Safety at State Service
Safety, Then Quality, Then Production
State Service Company runs a nobody gets hurt culture across its 70-acre fabrication yard in Ingleside, Texas, with a zero recordable target. The measure is simple: everybody walks out of the gate the same way they came in. With roughly 1,300 people working on site, that standard is set by planning the work before it starts rather than by reacting to what goes wrong.
Zero Recordable Target
Everybody walks out the gate the way they came in.
Safety by Design
Scaffolding built specifically to reduce climbing.
Work at Ground Level
Modular fabrication removes work at elevation on live sites.
The Order Is the Point
Roy Myers, Director of Operations, states the order without hedging: safety, then quality, then production. If the work is safe and the product is right, the schedule follows. Production is the outcome of working safely and building it right, not a competing priority to be balanced against them.
Safety Is Designed Into the Job
The largest share of safety work at State Service happens before a crew picks up a tool. Craft are set up for success by pre-planning the task and making the environment safe first.
Scaffolding built to reduce climbing is a concrete example of engineering the hazard out rather than managing it with procedure. Fewer climbs is fewer fall exposures, and it costs money to build scaffold that a schedule-driven yard could rationalize skipping.
Scaffold itself is controlled. Every structure is inspected and tagged, and the tag is checked before anyone climbs.
Working at Ground Level, Not at Elevation
Modular fabrication is itself a safety strategy. Work performed in a yard at ground level, at fixed stations, by permanent crews, is work not performed at elevation in a congested or operating plant.
A facility of comparable scope built conventionally carries six to eight thousand people on site. State Service performs the fabrication scope with roughly 1,300 people in Ingleside. Every one of those is a person not exposed to simultaneous operations at a live project location.
Credentials and Compliance
- Environment, Health and Safety program
- Auditable QA/QC program and Quality Management System
- ASME code compliance
- API standards
- PHMSA compliance on pipeline work
- TWIC credentialing
- NCCER and OQ certified personnel
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is State Service's safety record target?
Zero recordables. The company accepts that minor first aid cases occur and works to eliminate recordable incidents entirely.
How does modular fabrication improve project safety?
It moves work off the project site and into a controlled yard, at ground level, with permanent crews. That reduces both the headcount exposed at a live facility and the amount of work performed at elevation.
What certifications do State Service personnel hold?
TWIC credentialing, plus NCCER and OQ certifications.
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