Safety Smart Philosophy

Thompson Contracting Group operates under the "Safety Smart” principle where we aim for zero injuries and zero incidents in everything we do. At Thompson Contracting “Safety Smart” is more than a program or a slogan, it’s a way of doing business and performing work. Thompson Contracting promotes and expects a 24/7 safety mindset in each of our skilled workers. We are determined to make safe choices in all aspects of our lives, both at the jobsite and at our home.

Our team members are empowered to have the “Safety Smart” mindset. Safe work procedures are expected on all aspects of our work and every employee is entitled to promote and engage in nothing less than a “Safety Smart” project every day. Everyone has access to a safe work site that endorses safe behaviors by all. We work in a zero-incident culture, Orion believes that our company can only truly be a success through an injury and incident free workplace.

Our safety goals are achieved through setting high expectations for safety, planning our operations with safety in the forefront, stopping to address change as it can impact our task, empowering all our people to be safety leaders, and recognizing the hard work and safe performances of our team along the way. Our most important asset to the company is our people and each day we ensure respect and care is given to that greatest strength.

Continued successful safety performance will only be achieved with a never-settle attitude at all levels of our organization. Our team holds the health of each other above all else and leads by example to promote the “Safety Smart” environment for all to strive. At Thompson Contracting, we are industry leaders in safety because the families and friends of our co-workers depend on us every day to send their loved ones home safe.

Industry-Leading Safety Record

The Safety Smart philosophy has led to a safety record benchmarked well below the industry average based on the published Bureau of Labor Statistics’ average incidence rates for NAICS code 237990 – —Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. Each of our operations tracks and records the key safety parameters of our activities with the goal to eliminating any incidents throughout the performance of our work.