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Mercury Teams Kick Off the 2025 Construction Safety Campaign with Safety Observation Report Focus
This October, Mercury teams company-wide are taking part in the annual CIF Construction Safety Campaign, running from the 13th to the 24th. Throughout the campaign, project teams will host toolbox talks and training sessions on critical topics. This year’s CIF theme, Back to Basics, focuses on reinforcing safety fundamentals through practical, on-site engagement. Each day of the campaign will focus on a key area:
- 14th October: Leadership and Golden Rules
- 15th October: Live Energies
- 16th October: Apprentices and General Operatives
- 21st October: Material Handling
- 22nd–23rd October: Falls from Height
Across all sites, teams will also take part in CPR awareness training, dynamic risk assessments, incident demonstrations, and wellbeing webinars. These activities reinforce Mercury’s commitment to continuous improvement and to embedding safe practices across every project.
A key focus this year is Mercury’s new Safety Observation Report (SOR) programme. Rolled out across the Group in July, the system allows employees and partners to identify potential hazards and unsafe behaviours before they escalate. Reports can be submitted quickly and anonymously through the digital platform, encouraging open participation across every project and office.
The programme directly supports this year’s Back to Basics theme by strengthening awareness and encouraging proactive engagement. It reflects Mercury’s Work Safe, Home Safe value in action, supporting our goal of preventing incidents and protecting every person on site
QEHS Director Tony Sheridan said the introduction of the SOR programme is helping to build a stronger safety culture by making it easier for people to raise concerns and highlight risks. “Every person has a role in keeping our sites safe,” he explained.
By identifying hazards earlier and encouraging open reporting, we can strengthen prevention and make safety an even bigger part of how we work.
The programme is already showing strong engagement, with more than 5,000 reports submitted in just two months. On current trends, that equates to around 30,000 per year. This volume of reporting gives Mercury’s teams the data needed to intervene earlier and focus on prevention, embedding a best-in-class safety culture across operations in partnership with the supply chain.
QEHS Director Tony Sheridan said the introduction of the SOR programme is helping to build a stronger safety culture by making it easier for people to raise concerns and highlight risks. “Every person has a role in keeping our sites safe,” he explained.
“By identifying hazards earlier and encouraging open reporting, we can strengthen prevention and make safety an even bigger part of how we work”
The programme is already showing strong engagement, with more than 5,000 reports submitted in just two months. On current trends, that equates to around 30,000 per year. This volume of reporting gives Mercury’s teams the data needed to intervene earlier and focus on prevention, embedding a best-in-class safety culture across operations in partnership with the supply chain.
WORK SAFE HOME SAFE
Safety is our anchor value. It underpins everything that we do. It’s a mindset that’s firmly fixed in every individual, team, and rank throughout Mercury and our supply chain.
Safety is embedded in our DNA. It’s the bedrock of our delivery, training, and processes. We insist that it is a fundamental component of every facet of our business. We never, ever take this for granted.
Without our people we are nothing. This fact means that every individual within Mercury is accountable. Safety isn’t just our policy, it’s our duty.
