Terry L. White This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. www.safenebraska.org

   www.safenebraska.org/about-us/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/28/2008   Last Visited: 5/28/2008

   TERRY L. WHITEVice President Safety,Kiewit Building Group, Inc.

2. 2. Kiewit Building Group - Full Service General Contractor

   www.kiewitbuildinggroup.com/ht - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/28/2005   Last Visited: 8/28/2005

   "We are ecstatic about being one of the sites in all of the United States that has this prestigious award," said Terry White, safety manager for Kiewit's Midwest Building District in Omaha.
   
   Kiewit's Omaha site encompasses three years of work, White said. Under the certification process, Kiewit could not apply for the program until it had completed a year of work. White said the 150 to 200 workers on the site have had only two recordable accidents since the project began, with no lost-time workdays.
   
   OSHA expects to bring more construction sites into the VPP program with its new initiative, VPP for Construction. The new program has two categories of participants: one for long-term, site-based construction projects; the other for companies, divisions, and other business units that employ mobile work forces and work at various sites or projects not always controlled by the participant.
   
   White said the new criteria under VPP for Construction would allow other Kiewit sites around the country to achieve certification.
   
   To keep safety at the forefront, Kiewit workers at the performing arts center regularly hold "toolbox" meetings to discuss safety issues, starting in the morning before the workday begins, White said. "It's kind of a two-minute reminder where we ... For a construction company, taking down the VPP flag from a worksite is almost like a badge of honor because it means the project was completed under the auspices of a formalized safety culture.
   
   "Probably the biggest single thing that makes a difference on our worksites is the attitude of the supervisors, and that just permeates through every single person on the job site - that this is our house and our house is kept just like it is at home. Workers] are proud when their families come on the site," White said.

3. 3. Safety and Health Council of Greater Omaha - 2003 Breakfast Series

   www.safenebraska.org/SafeWorki - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/24/2001   Last Visited: 11/13/2003

   Terry White, Kiewit Construction Company