About Caterpillar Safety Services

Caterpillar has always valued the safety of our customers and their employees. In 2011, we found ourselves at a crossroads on our safety journey. We had made significant improvements by focusing on compliance with global standards, but our lagging indicator results had plateaued. We realized we needed to go beyond focusing solely on the safety system and increase focus on building and maintaining a complete culture of safety.

We acquired a safety consulting business, gaining access to decades of experience, expertise and proven processes to help guide us on the next step of our journey. This company was integrated into Caterpillar as Caterpillar Safety Services, a solutions-based business unit, giving us another way to meet the needs of our customers.

Caterpillar Safety Services is comprised of former safety directors, certified environmental health and safety professionals, organizational development experts, project management professionals, and even former customers. 

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With diverse backgrounds in safety, operations, leadership, human resources, organizational development, military service and psychology, this team has a deep understanding of our customers’ needs.

We’ve helped hundreds of organizations across dozens of industries improve their safety cultures. And through all those experiences, we’ve learned that creating a strong, sustainable safety culture requires resiliency.

We developed an understanding of the components that make a safety culture resilient – system, mindset, leadership and ownership. And we’ve developed solutions to strengthen each of those components. No matter where you are in your safety journey and what your immediate goals are, our consultants can help uncover the reality of your safety culture and identify opportunities to improve.

Caterpillar Safety Services leads customers through assessments, strategic planning, training, coaching and continuous improvement processes, bringing safety to life for all levels of the organization.

Senior leaders become more visibly committed. Middle managers gain the tools to help ensure accountability. And front-line employees become actively involved in developing and improving safety processes. This results in a culture where safety is truly everyone’s responsibility, not just the safety department’s. 

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