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How Valmont Industries Eliminated Safety Silos to Cut Injuries by 80%
Operating on six continents in 21 countries with over 11,000 employees, Valmont Industries supports smart infrastructure systems by manufacturing power distribution and utility poles. Given that each pole weighs between 50,000 to 100,000 pounds, a strong safety program is critical to protecting employees.
Impact
- 80% reduction in injuries year-over-year.
- 200% increase in engagement at the production level.
- Consolidated five disparate health and safety programs into a single system.
- Achieved elimination focus on all serious injuries and fatalities within their footprint.
Outcome
By implementing a globally harmonized strategy and replacing five disparate programs with Intelex's single incident management system, Valmont Industries achieved significant improvements in workplace safety, including an 80% reduction in injuries and increased visibility for leadership across all global locations.
Intelex Applications
- Incident Management
- Global EHS Data Management
- Real-Time Safety Monitoring
The Challenge for Valmont Industries
As a growing medium-sized company with an influx of new operations and executive leadership, Valmont Industries faced significant EHS challenges. Prior to Intelex, each of their five business units operated separate health and safety programs. This lack of standardization created inefficiencies, limited visibility, and slowed response times to incidents.
Safety professionals were burdened with administrative tasks instead of focusing on effecting change at the shop floor. Without a unified system, executives had to rely on gut instinct rather than real-time data to make safety decisions. Valmont needed a solution that would harmonize its safety processes globally, improve data collection, and drive accountability across all levels of the organization.
“Having one solidified way to collect our data has expedited a truly administrative task and allowed our EHS professionals to ensure they're spending their time on effecting change at the shop floor, rather than an administrative task.”
Robert Vogel, Global Director of Corporate Environment, Health and Safety, Valmont Industries
“No longer do you have to trust your gut instinct. We can reach out and look at an EHS health check at any of our global locations, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.”
Robert Vogel, Global Director of Corporate Environment, Health and Safety, Valmont Industries
How Intelex Helped Valmont Industries
To address these challenges, Valmont Industries adopted Intelex as its single incident management system, implementing a globally harmonized strategy that provided immediate benefits including enhanced visibility, streamlined data collection, and increased accountability.
The most beneficial aspect has been the visibility through all levels of the organization. By consolidating incident reporting into one system, safety professionals could shift their focus from administrative tasks to proactive risk mitigation. Executives and operational leaders now have 24/7 access to EHS health checks at any global location, enabling them to make better decisions faster for their sites.
With a dual-track approach focusing on both employee skills and behaviors as well as engineering solutions within manufacturing processes, Valmont Industries successfully reduced injuries by 80% year-over-year. The integration has also driven employee engagement, which increased by 200% at the production level.
Looking ahead, Valmont aims to evolve their partnership with Intelex from user adoption to using the tool as prescriptive and finally predictive, working toward knowing "what's going to happen at a site before it happens and implement controls to thereby keep our people safe."