Safeguarding our people remains a core value at AECOM. Our most important asset is our people and a safe and healthy environment for every member of our team is non-negotiable.
Our comprehensive global SH&E program, Safety for Life, provides policies, procedures, and processes to manage risk, while creating a Culture of Caring that supports participation in the necessary activities on and off the job. Holistic injury and illness prevention processes enable identification and management of hazards, allowing us to eliminate and reduce harm in our workplaces proactively and aggressively. Through these efforts, we have successfully met our annually established leading and lagging key indicator targets, our Core Value Metrics, for both the AECOM Enterprise and all associated business groups. Our incident rates continue to be superior to the industry average. Within fiscal 2024, our Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) in our Professional Services businesses reflect an improvement of 36% since fiscal 2020, while our Lost Workday Case Rate (LWCR) improved by 67% over the same period.
AECOM’s Safety for Life program, driven by leadership commitment and empowered employees, has been fundamental to delivering industry-leading performance. This has been recognized through awards, including AECOM’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Order of Distinction for having achieved 16 consecutive annual Gold Awards. The RoSPA Health and Safety Awards are the largest occupational health and safety awards program in the UK. Our clients have also recognized AECOM’s excellent execution, with our AECOM KAST project team in California, USA awarded the Shell Global Goal Zero HSSE Award. The team’s commitment resulted in their outstanding performance and safe management of the KAST remediation site within a residential area.
Our nine Life-Preserving Principles
Our nine Life-Preserving Principles are core to everything we do.
1. Demonstrated Management Commitment
Our Executive, senior and project managers will lead the SH&E improvement process and continuously demonstrate support and commitment.
2. Employee Participation
Our employees will be encouraged and empowered to become actively engaged in our safety processes through their active participation in safety committees, training, audits, observations and inspections. Employees will be encouraged to participate in health initiatives and adopt a healthy lifestyle.
3. Budgeting and Staffing for Safety
Our safety staff will be competent, fully trained and qualified to provide technical resources to our internal and external clients. A budget to support safety activities will be included in project proposals.
4. Pre-Planning
Our design, engineering, project and construction management staffs will deploy effective risk mitigation efforts to design, plan and build safety into every project. Pre-Project and Pre-Task planning will be an effective tool in protecting our employees and the environment.
5. Contractor Management
Our project staff will work closely with our sub-consultants, subcontractors, contractors and JV Partners to provide a safe work environment for employees and members of the public. Our goal of SH&E performance excellence will be equally shared by all project participants.
6. Recognition and Rewards
Our employees will be recognized for their efforts in working safely and their support of our safety efforts.
7. Safety Orientation and Training
Our employees will be provided with effective safety training in order to identify and mitigate hazards in the workplace to prevent injuries to themselves and others who may be affected by their actions.
8. Incident Investigation
Our managers and safety professionals will investigate all recordable incidents and serious near misses to identify contributing factors and root causes in order to prevent a reoccurrence. Lessons learned shall be identified, communicated and implemented.
9. Fit for Duty
Our employees are responsible to report to work each day fit for duty and not to pose a health and safety hazard to themselves or others.