Everyone goes home the way they came.
Safety is planned at the work face, every shift, with the crew doing the work. These are the routines and the numbers behind that sentence.
Fifteen minutes at the start of every shift.
The crew stands at the work, not in the trailer, and plans the next task together: what could hurt someone, what will stop it, and who has authority to stop the work. New workers speak first, because they see what everyone else has stopped noticing.
Read how the First Hour worksThe numbers owners and sureties ask for.
Illustrative demo figures. Replace them with your own figures and state their source (insurer EMR letter, OSHA 300A).
Below 1.0 means fewer workers' compensation losses than the industry average for similar work.
Recordable injuries per 200,000 hours worked.
Cases with lost or restricted time per 200,000 hours worked.
Hours worked by Ferrowgate craft and staff.
| Year | EMR | TRIR | Hours worked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.74 | 1.02 | 2.6M |
| 2024 | 0.71 | 0.91 | 2.8M |
| 2025 | 0.68 | 0.84 | 2.9M |
What every project runs.
- First Hour planning
Every crew plans the next task at the work face before starting, every shift.
- Stop-work authority
Anyone on site, including trade partners and visitors, can stop work without consequence.
- Leading indicators
Plans completed, near misses reported and stop-work calls are tracked weekly on every project.
- Training
OSHA 10 for every craft hire in the first sixty days, OSHA 30 for every foreman, first aid for every superintendent.
- Trade partner alignment
Partners join First Hour planning and the weekly safety walk; site-specific orientation is required for everyone.
- Mental health
An employee assistance program and trained mental-health first aiders on every large site.
8 of 12 projects finished or running with zero recordable injuries.
2,896,000 hours worked across the portfolio shown on this site. Every project page states its own figure.
Anyone can report a safety or ethics concern, including anonymously, on +1 503 555 0199. The line is answered by an independent service, 24 hours a day; you may stay anonymous.
Trade partners: site-specific orientation and First Hour participation are required on every Ferrowgate project.