Safety
Safety is paramount to all else involving workers in the construction industry. Nothing is more important than the health and safety of all personnel involved in the job.
 At Inco Services, Inc., we work safely, and constantly strive to improve our safety performance at all levels through a comprehensive practical program of employee training, employee awareness, incentives, and vigorous enforcement of established procedures. Our excellent safety record reflects the success of this program.
We employ field safety inspectors and trained safety professionals on every major project, and we hold construction superintendents and craft foremen, as well as each individual craftsman responsible and accountable for their project’s safety performance.
Inco Services’ Safety Program encompasses:
- Responsibility and accountability
- Safety education and training
- Occupational health
- Substance abuse program
- Accident investigations, trends and reports
- Major loss causes, reviews, and remedial actions
- Accident prevention procedures
- Hazardous substance communication
- Worker incentive programs
- Project Safety
Inco Services’ Corporate Safety Policy Manual, Employee Handbook and Site Procedures Manual are the basis of our Project Safety Program. The program is implemented on each Inco project under the management of our Corporate Safety Director. During our initial site meeting with the customer for each project, we introduce team members, verify responsibilities, review site-specific issues, and confirm all safety and emergency procedures.
Drug & Alcohol Policy
Inco Services, Inc. is certified by the Workers’ Compensation Board as a “Drug Free Workplace”. We are committed to maintaining a safe and productive workplace and have an established policy regarding the abuse of alcohol and drugs. Our policy, contained in our Corporate Safety Manual, applies for all Inco employees – craft, supervision, management and staff, both in the field and the home office. This mandatory alcohol and drug test program includes screening:
- pre-employment
- with reasonable cause
- periodic random
- subsequent to an individual’s involvement in an accident or accident “near miss”
Corporate Safety Data
| |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
| Employee Hours |
416,524 |
345,081 |
369,264 |
325,070 |
280,758 |
| EMR |
0.98 |
1.03 |
1.09 |
0.94 |
0.73 |
| OSHA Recordable Cases |
6 |
10 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
| Lost Workday Cases |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| Restricted Workday Cases |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lost Workdays |
20 |
45 |
387 |
403 |
3 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
| Employee Hours |
435,033 |
460,166 |
432,025 |
320,800 |
298,500 |
| EMR |
0.65 |
0.62 |
0.77 |
0.71 |
.72 |
| OSHA Recordable Cases |
17 |
13 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
| Lost Workday Cases |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Restricted Workday Cases |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lost Workdays |
161 |
8 |
52 |
0 |
22 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Inco Services operates under a formally established Corporate Safety Program (copy available on request), which provides for the following:
- Accident summaries to the president and vice-president on a quarterly basis
- Weekly Site Safety Meetings for Field Supervisors
- Project Safety Inspections by project managers and Corporate Safety Director
- Annual Accident Summaries are totaled by project and for the entire company
- Annual Costs are totaled for the entire company
- Orientation Program for new hires including instruction in:
- Head Protection
- Eye Protection
- Hearing Protection
- Respiratory Protection
- Safety Harnesses & Lifelines
- Scaffolding
- Perimeter Guarding
- Housekeeping
- Fire Protection
- First Aid Facilities
- Emergency Procedures
- Hazardous Substances
- Trenching & Excavation
- Signs, Barricades & Flagging
- Electrical Safe
- Rigging & Crane Safety
- Plant Specific Safety Rules
- Initial Orientation of Field Supervisors including:
- Safe Work Practices
- Safety Supervision
- Toolbox Meetings
- Emergency Procedures
- First Aid Procedures & Training
- Fire Protection & Prevention
- New Worker Orientation
- Weekly Craft “Toolbox” Safety Meetings
- Pre-employment Drug Screening
- Pre-employment Background Screening
- Employee Incentive Award Program recognizing employees’ safe work
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