Safety

No other aspect of our business is as important as the safety and well being of our team members.

SKMES takes several steps toward accident prevention:

• SKMES employs an in-house safety director
• Team members attend weekly safety meetings plus seminars and events, learning best practices and proper use of protective equipment
• Supervisors receive additional training several times a year
• Field bonuses, compensation and “safety awards” are tied to the safety record of individual projects and the company as a whole
• Jobsites are always drug-free by virtue of pre-employment drug screening

ShoffnerKalthoff’s focus on safety is obvious:

• SKMES has won numerous safety awards
• Our company has been recognized in national trade publications
• SKMES had a 2015 incident rate of 2.5 with the national average of 5.4
• We have had no significant finding from TOSHA or any other regulatory agency
• Our annual experience modification rating (emr) is .61

SKMES has an experience modification rate of .61.

Our safety program has a direct effect on your company’s mod rate. The mod rate directly affects the cost of workers’ compensation insurance. The average experience modification rate (emr) is 1.00 and simply means that a company has average workers’ compensation losses for their industry and will pay 100% of the annual premium that is set by their state. A company with a higher emr will pay a higher percentage of their annual premium; meaning that company has experienced higher than average claims. A company with a lower emr pays less than 100% and has had lower than average claims.

We have hit several milestones and received several awards for safety including:

• One million man hours without a lost time accident in 2017
• Over 900,000 hours working without a lost time accident.
• One year without a lost time accident in 2010-2011.
• Knoxville Convention Center’s “1 Million Hours Without a Lost Time Accident.”
• 2017 Commissioner’s Award for Excellence in Workplace Safety and Health
• 2012/2013/2015 AGC Construction Safety Excellence Award
• 2012 Tennessee Governor’s Excellence in Safety Award
• 2007/2008 ABC Gold Achievement Award
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