The Good Catch Program is a Safety recognition program to reinforce our commitment to “Zero is Achievable”.
On all projects, a robust process for reporting and learning from good catch events and stop-work actions should already exist. The Good Catch program is intended to encourage and reinforce these critical safety activities, by formal recognition and reward.
Good Catch: An incident in which personal injury or property damage was avoided by hazard recognition and avoidance by Koontz Electric employee.
Stop Work: A situation in which a Koontz Electric employee observes an unsafe condition or act that could affect the safety of personnel and/or property and takes immediate action to stop work, place it in a safe state, and report the event to the supervisor.
Reporting good catches and stopping unsafe work actions play a critical role in preventing incidents and helping us learn from mistakes. When we proactively focus on small events and near-misses, we gain the opportunity to correct our processes, raise awareness, and avoid unsafe behavior.
“Zero is Achievable”.
August Good Catch Award
The August Good Catch Award goes to the El Dorado Mobile Crew, who worked tirelessly in 100+ degree heat to prevent a substation failure that could have affected more than 2,000 customers in South Arkansas without incident. Thanks to their hard work, teamwork, and...
February Good Catch Award
The February Good Catch Award goes to Mike Lunn’s crew in Oklahoma. While replacing a 100-amp breaker with a 60-amp breaker in a new AC panel shipped directly from the factory, the crew noticed a serious issue: a bolt for the bus was completely unattached and loose...
January Good Catch Award
🏆 **January Good Catch Award** 🏆 The January Good Catch Award goes to Cody Andrews' crew in Little Rock for their outstanding commitment to job site safety. During the normal course of construction, handrails, guardrails, and other permanent protective structures are...
November Good Catch Award
The November Good Catch Award goes to Marshall Bryant, Robert Bryant & Sergio Cortes. This group of leaders developed a custom solution to safely install eight 20,000 lb. transformers on a weight-restricted slab. They engineered the hazards out of the way and...
October Good Catch Award
The October Good Catch Award goes to Ben Noll’s Corp of Engineers Crew in Fort Peck, Montana. This crew has had two (2) Good Catch’s in the past 30 days. 1. The crew found a crack in one of the rented wire rollers. If this issue had not been addressed, the...
September Good Catch Award
The September Good Catch Award goes to the Koontz Testing Services (KTS) Crew. While on-site performing maintenance work during a scheduled outage, the customer provided information on how to de-energize the work area. Before beginning work, the KTS crew performed...
August Good Catch Award
The August Good Catch Award goes to Mark Andrews crew at the Dalles Dam in Oregon. While setting up to pull 2,200’ of overhead conductor for a mobile crane, a crew member noticed a gouge in the cable around the 400’ mark. The crew was able to swap out the conductor...
July Good Catch Award
July Good Catch Award Congratulations to James Russell’s crew working at the Heth Substation in West Memphis, AR, for earning our July Good Catch! During the inspection of a newly delivered piece of rental equipment, the crew noticed a keeper pin missing from the...
June Good Catch Award
June Good Catch Award Winner: St. Jude’s Crew! Big shoutout to our Koontz Electric team at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis! During a recent jobsite inspection, Flintco gave us a major safety shoutout, highlighting our crew’s attention to detail, clean...
May Good Catch Award
The May Good Catch Award goes to Robert Finders Substation crew in Harrah, Ok. After returning to work following inclement weather, the Koontz Crew performed a thorough job site inspection to check for any potential damage. During the inspection, the crew observed a...
March Good Catch Award
Robert Finders' Crew (Harrah, OK) We are proud to present the March Good Catch Award to Robert Finders and his crew—Martin Muniz and Chris Dewitt—for their exceptional attention to safety while working in Harrah, Oklahoma. While preparing to install new 477 jumpers to...
February Good Catch Award
The February Good Catch Award goes to the Grand Prairie Pump Station Crew in DeValls Bluff, AR. While installing temporary power, an MCC bucket was removed after LOTO. When the bucket was removed the crew noticed the vertical bus cover had been modified to allow the...