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SAFETY
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Our workplace safety program was designed and implemented by management to create a safety first culture. Compliance with and knowledge of our safety program is a condition of employment with Melrose Construction. Our superintendents understand that safety is at the core of everything we do. We BUILD a culture of SAFETY!
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At Melrose Construction, we take the safety of our employees and that of others working around us very seriously, which is why our policy is to provide our employees with a safe work environment through training and reinforced supervision.
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• Occupational Health & Safety Policy and Program - Maintained and
continually updated to optimize our safety policies and procedures.
• Our workplace safety program includes pre-employment screening, pre-job training evaluations and written policies and procedures.
• First Aid and CPR, working at height, WHMIS, Health & Safety Awareness Certified: All foremen and workers are required to be certified.
• Continual Job Safety Inspections: To ensure safety procedures are implemented and rigorously followed.
• Personal Protective Equipment: Worn by all employees.
• Jobs are reviewed prior to start: To identify all safety procedures unique to that job.
• Project-specific Safety Packet: Developed for each project.
• Regular Formal Foremen Meetings: Conducted by Project Managers to review and reinforce safety policies and procedures and to conduct training for new or updated practices.
• Weekly Mandatory Job Site Tool Box Safety Meetings: Safety policies are constantly reviewed and reinforced with employees on a weekly basis.
• All our employees adhere to the occupational health and safety act, and will take disciplinary action against those employees that do not.
