SAFETY IS JOB ONE

Nothing we do is more important than helping to insure that our employees return home safely to their loved ones each night. It’s as simple as that.

It's partly because we're all employee owners, partly because we strive to operate as a family, but more importantly because it’s simply the right thing to do.

Industrial construction can be an inherently unsafe place to be. We’ve found through the years that with pre-planning and the right procedures, safety can be engineered into the industrial building process. At MC Industrial we've made the quest for a zero injury work environment not just a priority, but instead one of the company's core values.

How We Make Safety a Core Value

Some in the construction industry used to (and some still do) believe that "you can't afford to be safe." We reject that notion outright - and instead have a formal safety program that's actively managed by a trained and dedicated staff of safety professionals.

How we do so is best summarized in four words: Communication,Training, Motivation and Monitoring - points that are reinforced in the following ways:

• MC Industrial’s detailed Safety Guidelines program is continually updated to provide the highest level of loss control, and is available to all supervisors via the company's Intranet.
• A safe work environment is provided by preplanning and by minimizing and eliminating hazards. Where existing hazards cannot be eliminated, their harmful effects are minimized through environmental controls, training in safe work methods, and by providing and requiring the use of personal protective equipment.
• Each MC Industrial team member is trained to develop and maintain the skills required to perform their work safely.
• Communications between MC Industrial team members and supervisors are an important part of our program and are used to expedite handling of suggestions for the minimizing and elimination of work hazards.
• Regular motivation methods such as lunches and on-going merchandise/incentive awards are employed to encourage employee participation in safe work methods and correcting onsite conditions.
• Scheduled and surprise inspections are conducted regularly to identify potentially unsafe conditions and to provide immediate correction.
• Before each work activity our foremen have been trained to perform a hazard analysis with their crew to discuss how to safely perform each task assigned.
• Our drug and alcohol abuse testing not only protects our employees from impaired individuals but encourages individuals to seek help if they should need professional counseling with regard to a substance abuse problem.
• Each employee is trained with regard to our safety expectations as well as those requested to be observed by the owner. Orientation of the project rules and project layout is also done prior to starting work.
• Before any employee takes to the field their supervisor meets with them in the jobsite office to explain how important their safety is to him/her and to the company.
• All new hires are identified so that our seasoned employees can mentor them while working on site.
  

What Happens When You Make Safety a Core Value

Our total commitment to safety has paid dividends for everyone involved. In every significant measure, MC Industrial's safety performance has consistently improved - as detailed by the following graphic evidence:

While our incident rates have shown steady improvement over the years, our goal remains ZERO INCIDENTS - a goal each and every MC Industrial employee takes very seriously.