SLC 2016: Advice from America’s Safest Companies: Scot Forge
As John P. McGillivray, manager of safety and environmental for Scot Forge Co., explained to attendees of the Safety Leadership Conference in Pittsburg that the company was its own worst enemy when it came to safety culture.
“Forging a Culture of Safety Excellence” is not an easy thing to do in a high-hazard industries like foundries and forging, John P. McGillivray, manager of safety and environmental for Scot Forge Inc., explained to attendees at the 2016 Safety Leadership Conference in Pittsburgh.
In 1997, “We sent 107 people to the clinic/hospital out of a total shop population of 375 people,” he acknowledged. The company’s TIR rate was 25. The DART rate was 7.5. The company spent $1 million in workers’ compensation expenses.
