Safety is a fundamental part of our business and is paramount to our success and the customers for whom we work. Safety is integral to designing, planning, and executing our projects.  Bechtel has earned an industry-leading record of achieving zero lost-time incidents on 90 percent of our projects worldwide.  Year after year, our zero accidents philosophy helps put our safety performance right at the top of the industry.

At Bechtel, we believe that every accident, and therefore every injury, is preventable, and we embed that philosophy into every Bechtel project through a combination of technical field procedures and ongoing training programs. We are committed to achieving and sustaining zero accidents through active leadership and the participation of each employee at our offices and project locations.

Every employee has stop-work authority—if it's not safe, don't do it. We also ask our subcontractors and partners to adopt our commitment to safety and health. The result is exceptional safety performance, even in hazardous work environments, severe weather, and remote locations.

Employee ownership of and participation in the environmental safety and health process is encouraged and expected of all employees. We continually strive to eliminate all work-related injuries and illnesses by empowering employees to take safe and healthy actions in every work task.

Our dedication to safety helps keep workers safe and it also pays off for our customers. Their operating costs go down and productivity goes up because less time is lost to accidents. And our people go home to their families safely at the end of each day.