Skanska Invests $200,000 in Injury-Free Program

ATLANTA-In what is believed to be the first program of its kind in the country, the Georgia division of Skanska USA Building Inc. is teaming with Austin, TX-based JMJ Associates to educate subcontractors and company employees on how to eliminate injuries at its work sites across the country.

Skanska is investing $200,000 in workshops and seminars this year for supervisors and key subcontractors. “The idea that injuries on construction sites are acceptable as long as the overall numbers of recordable injuries are kept below established federal standards no longer is acceptable,” says Skanska division president Dwight Morgan.

Companies such as Skanska that adopt the Injury-Free Environment philosophy “ultimately will save money because its job sites will be safer and cleaner, and workers will look out for each other every day,” Morgan says. “But that’s secondary,” he says of the potential cost savings. “The first and most important thing is that safety is a primary focus.”