Utility Contractor Tulsa | Supplementary Safety Equipment – Pt. 2
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The next item discussed his safety toed workboots or work shoes. These include Steele or composite toe shielded toe footwear and are meant to protect the feet and especially the towels from damage or injury usually a impact type of injury. Working on a construction site and in the utility contractor Tulsa market, our employees are constantly working in and around heavy objects. It is just a fact of life that at some point something will be dropped or will slip out of your grip or an accident could take place at that could cause extensive damage to the toes and feet if the proper protective equipment is not being used. Requiring still or composite towed work boots or work shoes is a cheap way for us to protect our employees and mitigate risk in the field. As mentioned on a daily basis our employees are working with items much heavier than it would take to cause an injury so requiring safety toed Work boots or work shoes is a no brainer for GEI
The next example of how GEI Utility construction is changing the utility contractor Tulsa market by upping the ante with its dedication to safety is by our weekly safety meeting is conducted every Monday morning at our main office. The safety meetings are a great opportunity to discuss a safety topic that will be focused on for the week, look back at the previous week and make any adjustments or announcements in regards to our safety program that may be necessary, and to discuss near misses. The first two of these are items which are discussed every week in the Weekly safety meeting are fairly self-explanatory. Each week topic is discussed that is pertinent to the work being done on a daily basis. Articles are cited statistics are red so that employees know to take this very seriously. Next is a weekly recap of the previous week. Any safety issues that may have a rose in our discussed as well as a recap of what happened in our company over the previous week. The third item discussed a great links and every weekly safety meeting Are near misses. Near misses could very possibly be the most important part of our weekly safety meetings. These vital portions of our safety meetings are what helps to keep our company culture a culture which relies on and teaches safety over everything else. I near miss is in its simplest terms, when in employee says wow that was close, or that could’ve been bad. Usually Statement like this are made when an accident was very close to happening but did not for one reason or another sometimes as simple as luck. These are some of the most important teaching moments for a safety program. For example if an employee is working on a piece of equipment and notices that a safety hazard was narrowly avoided, there is a very good chance we will be doing the exact same activity in the days months and years to come. If a different statement like this are made when an accident was very close to happening but did not for one reason or another sometimes as simple as luck. These are some of the most important teaching moments for a safety program. For example if an employee is working on a piece of equipment and notices that a safety hazard was narrowly avoided, there is a very good chance we will be doing the exact same activity in the days months and years to come. If a different employee is performing the same task that was not aware of a hazard the outcome could be much much different. This is why we discussed near misses on a weekly basis. So that employees performing is the same or similar tasks are aware of any and all known hazards before beginning. Even though employee a BCDEFG etc. we’re lucky employees he may not be so lucky and the near miss could very easily turn in to an injury or even a fatality. This is why near misses are so important Especially in regard to the Utility Contractor Tulsa industry.
The next way in which GEI you till the construction is raising the bar on its safety requirements for the utility contractor Tulsa market is by his dedication to continuing education. GEI Utility construction the utility contractor Tulsa knows will keep its employees safe is dedicated to continuing education. Our continuing education program is extremely robust. First off any employee working in our company will be required to obtain it a minimum of the OSHA 10 certificate, first aid and CPR certificates, as well as a fit for duty physical and drug screen. Most utility contractor Tulsa do not require this and will put any employee with little to no experience in construction hazards on a job site. We at GEI Utility Construction Utility contractor Tulsa has relied on for nearly 40 years to keep its employees safe does not and will not rely on employees having a crash course in safety while working on our job site. Along with all employees being required to have a minimum of the OSHA 10 and a first aid and CPR training, any employee who is managing directing or leading any other GEI utility construction employee must obtain his OSHA 30 hour construction safety certificate. This certificate as the name would suggest takes approximately 30 hours to complete and gives the certificate holder a broader knowledge of construction safety, workplace hazards, and standard protocol as a relates to the construction industry.
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