Celebrating McKinstry’s Safest Year on Record: A Shared Commitment to No Harm

This year marks an important milestone for McKinstry: the safest year on record within company history.

It’s an achievement worth celebrating and one that reflects something deeper than statistics. It reflects thousands of everyday decisions made by people across the team to protect one another and live the company’s commitment to “No Harm.”

In a recent video message to employees, Stephen Walter, Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety, delivered a simple but powerful reminder: “No Harm” starts with you.

Safety at McKinstry is not just a policy. It is a personal responsibility each of us carries every day, on every job site.

Stephen’s understanding of safety was shaped long before he joined McKinstry. Early in his career, he worked as a craftsman in the oil fields, overseeing nearly 100 oil wells. The environment was demanding and the risks were real. What stood out most wasn’t just the complexity of the work. It was the shared responsibility required to do it safely. Protecting one another wasn’t optional. It took every person, every day, making the right choices to ensure everyone went home unharmed.

That lesson continues to define McKinstry’s approach to safety and is the foundation behind the company’s record-setting year.

Central to this approach are Four Pillars of Safety that bring McKinstry’s safety culture to life.

The first is Active Caring. That means showing up for one another with courage and accountability.

The second is Wait a Second: stop and pause when things don’t feel right.

The third principle is Safe Work Innovation. Each day offers an opportunity to refine our processes, strengthen protections and find better ways to work.

Finally, Ask for Help. No project goes exactly as planned every time. Relying on the people around you, before a situation becomes unsafe, is essential to maintaining a culture of care.

While learning from incidents is important, Stephen emphasizes that it is just as critical to recognize the everyday actions that prevent harm in the first place. A strong safety culture is built not only on protocols and procedures, but on relationships, trust and a shared commitment to doing the right thing.

McKinstry’s safest year on record didn’t happen by chance. The people on the team made it all possible.