• Everywhere it works in North America, Turner Construction Co. told workers to drop what they were doing for a while – or more likely to put it down carefully – for instruction on the concept of lean construction and how thinking through tasks and eliminating unnecessary work and materials is also safer.
• The day after Labor Day, some 45,000 workers got half-hour or hour-long instruction, and the company says it will do the same teaching on job sites internationally at different times. The topic is "Material Management for a Safer Work Environment."
• Lean construction is an approach of doing the most efficient work on projects, saving time and money, and Turner has been working with universities on how the approach can also increase safety, for example by reducing injuries from repetitive motions.

From the article:

To drive home the importance of lean construction practices in project delivery as well as jobsite safety, Turner Construction Co. paused its 45,000-person staff and subcontractor workforce in North America for 30-minute to one-hour tutorials, delivered company-wide on Sept. 4 to all shifts. ...