Safety Executives Safety Executives of New York of New York 60 60 th th Annual Professional Annual Professional Development Conference Development Conference Dennis P. Falvey Dennis P. Falvey Vice President Safety & Loss Control Vice President Safety & Loss Control Turner Construction Company Turner Construction Company
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Safety Executives Safety Executives
of New Yorkof New York
6060thth Annual Professional Annual Professional Development ConferenceDevelopment Conference
Dennis P. FalveyDennis P. FalveyVice President Safety & Loss ControlVice President Safety & Loss Control
Turner Construction CompanyTurner Construction Company
What Ever Can Go Wrong, WillWhat Ever Can Go Wrong, Will
Never Make Predictions Never Make Predictions Especially About the FutureEspecially About the Future
“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?”
David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his pushing for investment in radio in the 1920’s
Never Make Predictions Never Make Predictions Especially About the FutureEspecially About the Future
“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”
Western Union
Internal Memo
1878
Never Make Predictions Never Make Predictions Especially About the FutureEspecially About the Future
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
Ken Olson
founder and chairman
Digital Equipment
1977
Never Make Predictions Never Make Predictions Especially About the FutureEspecially About the Future
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
Charles H. Duell
U.S. Commissioner of Patents
1899
Industry Leaders Don’t Industry Leaders Don’t Wait Wait
for the Future to Define for the Future to Define ThemThem
They Set the Standards That Define the Future
Turner Is a Construction Turner Is a Construction CompanyCompany
You’re Not in the Business You You’re Not in the Business You Think You AreThink You Are
Mandatory Training, etc.) This has involved a Low Percentage of the Workforce to Accomplish
The Elimination of the Remaining 20% CANNOT be Achieved by Enhancing Existing Safety Programs, Tools, etc.
Changing BehaviorsChanging Behaviors In Order to Eliminate the Remaining 20% of Injuries, It will take a
Personal Commitment to Change Your Behavior with Respect to Safety
This requires the Involvement and Commitment of 100% of the Organization
This also requires Employing New Methods of Preventing Injuries
How Do We Get There?How Do We Get There?
We Must Choose to be Safe for Ourselves, Our Families and Our Fellow Workers, because We Believe it is the Right Thing To Do, not because Someone Told Us to do it!
SAFETY MUST BE A VALUE!NOT a PRIORITY!
How Do We Get There?How Do We Get There?
Continue to Drive Leadership Alignment Throughout the Organization
Empowering the Workforce to Make Safety Decisions
Move Beyond Compliance and CHOOSE to Work Safely
Drive “Building L.I.F.E.” (Living Injury Free Everyday) Culture Throughout Turner
Ultimate Success….Ultimate Success….
Bring the Vision to Life at Turner
Develop a Culture Within Turner That Promotes an Injury-Free Environment and Provides the Safest Workplace Possible for Our Employees, Contractors, Clients and the Communities in Which We Work
Send Everyone Home at the End of the Day, Everywhere,