Midwest Construction Services maintains a comprehensive
corporate safety and health program that targets zero accidents
and injuries as our corporate goal. Everyone, from management
to craft technician, is committed to a proactive approach to
safety. Being proactive begins with behavior-based safety. This
is an approach to injury prevention focusing on human at-risk
behaviors that can lead to an injury, or unsafe behaviors that
can contribute
to an unsafe working environment. In other words behavior-based
safety is an injury prevention process.
For each employee, this safety-training program
begins with a thorough understanding of corporate safety policies,
and
continues
with ten-hour OSHA Safety training and weekly job site safety
programs and newsletters. Employees are responsible for participating
in safety program development and implementation.
At Midwest
Construction Services the message is clear: any accident or
injury is unacceptable. To admit anything less
would send
the message that accidents are going to happen and are therefore
inevitable. We expect every Midwest employee to recognize
that he or she has a moral obligation to obtain our zero accident
goals.
The rewards of this comprehensive program have
been outstanding, with our workers’ compensation experience
modification rates well below national averages. Managing our
risks to provide a safe environment for everyone is the most
important job we do.
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