! The 800 employees
working on the NM 44 project work very safely.
Since the project began in May 1999, workers have
logged 1,300,000 man hours, with a recordable
incident rate of only 4.13, and a lost time incident
rate of 1.43. (Flatiron itself has had only one
recordable injury.) The national average for recordable
incident rates is 9.6, and for lost time incident
rates is 4.4.
Safety manager Sal Torres reports that the cost
per man hour for workers comp on the project is
10 cents, while the national average runs 30-50
cents. "Many companies run upwards of 70
cents," says Sal. NM 44 has been designated
as the sixth most deadly highway in the U. S.
During November and December of 2000, not one
private vehicle accident occurred in the entire
188 miles of the project.
Hats off to Sal, and to safety coordinator Marvin
Snook, safety technician Michelle Palmer, and
all the safety conscious workers at NM 44!
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