The case is about Pepper Construction company and its strategic initiative of increasing safety for its employees and contractors. The company has developed a “TEAM” safety mission statement and communicated this vision by holding safety trainings and forming safety committees. As a result of the safety program, Pepper Construction has become a significantly safer company to work at.
How does the Pepper Construction’s “TEAM” mission help the company on track towards better safety?
The “TEAM” safety mission has tremendously helped the company to create a safe environment for its employees. Firstly, this mission included providing training for the employees, and more than 90% of all employees have attended a 30-hour course on construction safety. Secondly, Pepper has created a great corporate culture and allowed its employees to refuse from working on the projects if the conditions were not safe enough. Also, safety committees formed by the company played an important role in promoting safety at workplace. But the very first reason why the “TEAM” initiative was successful was that safety became a top priority for the company, and it aimed all efforts at increasing safety for the employees.
Why should Pepper Construction be concerned about the safety of its subcontractors?
It is of the great importance to work with contractors and subcontractors that maintain high safety standards. For the companies that try to improve their safety, violation of safety standards by contractors can become a real challenge, as everyone at workplace (either employees or contractors) have to follow the same safety rules and requirements.
In general, this case shows a great example how a long-term strategy aimed at increasing safety leads for positive results for the company. An improved corporate culture and a low number of accidents at work have a positive influence on the profit of the company and motivation of employees.
