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8.right To Stop Work Policy
8.right To Stop Work Policy
The Right to Stop Work initiative provides every employee the authority to stop a job if it is
deemed to be unsafe. Regardless of your position in the company, if there is any doubt
about the safety of a particular task, condition, procedure or process, you are empowered
and obligated to stop the work. Furthermore, not only are you personally authorized to stop
work without threat of adverse retribution from management or co-workers, it is your
responsibility to do so.
If you feel that your efforts to stop work due to an unsafe condition have been ignored,
please contact the HSE Hotline. Calls made to the HSE Hotline will be handled in a
confidential manner. You may contact the HSE hotline by dialing one of the following
numbers: