USA: Signal’s Mississippi Operations Achieves Zero OSHA Recordable Incident Milestone

On March 11th, 2012, the Signal Mississippi Operations in Pascagoula, Mississippi achieved one full year, surpassing one-million man-hours, without the occurrence of an OSHA recordable incident.

This is a significant safety milestone within the United States shipyard and marine fabrication industry, thus representing world-class safety performance. By realizing the goal of a zero OSHA recordable incident, which includes work-related injuries such as cuts, lacerations, punctures, abrasions, fractures, strains, sprains, dislocations, burns, bruises and contusions,

Signal Mississippi has set the standard and demonstrated that working completely OSHA recordable free within the industry is achievable. This success is attributed to the efforts and focus of the entire Signal Mississippi Operations’ employees – management, administration, support, and production.

Additional to note is Signal’s OSHA recordable safety goal for 2012 is “0” incidents across all company divisions. This “0” incident goal reflects Signal’s core value that Signal’s top priority is our employees safety. With our strong safety management processes, full work force support and outstanding execution, Signal has created a safety culture throughout the organization that now allows us to perform incident free.

Dick Marler, President and CEO of Signal remarked that, “Establishing a strong safety process has been a goal of Signal since our beginning. That process is in place and provides comfort to our workers and their families knowing they are working in a safe environment.”

Signal International, Inc., is an integrated company providing global services to the offshore, marine and naval industries. As a leading supplier of marine and fabrication services, the core business is construction, repair, and conversion of offshore drilling rigs, ships and vessels. The company utilizes world class continuous flow manufacturing processes for fabrication of marine vessels, modules for refinery expansion and offshore renewable energy components. Recognized as one of the “Best Large Shipyards” for excellence in safety, Signal is known for quality workmanship, on time and on budget. Headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, Signal operates four production facilities in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.

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Source: signalint, March 18, 2012