SAFETY REWARD SOLUTION PROFILE

A CUSTOMIZED SAFETY INCENTIVE PROGRAM
IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

A COSTLY PROBLEM

Keeping safety top of mind and reducing reportable injuries are not easy goals to achieve in the construction industry, especially since crews change, work places vary, weather affects performance, and completing projects on time and on budget add pressure to the job. The problem is further complicated by the fact that safety can greatly impact a company’s bottom line, for the penalty for unsafe performance is serious in terms of lost productivity, workers’ compensation claims, higher insurance premium levels and out of pocket deductibles. That is why Healy Long & Jevin (HL&J), which provides concrete construction services throughout the mid-Atlantic region, began looking at ways to more effectively ensure that every superintendent, carpenter, cement finisher, and laborer who works on its projects would get on board with the company’s core value of making safety job number one.

SUCCESSFUL SOLUTION: SafeRewards Card Program

Realizing the HIGH cost associated with anything less than an all-inclusive safety program, HL&J wanted everyone on its job sites to get on board with the company’s core value of making safety number one.

“Initially, HL&J had implemented a year-end bonus safety incentive program for our core construction team. We wanted to implement something that would be more inclusive and effective on an ongoing basis, so we turned to Maverick Network Solutions to develop and provide an innovative and compelling way for us to do that. Since our rollout in August of ’08, I’m pleased to report that the approach Maverick customized for us really works to affect worker attitudes toward safety. We’re already seeing how this will translate into safer performance on the job.”
Joe Abbonizio, Risk Management/Safety Manager, Healy Long & Jevin

Customized to Get Results
Tailored to meet the specific needs of HL&J, the SafeRewards program rewards the safety performance of all employees on a monthly basis, using a specially designed Healy
Long & Jevin SafeRewards Card. The card, which is a re-loadable prepaid debit MasterCard® card, is like getting a cash reward, as employees can use it anywhere MasterCard debit cards are accepted.

Designed to Increase Accountability
The design of this incentive program requires everyone to be accountable to each other on the job for safety. Shared accountability, in turn, promotes safer teamwork. Each month, if employees work a minimum of 30 hours a week without a recordable injury, they all get $25 electronically deposited onto their SafetyRewards Card at the end of the following month. If there is a recordable injury, no one receives the bonus. By rewarding people every month, the program uses immediate gratification to keep safety top of mind day to day.

“We have been hearing a lot of positive buzz about the SafeRewards Card program. In fact, our employees are so tuned in and motivated, they often come to us before the end of each month to find out whether their safety performance has earned them the reward.”
Sean Healy, Treasurer, Healy Long & Jevin.

Configured for Ease of Use
The SafeRewards Card program features MAVLink, a web-based real time reporting and processing system that allows cards to be issued and loaded quickly and easily. Reports issued through MAVLink can be accessed securely online, providing HL&J with data that helps with annual budgeting and incentive program management.

MULTIPLE PAYOFFS

The SafeRewards Card Program:

• Fosters consistent safety awareness to improve safety performance and lower recordable injury rates
• Promotes the company brand while linking the company name with its core value of safety for the long-term
• Boosts company efficiencies because it is quick to implement and easy to manage
• Controls costs by giving the company the ability to control the value loaded onto the cards

Maverick Network Solutions, headquartered in Wilmington, Del., provides clients with access to the national bank card networks through a wide range of payment solutions including private label debit cards, prepaid corporate Visa® and MasterCard gift cards, and employee incentive cards. Maverick Network Solutions is a registered MSP of Palm Desert National Bank.

Healy Long & Jevin is a total concrete solution company, providing a full spectrum of concrete construction services to clients in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Services include concrete construction, concrete place & finishing, concrete pumping, site concrete, and excavation. For more information visit www.healylongjevin.com

The Healy Long & Jevin Prepaid MasterCard card is issued by Palm Desert National Bank pursuant to license issued by MasterCard.