Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 30, 2024 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Michael McDonald - General Counsel
Eric Gerstenberg - Co-Chief Executive Officer
Mike Battles - Co-Chief Executive Officer
Eric Dugas - EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Jim Buckley - SVP of Investor Relations

Conference Call Participants

Tyler Brown - Raymond James
Noah Kaye - Oppenheimer
David Manthey - Baird
Adam Bubes - Goldman Sachs
Larry Solow - CJS Securities
Jim Ricchiuti - Needham
Brian Butler - Stifel
Timna Tanners - Wolfe Research
Tobey Sommer - Truist

Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Clean Harbors Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

It is now my pleasure to turn the floor over to your host, Michael McDonald, General Counsel for Clean Harbors. Sir, the floor is yours.

Michael McDonald

Thank you, Christine, and good morning, everyone. With me on today's call are our Co-Chief Executive Officers, Eric Gerstenberg and Mike Battles our EVP and Chief Financial Officer, Eric Dugas; and SVP of Investor Relations, Jim Buckley.

Slides for today's call are posted on our Investor Relations website, and we invite you to follow along. Matters we are discussing today that are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Participants are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements, which reflect management's opinions only as of today, October 30, 2024. Information on potential factors and risks that could affect our results is included in our SEC filings. The company undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to the statements made today other than through filings made concerning this reporting period.

Today's discussion will include references to non-GAAP measures. Clean Harbors believes that such information provides an additional measurement and consistent historical comparison of its performance. Reconciliations of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are available in today's news release, on our website, and in the appendix of today's presentation.

Let me turn the call over to Eric Gerstenberg to start. Eric?

Eric Gerstenberg

Thanks, Michael. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. As we typically do, we'll begin with safety. Our people work in some of the toughest environments, but we do so in the safest possible way every single day. We began Q3 with an internal awareness push to ensure that our employees continue to prioritize safety. Our total recordable incident rate on a year-to-date basis now stands at 0.69, which reflects our position as an industry leader in safety. We are continuing to focus on our comprehensive safety programs to send our 24,000 people home uninjured every day. That above all else represents the foundation of our company.