Feasibility
Studies
Evaluate viability, define scope, and establish realistic budgets before committing to design or construction.
Safety Isn't a Policy at CR Meyer. It's How We Work.
When a contractor's safety culture falls short, the consequences don't stay contained to the incident. They show up in your project schedule, your facility liability, your regulatory exposure, and your people. CR Meyer's approach to safety is built to protect all of it.
Production shutdowns
Even a brief work stoppage can mean significant revenue loss.
Facility liability exposure
Incidents on your site create regulatory and legal risk for your organization.
Schedule consequences
Investigations, work stoppages, and crew changes ripple through the entire project timeline.
Damaged equipment and assets
In active industrial environments, a safety failure rarely stays contained.
Reputational impact
For plant leaders accountable to corporate safety metrics, a contractor-caused incident is a career event.
Regulatory scrutiny
An incident can trigger OSHA investigation of the broader facility, not just the contractor's scope.
Pre-project hazard identification
Before a crew sets foot on site, the hazards have been assessed, the controls are in place, and every team member is oriented to the specific risks of that environment.
Site-specific safety planning
CR Meyer's approach is tailored to the facility, not applied generically across all projects.
A workforce trained to recognize and act
Every CR Meyer craftsperson is trained to identify unsafe conditions, empowered to stop work when something is wrong, and expected to coach others in safe practices.
Transparency when incidents occur
When safety issues arise, CR Meyer addresses them openly, takes accountability, learns from them, and improves. That posture — common in CR Meyer's culture, rare in the industry — is what builds lasting trust with clients.
Alignment with your facility's standards
CR Meyer doesn't impose its program on your facility. We partner with your operations and safety teams to align our approach with your expectations from Day One.
A Safety Culture That Keeps Improving
CR Meyer's safety team recently increased on-site proactive safety audits by more than 100% — not in response to an incident, but as a deliberate investment in identifying and correcting hazards before they become problems.
Safety Advantage
How Does Our Self-Perform Model Protect Your Facility?
One of CR Meyer's most defensible safety arguments is structural. When you control the workforce, you control the safety culture.
CR Meyer's own trained craftspeople operate under consistent standards across every project and every site. There are no subcontractor crews arriving with:
- Different training standards
- Different incident reporting cultures
- Different levels of alignment with your facility's safety expectations
When a contractor subcontracts critical trades, safety standards become a variable. At CR Meyer, they are a constant.
1.26 Total Incident Rate
CR Meyer's Total Incident Rate — approaching half the industry standard of 2.0. For owners evaluating contractor safety performance, TIR is the most direct measure of how a safety culture performs in the field.
A Safety Culture That Keeps Improving
CR Meyer's safety team recently increased on-site proactive safety audits by more than 100%, not in response to an incident, but as a deliberate investment in identifying and correcting hazards before they become problems. The result is a safety record that doesn't just hold a standard. It raises one.
135 Years of High-Consequence Industrial Work
Working in demanding industrial environments for generations produces a safety culture that is inherited, tested, and continuously reinforced. CR Meyer's approach wasn't introduced in response to industry pressure. It was built across more than a century of showing up in facilities where the cost of failure has always been high.
First OSHA VPP Star in WI
CR Meyer was the first contractor in the state selected for the Star Level of OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program. Star designation, the program's highest tier, requires documented evidence that a company's safety systems meet or exceed OSHA standards, maintained through ongoing federal evaluation.
First AGC WI Level III WISE Recipient
CR Meyer was the first contractor to receive the AGC of Wisconsin's highest safety achievement recognition. WISE Level III is reserved for contractors with a fully integrated safety management system, requiring documented evidence that safety is embedded in how every project is planned and executed.
Industry Safety Leadership
CR Meyer's Director of Risk Management serves on the board of the Pulp and Paper Safety Association (PPSA). The company maintains active involvement with TAPPI and ISNetWorld, reflecting where CR Meyer's safety leadership sits relative to the broader industry.