Safety
The Cornerstone of Our Culture
Safety is more than something we talk about. We incorporate it into everything we do. That means we provide our people with the programs, tools, time and training to do what needs to be done without cutting corners or taking unnecessary risks. From the Michels family and senior leaders to our newest team members, we ask everyone to promise to focus on their own safety and the safety of everyone around them, whether at work and outside of it.
The truest measure of safety performance is seeing our people return home safely each day. We are honored to receive awards from our industries and partners recognizing we do all we can to support this critical initiative.
HSE Cornerstones
Just as a cornerstone is a foundation on which a structure rests in construction, we developed and implemented Michels Cornerstones of Health, Safety & Environmental to provide our people with 10 actionable ways to demonstrate safety-first actions.
Legacy of Safety
A Lasting Impression
Michels’ fate was in peril in our earliest days. Our founder, Dale Michels, was critically injured when a crude side boom fell onto him, crushing his hip. His recovery took more than a year. Day-to-day operations were left in the hands of Jerry Eilbes, Dale’s first employee, and the crew members who believed in Dale and his goals.
Commitment to Safety
Dale eventually made a full recovery. The accident left a lasting mark on his family and the fledgling company. To this day, the Michels family remains passionate about safety so other families can avoid a similar experience. That commitment is the framework for Michels’ safety culture and our promise to providing crews with sophisticated, well-maintained equipment.
Electrical Transmission & Distribution Partnership
Working toward a common goal
Supporting our belief that the strength of an industry depends on contributions from individual participants, Michels Power participates in the Electrical Transmission & Distribution Partnership. This strategic partnership between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), electrical transmission and distribution construction contractors, the IBEW and trade associations is the result of an industry putting the safety of all employees ahead of competitive differences.
Michels Power and other Electrical Transmission & Distribution Partnership participants work together to reduce fatalities, injuries and illness in the industry through the collection, review and dissemination of data, training, best practices and communications.
Technical Training
Michels Power provides positive, engaging training in classroom environments, jobsites and one-on-one settings. We use industry-specific training methods, internally developed programs, and best practices to ensure a relevant and realistic opportunity for every training program. Our in-house trainers are drawn from specific backgrounds in the electrical transmission, distribution, and substation industry, allowing our subject matter experts to engage the workforce from a position of skills, knowledge, and experience. We supplement in-house trainers with outside vendors, IBEW union resources, and NECA. Our technical training programs are frequently evaluated to meet industry standards.
MI-Promises
Our award-winning MI-Promises campaign was born from a straightforward idea of asking all of our people to make a promise to their loved ones to not perform or stop any work that is or appears to be unsafe and to keep themselves and others out of harm’s way.
- MI-Promises
- Promise Me
- Our Core Values
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