Imagine a workplace where there are two employees working side by side at identical tasks. Over time, one employee experiences regular, job related injuries of varying severity, while the second employee does not experience any injuries. Is this situation the result of luck or chance, or is there a better explanation?

          It is my belief that the absence of a safety culture is the more likely culprit. In fact, a good definition of a lack of a safety culture would be an employer that leaves the safety of its employees to chance. That is not CSI . We do not shrug off injures as an inevitable part of our business, because they are not.

          The employees of CSI are the company’s greatest resource. In order to protect this resource, we need to continue to instill a Zero Accident Philosophy® that permeates every level of the company and every CSI worksite. The safety program embodied in this manual represents part of the effort to build that culture. There is an important role in this program for each employee, and everyone is expected to join together to make CSI a successful, accident-free, and healthy place to work.

          I ask those who are charged with the direct implementation of our safety program, the job supervisors and local safety professionals, to make the broadest view of the requirements set forth in this manual. This program was not designed merely to satisfy the requirements of government agencies or regulatory bodies. Rather, it was developed with an eye towards making CSI a safe place to work and the best place to work. Toward that end, we want to give life to the spirit as well as the letter of our written safety program.

          In safety, as in all areas, I expect the management of CSI to lead by example. And I expect our employees to keep management honest in this regard. For example, if you see me or anyone else at a jobsite without the proper personal protective equipment, then it is your responsibility to call me on it.

          The notion of a Zero Accident Philosophy® is a specific component of our overall culture. And the move to a common safety program will serve another key initiative, that of Integration. Our employee should be able to move from region to region, jobsite to jobsite, with the knowledge that all operations adhere to the same standard of safety.

          Remember, every CSI employee deserves to go home in the same condition in which they arrived at the workplace. Let’s make this a reality at CSI .

          Sincerely,

Robert Wood
  CEO