LoCI听Controls has logged more than听221,000 hours听of landfill operations over听the past听nine years without a single lost-time incident,听maintaining听a 0% Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) across its field operations.听In landfill environments,听where heavy equipment, unstable terrain, and hazardous gases are part of daily work,听safety performance is a critical indicator of operational discipline and risk management. Sustaining a 0% TRIR over multiple years reflects consistent decision-making and systems designed to protect workers in high-risk conditions.听
鈥淪afe work starts with eliminating guesswork,鈥� said Tom Lindsay, Director of Operations at听LoCI. 鈥淥ur real-time data and control systems allow crews to respond with precision instead of urgency, reducing risk while improving outcomes. That commitment to safety is fundamental to how we serve our customers.鈥� 听LoCI听attributes its safety performance to a combination of routine safety training, real-time communication protocols for field staff, near-miss reporting, and a culture that gives employees authority to stop work when conditions are unsafe.听
This approach has also been recognized by customers operating landfill sites in challenging conditions, where safe execution directly affects site operations, compliance, and risk exposure. 听鈥淟oCI听has had zero safety issues across extreme weather and challenging terrain鈥攆rom winter conditions that required hauling 80-pound batteries through mud and snow to seven-day-a-week service coverage,鈥� Douglas Strathdee from Klickitat PUD celebrates, 鈥淚 would attribute this to not only the personal responsibility taken by the techs but also to management that has a healthy safety culture with a听鈥楽afety First鈥櫶齛ttitude.鈥澨�听