Safety is at the core of the way behavior is observed, communicated, and investigated at Henkels & McCoy. We follow a daily safety management system of leading and lagging indicators, including coaching observation trends, work site audits, good catch and near miss reports, corrective action follow-ups, total recordable incident rates, days away, and restricted duty and transfers. With these indicators, we perform trend analysis and program validation of safety performance. Should an incident occur, we quickly identify the root causes and develop corrective practices. This vigilant evaluation and implementation of company and industry-wide best practices ensures we maintain the absolute highest safety standards to protect our workers, our clients, and the community. Henkels & McCoy aims to be the safest contractor in the markets we serve.

H&M has been recognized with an E.I. DuPont Safety Excellence Award. We maintain the highest safety standards to protect our workers, our clients, and our communities. H&M’s daily mission is to ensure “Nobody Gets Hurt!”

In 2004, we joined the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the IBEW, industry groups (EEI, NECA), and several other contractors in founding the ET&D Strategic Partnership—one of only a few strategic partnerships between employers and OSHA. The Partnership's goal is to reduce worker fatalities, injuries, and illnesses in the electric line construction industry.

As a result of the Partnership, the industry implemented an OSHA approved T&D 10-hour training program for electrical power employees and a Supervisory Leadership Program known as the ET&D 20-Hour Program. We train all supervisors and managers (in all lines of business) using this program.

The Partnership has achieved more than a decade of progress improving ET&D work safety and health. The injury and illness rates of the partners continue to trend downward. As a result, the goals in the current renewal agreement were refocused to improve on the successes. Best Practices were updated to align with the most effective industry work methods. Nine Best Practices were the result of the updates: