As part of Buckeye’s ongoing effort to recognize and mitigate risk, prevent incidents, and support our evolving safety philosophy of “No Harm” to our employees and contractors, Buckeye developed the SafeMe Application. This app was developed to help our employees understand, recognize, and proactively mitigate risk, promote situational readiness, and continue to foster a culture of safe execution.
SafeMe is a proprietary PC and mobile device application aimed at promoting and enhancing our safety-first culture using targeted, employee-focused technology. It is a self-assessment tool enabling employees to prioritize health and safety in the performance of their daily work activities and conditions. The brief “yes/no” format of the safety checklists contained on the app are designed to prioritize hazard evaluation and safety principles, as well as assist employees in planning the safe execution of work tasks. Employees can include comments regarding safety assessments in the app, which are then forwarded to corporate safety personnel for review and action planning. All Buckeye employees, both field and corporate, are expected to use the SafeMe app, and details collected within the SafeMe app allow for understanding and response to potential workplace improvements.
Since its launch in 2021, Buckeye employees have completed over 1 million self-assessments. Over this same period, we have seen a reduction in the number of events that have potential to cause harm, and the severity of those events continues to trend downward.
