Company Health and Safety Policies

Health and Safety Standards

We understand that all construction work is dangerous, and that’s why we make sure that all employees are properly trained to prevent any injuries or accidents from occurring. The company complies with WISHA health and safety standards in many ways starting with the company’s safety and accident prevention programs. We also indirectly comply with OSHA standard, as the US congress created OSHA as a way to set and enforce safety and health rules across the country; however, states may choose to run their own health and safety programs as long as they are at least as effective as OSHA. Hence, Washington State has chosen to run its own program; therefore, our company is subject to enforcement by L & I and not by federal OSHA (WISHA, 2004). The purpose of these programs is to develop and ensure that no employee is required to work in unsafe or unsanitary working conditions. It is our intention to have each worker from top management down to be responsible for themselves, their coworkers, and everyone under them by accepting responsibility to operate safely. The following are examples of the company’s policies in compliance with many of WISHA’s core rules.

Safe Workplace (WAC 296-800-110)

As employers it is our responsibility to ensure a safe workplace for employees by establishing the following rules (WISHA, 2004).

1. Workplaces are to free of recognized hazards that will possibly cause injury to any employees

2. Provide safeguards, safety devices, and use of work practices to make the workplace safe.

3. Horseplay, fighting, possession or use of any alcoholic beverage is strictly forbidden

4. Drugs of any kind, except as prescribed from a physician, will not be tolerated. Employees must report to f...

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... the nearest Department of Labor and Industries. You should report information such as name of the work place, time and date of the incident, number of fatalities or hospitalizations, contact person, phone number, and a brief description of the incident. If any such case should occur nobody is to move any equipment unless it is to remove any victims or prevent further injuries. When conducting the preliminary investigation to evaluate the facts that pertain to the cause of the incident the immediate supervisor, witnesses, and an employee chosen to represent the company must be present. Documentation of the preliminary investigation is to be kept by the company (WISHA, 2004).

Works Cited

WISHA, Safety and Health Core Rules, 296-800 WAC (Wash. 2004).

Pearson, R. (2005, January 1). Safety. Unpublished manuscript, Custom Construction LLC, Seattle, WA.