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 At
Harcon, safety is an attitude, an awareness, a frequent topic
of discussion, and a responsibility that begins at the top with
the president, and extends all the way to the newest employee.
To ingrain this philosophy in all employees, we have established
a culture that promotes an injury-free work environment with
the overall goal for all employees to go home safe at the end
of each work day. We did not set this goal because we wanted
to avoid OSHA citations, decrease our insurance rates, or even
to increase our business. We set this goal because it was the
right thing to do. Our employees deserve a safe working environment
free from hazards that could result in injury. With this philosophy
in mind, we are dedicated to continually elevate our safety standards
providing our employees and our clients with the safest jobsites
in our industry through a wide variety of methods including:
 Safety
DrawingWith the help of several of our customer’s safety
managers, Harcon has developed color safety drawings. The drawings
are in English and Spanish and some just show the wrong and right
way of doing things with no words. They say pictures are worth
a thousand words so we have filled them up with color pictures.
What we found was that as the men wait to sign in they look at
the pictures. It is just another way of getting the message to
the workers so that they know how to protect themselves and their
fellow workers so that they all go home every night without being
hurt.
| ZERO TOLERANCE - DRUGS & ALCOHOL |
 Drug & Alcohol
Safety DrawingPre-employment, post-accident for cause and random
drug testing have earned Harcon the certification as “Drug
Free Workplace”.
 Fall
Protection Safety DrawingMade possible by our custom-designed
and tested Fall Arrest systems which allows our employees to
be tied off while working on a leading edge.
Once a week all our jobsite hold and document
a “tool box” talk to address job-relevant safety
topics, update employees on latest OSHA rules and regulations,
and give the opportunity for employee interaction on matters
of safety. In addition to these weekly meetings, Superintendents
and Foremen have daily safety talks with their employees before
work begins.
Our Superintendents are constantly inspecting
our jobs to improve on safety and once a week they fill out a
job safety inspection report with the main focus placed on corrective
action. In addition to our Superintendents’ safety inspections,
our Safety Director, Project Managers, and General Superintendents
also conduct routine safety inspections. Documentation and enforcement
of adherence to safety policies provides the safety leadership
that makes Harcon's safety goals attainable.
June is National Safety month and in accordance,
each year Harcon has a safety blitz sending teams of project
managers, district managers, general superintendents, corporate
office personnel and insurance representatives to all Harcon
jobsites as an affirmation and celebration of what Harcon’s
safety is all about.
All new-hires are required to complete
new hire training before they begin work. As part of this requirement,
all employees are required to watch the new hire orientation
safety video. As employees’ responsibilities increase or
change, so does their training with most foremen and superintendent
receiving OSHA 10 or 30 hour classes and CPR/First Aid training.
Each time Harcon uses a new forming system, part of the training
always includes best work practices for safety. In addition,
we hold quarterly superintendent safety meetings.
All incidents, including near misses are
investigated focusing on root cause, not blame. We use this information
to determine if retraining should occur, and at what level. It
is also used as a learning tool with information disseminated
to all jobsites as needed. We want to learn from our incidents
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