Safety

HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Cleveland Wrecking Company, as a wholly owned subsidiary of URS takes a proactive approach to occupational safety and health. As best demonstrated by our 0.48C EMR, the safety and health of the employee, the environment, and the surrounding community are of prime concern on each project, and is considered first before work deadlines or budgetary issues. Shortcuts are not taken when they involve the safety and health of the employee or the environment.

Cleveland Wrecking Company’s management has stressed that training and safety issues are to receive the highest priority. Corporate policy dictates that safe operations shall always take precedence over cost and expediency issues.

As projects and regulations have evolved over the last several years, Cleveland Wrecking Company has come to realize that even the best safety programs can easily grow stagnate. It is a constant effort to keep complacency towards safety out of the workforce. To increase our effectiveness and ensure that safety is not just a practice, but a culture, Cleveland Wrecking Company has adopted a Behavioral-Based Safety Program (BBS) to empower our staff and embed safe work practices into everything we do.

BEHAVIOR BASED SAFETY
BBS is a process that provides a higher level of safety excellence by promoting proactive responses, building ownership, and developing opportunities which relate to employee safety. A primary concept is that most accidents are due to unsafe behavior, and behavior changes may be made that significantly reduce accident risk.

Safe behaviors include following health and safety plans, using work practices that minimize risk, coaching others on safe behavior, and having safety as a priority over speed and convenience.

Cleveland Wrecking Company recognizes that in order for BBS to work, each employee must hold safety in the highest value. Employees feel responsible for the safety of their coworkers as well as themselves.

At Cleveland Wrecking Company, we provide clearly defined safety expectations and enforce consequences for observed at-risk behavior. Most importantly, through employee observations and checklists, we provide positive feedback for safe behavior as well as intervene when observing at-risk behavior. We work as a Team in all aspects of our projects - safety being the highest priority.

SITE SPECIFIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN
A site-specific Health and Safety Plan (HSP) is developed for every project and addresses project/site specific activities. The HSP is developed by the CWC Health and Safety Representative and is reviewed by the project manager, field supervisor, and client. The size and scope of the HSP shall depend on a finalized scope of services. At a minimum, the HSP details project specific health and safety concerns and engineering and administrative controls, meet Injury Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP) requirements, and establish Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for critical or health or safety sensitive activities. The HSP also includes detailed emergency response, evacuation and fire prevention planning, as required by OSHA.

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The HSP and SOPs typically address the following areas:

  • Safety and Health Responsibilities
  • General Site Safety and Health Rules
  • Air Monitoring
  • Chemical Safety
  • Confined Space Entry
  • Construction Equipment
  • Dust Control Program
  • Trench / Excavation Guidelines
  • Electrical Safety
  • Emergency Response, Evacuation, and Contingency Planning
  • Fire Prevention
  • First Aid and Heat Stress
  • Hazard Communication
  • Hearing Conservation and Noise Control
  • Hot Work
  • Lead Operations
  • Line Breaking
  • Lockout / Tagout
  • Noise Control
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Respiratory Protection
  • Site Security and Site Control
  • Scaffolding Welding and Cutting Operation

In the event of unusual events or conditions are not detailed by the HASP, or if the HASP fails to adequately protect site personnel, the Health and Safety Officer determines appropriate health and safety procedures to be followed. Operations are immediately stopped if they pose a safety or health hazard to project personnel, the environment, or the community, and are not resumed until the situation or condition is corrected.

PROJECT HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES
As with all Cleveland Wrecking projects, safety and health is the responsibility of all site-personnel.
Specific responsibilities are assigned to ensure accountability. All project personnel who notice an unsafe act or condition have the responsibility to notify their supervisor of the act or condition and stop the job, without repercussion, if they feel it is warranted. The following describes the responsibilities of key site personnel.

Project Manager
The CWC Project Manager is responsible for adequately budgeting the project to provide for occupational safety and health concerns, ensuring that a HSP is developed that establishes potential site safety and health hazards, implementing the HSP and other pertinent regulations; stopping operations that may present an imminent hazard to personnel, the environment or the community; and consulting with appropriate personnel on safety and health issues.

Project Superintendent
The CWC Superintendents are responsible for managing the site, executing the Work Plan, implementing and enforcing the HSP and other pertinent rules and regulations, documenting field activities, and enforcing site control and security.

Health and Safety Officer
The CWC Safety Officer is responsible for monitoring site activities, reviewing safety and health practices, auditing site activities for compliance with established rules and regulations. He will report any deficiencies to the Superintendents and the Project Manager.

SAFETY PROGRAMS COMMITMENT
Cleveland Wrecking Company is committed to the promotion of health and welfare among our employees to ensure a safe work environment for all. As safety is an issue that involves all employees, regardless of duties performed, safety incentives are set in place to promote and reward safe work practices. To promote this among its employees, the following programs have been implemented throughout the company.

  • Steel Toe Boot Purchase Assistance Program
  • STAC (Safety Task Analysis Card) Program
  • Superintendent / Operator Hazwoper Training Program
  • Utility Program
  • Supervisors Accountability / Responsibility Matrix
  • Pre-Hire Medical Surveillance / Physical Program
  • Pre-Job Start Safety Meetings and Checklist

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