Our Safety Transformation Journey

At Buckman, our safety goal has been the same for 80 years – to get our employees home safely. But while our goal makes us no different than anyone else, the way we choose to achieve it certainly does. And that’s why we decided to recommit ourselves to an even higher standard of safety for ourselves and our customers, and to reinvigorate our safety culture.

Safety at Buckman is our core value. Changing attitudes, and ultimately culture, is not as easy as flipping a switch…we knew it was going to be a journey. To kick off our safety transformation journey, we needed a new safety motto that all employees could easily reference and stand behind. And to drive home the importance that safety remains a core value, we needed something that resonated with our employees on a personal level. We chose People Matter Most because, at the end of the day, it’s really our people that DO matter most.

Now that we had a motto, what could we do to further elevate our attitudes and culture around safety?

We began by conducting a National Safety Council employee safety survey to gauge how our employees thought we were doing as it related to safety. This information would later feed into our newly developed Golden Safety Rules, Critical Standards and Risk Reduction Standards.

In 2024, 422 associates completed the DuPont Felt Leadership Workshop. The principles learned in this training all begin with caring and center around safety leadership that is both visible and felt. We will continue to develop even more of our leaders with these felt leadership concepts and tools.

We host an annual Buckman Safety Week, a dedicated week for safety, health, wellness and environmental educational sessions, workshops and activities. Our employees provide input on the themes and topics and volunteer to present on their topics of interest. We collect employee feedback on every educational session. In 2024, 7,206 attendees took part in our Global Safety Week, with attendees encouraged to attend multiple events.

Even though we have made great strides, our safety transformation journey is not over. We will continue to strive for zero injuries and illnesses. And we will rely on every employee to make safety a value and Buckman as a company will continue to take safety to heart, because People Matter Most.

Compliance

To view our compliance certificates, please visit our resource page.