An EMR of 0.71 puts McClone in the top decile of construction firms nationally. But the number is the trailing indicator — what produces it is a culture where stopping the work for safety is non-negotiable, every crew, every shift, every pour.
EMR — Experience Modification Rate — is the construction industry's measure of safety performance. 1.0 is industry average. Below 1.0 is better. Below 0.75 is rare.
The number is built on 1,108 structures with millions of person-hours on jobsites across the western United States. It's verified annually by our insurer and reviewed by every general contractor we work with.
Why does it matter? Because the firms that get the hard pours — the hospitals, the high-rises, the sites with people working around them — are the firms whose safety record is unimpeachable.
An EMR doesn't move on its own. It's the output of a stack of programs, training, and habits we've built and refined over 50 years. Here's what's running.
Every crew, every shift, before the first pour. The lead walks the work, identifies hazards, and confirms PPE. Documented. Reviewed weekly by safety officers.
Every supervisor holds OSHA 30. Every crew member at minimum OSHA 10. We train above the legal floor — that's how floors stay floors and not ceilings.
Any crew member, any time, any reason — calls a stop, work stops. Period. Investigated together, restarted only when resolved. The most important rule we have.
Every formwork lift over a threshold has a pre-engineered lift plan. Reviewed by the formwork engineer, the GC, and the crew before mobilization.
Daily by site safety officers. Weekly by regional safety directors. Quarterly by corporate. Issues escalated to project managers within the same day.
Site-specific incident response. EMS routing pre-mapped. First-aid trained crew on every shift. Critical incident protocols rehearsed quarterly.
We don't grade our own paper. McClone's safety performance is verified annually by independent auditors and recognized by the national construction associations.
2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
Multiple jobsites
Verified · 2025
Western U.S. · 2024
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