Best Practices For Contractor Safety Management
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Executive Summary
This report provides managers in operations and safety roles with an overview of best practices for contractor safety management. To capture best practice insights, Verdantix undertook 23 interviews with corporate safety and operations managers as well as contractor safety management experts at service providers and technology firms. Verdantix analysis finds that successful contractor safety management requires a closed loop digital process. Directors of EHS, procurement and operations need to invest in digital technologies that connect the dots for all contractor safety management practices and eliminate data silos.Contractor Safety Management Is A Huge Challenge Across Multiple Industries
Outsourcing Work To Contractors Increases Risk Exposure Rather Than Reducing It
Contractors Add Safety Challenges To Ongoing Operations And Project Work
Current Approaches To Fixing Contractor Safety Management Are Broken
Successful Contractor Safety Management Requires A Closed Loop Digital Process
1) Apply Tough Prequalification Criteria To Eliminate High-Risk Contractors
2) Build A Worker Safety Data Model That Enhances Prequalification Assessment
3) Leverage Digital Technologies For Secure Site Access And Effective Safety Onboarding
4) Give Contractors Access To On-Site And Digital Corporate Safety Resources
5) Capture Post-Contract Safety Performance Information To Enhance The Framework
Figure 2. Contractors Add Safety Challenges
Figure 3. Current Approaches To Contractor Safety Management Are Broken
Figure 4. Best Practices For Contractor Safety Management
Figure 5. Checklist For Inclusion When Prequalifying Contractors
Figure 6. Spending Changes On Contractor Risk Management Software
About the Authors
Sebastian Winter
Industry Analyst
Sebastian is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix Operational Excellence practice. His research agenda covers digital twins for industrial facilities, asset management softwar…
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Malavika Tohani
Research Director, Industrial Transformation
Malavika leads the Verdantix Industrial Transformation practice. Her current research agenda focuses on digital technologies for Operational Excellence including digital twins…
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David Metcalfe
CEO and Co-Founder
David is the CEO of Verdantix and co-founded the firm in 2008. Based on his 20 years of experience in technology strategy and research roles he provides guidance on digital st…
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