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Safety Stephen Gray said something to me during a safety

situation involving one of our customers’ contractors.
with Jim Grant He said, “you may not always have authority, but
Vice President, Safety
Gray, Inc. you can always have influence.” One of Gray, Inc.’s
guiding principles states that as LEADERS you are
Your Safety Influence the lifeblood of Gray. Everyone is a leader that defines,
As the Gray family of companies have grown and protects, and grows our culture.
executed larger and more sophisticated projects and We recognize that with the sheer size and number
businesses, our safety program has evolved. This is of workers, management cannot be everywhere
due to our focus and personal pride in our number one all the time. Your safety influence with people
core value: We put safety and quality of life first, goes beyond holding them accountable for rules
and by achieving our goal that everyone that comes to and regulations. It also stresses the importance
work, goes home free of injury every day. of executing our points of control, which are set
2 It is impressive how strong our safety culture has to help us lead and manage safety not only for
become. Particularly by how our team members, Gray and our customers but to support our trade
whether involved or not in the actual day to day partners and their workers. Points of control are
construction of our projects, have stepped into a safety any influence opportunity that we have to talk,
role when needed. This is an example of Operationally plan and work towards control of our risks. These
Led Safety – when team members recognize a safety points of control – such as GSA’s, pre-award and
issue, either on a project, in the office, at home or in preconstruction meetings – present an opportunity
public and resolve safety concerns. This reinforces to provide a positive influence towards our safety
the idea that every one of us plays a role in safety; efforts. These meetings are the first opportunity to
including Gray’s safety success and culture. influence and set safety expectations for working with
The fact that our team members can identify a safety Gray. Other opportunities include sending a positive
issue and feel comfortable enough to speak up to safety message at our jobsite-wide safety meetings
get it corrected speaks volumes about our culture. and building relationships with workers by using our

Safety Statistics Commitment to Safety

All statistics reported for Gray are cumulative for Calendar Year 2023

0 Fatality Madison Crutchfield
Administrative Assistant
Majors
2 (Disabling Accidents) 2 years, 1 month with Gray
Recordable Accident
11 (Off Work, Limited Work,
and No Lost Time)

59 31 "Whether on the jobsite or in the
office, I understand and accept
Near Miss / Property Damage First Aid / Injury but not recordable
the responsibility to comply with
A goal of zero lost time incidents means there is a level of acceptance of other types of
incidents that do not lead to lost time. When other incidents are accepted, then we increase Gray procedures that have been
the chance that lost time, and more severe incidents will occur. The triangle graphic above
is an illustration of this. Gray’s focus is to stop all incidents, by starting at the very bottom of established for my safety, as well as
the triangle. If we eliminate all incidents, then we eliminate the possibility of the catastrophic
incident. By definition, a lost time incident is an injury event that causes a worker to miss at my team members."
least one day of work. A safety incident is any event that needs to be tracked and recorded
regardless of whether medical attention was required or not.