LARGO CONCRETE INC.

• Our Safety Team consists of qualified, competent individuals who are committed to the company's safety program and are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

• From the beginning to the end of every job, our safety team evaluates, educates, and implements safety policies and procedures.

• Employees at Largo attend a New Hire Orientation at our Training Center.  Safety is the emphasis of our training, we cover everything in our Company Policy and Procedure Handbook through means of verbal presentation, videos, and handouts. Documentation is checked, paper work is filed, and laminated training cards are awarded to each employee upon completion of orientation.

• At the time of orientation, employees are introduced to our Yellow Hardhat Program. This program helps employees who have been with us six months or less and are at apprenticeship levels of their trade receive added supervision.  Employees wearing yellow hardhats are paired up with more experienced employees wearing white hardhats. Once an employee has been employed for a six-month period, he is assigned a white hardhat.  This program helps us control injuries obtained from new employees with minimal work experience.  

• All employees adhere to a strict drug testing program upon their initial employment and are subject to retesting when rehired or when there is reasonable cause for suspicion.

• Prior to the start of the job we will provide a site safety survey and review the following: OSHA Notification Forms, Dig Alert Notification, Construction Permits (for structures 36ft high or more), and Annual Construction Activity Permits that are needed for the job.

• During the site survey, methods and means of protection for the various types of work to be performed at the jobsite will be discussed with the Superintendent. A plan will be formulated in order to provide the proper training and certification to employees on that job. OSHA requires that only competent individuals perform certain types of work (scaffold users, fall protection, excavation work etc..). State and Federal Regulations dictate that training and documentation must be provided for various types of operations (forklift, traffic control flaggers, CPR/first aid, etc. Our program is designed to meet or exceed these standards.

• Before any work is started, all mandatory State and Federal Posters and Notices are posted in the jobsite office. Most all notices posted are job specific, including; 

  • Emergency Evacuation Plan: Listing responsibilities in an emergency, competent personnel at jobsite, first aid/CPR trained, emergency meeting locations, and procedures to follow.

  • Certifications: A job specific list is generated listing all certified employees. These lists are posted and updated as needed.

  • Hospital Maps/Training Center Maps: The closest hospital locations are chosen and maps with driving directions and telephone numbers are posted. Maps to the training center are also provided.

  • Permits and Notifications: Construction Permits (for structures 36ft high) and OSHA Activity Notification are both job specific and are also posted.

  • Emergency Numbers: This list of numbers includes; fire department, police department, and other public departments and agencies.

  • At a jobsite with no office, a Compliance Binder that contains all Posters and Notices is provided.  Employees are made aware of the location and contents of the Compliance Binder.

• Safety Programs: The procedures and documentation for each program are maintained conveniently in a Blue-Box referred to as a Safety-Pac. All information is continuously updated, dispersed and reviewed with every Superintendent.  Responsibilities are discussed with the Superintendent and delegated to competent people.  These programs are job specific and may include:

  • The Fall Protection Program: Used at all jobsites were conventional fall protection is utilized.

  • The Fall Protection Plan: Used when conventional means of fall protection are unfeasible.

  • The Hazard Communication Program: Used at every jobsite were hazardous material is present.

  • Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP): Reviewed with Superintendent at every jobsite.

  • Ladder Safety Program: Applicable at all jobsites were ladders are used.

  • Traffic Control and Flaggers Program: Used wherever employees and equipment are exposed to traffic.

  • Fire Prevention Program: Reviewed with Superintendent at every job.

  • Respiratory Program: Applicable only when respirators are used at the jobsite.

• All contents of the Safety Pac (Bluebox) such as, the IIPP, Safety Programs, M.S.D.S., Cal-OSHA Construction Safety Orders, are reviewed with Superintendents. Any updates, changes and additions made to the Safety Pac are discussed with every Superintendent

• An inventory of forms, checklists, and coversheets is taken and anything needed is supplied. Safety Topics are provided to Superintendent applicable to the work they are performing.

• Along with documentation, other supplies are set up at the start of each jobsite, these include;

  • First Aid Kits (Cal-OSHA Approved): These are set up at the jobsite and continually checked.

  • Eye Wash Station: They are put up at every jobsite near the First Aid Kit.

  • Fire Extinguishers: Placed in allocated areas of jobsite.

  • Water Coolers & Drinking Cups: Placed within employee work areas.

  • Personal Protection Equipment Box: A Knaack Box containing an ample supply of safety Glasses, hardhats, and earplugs.

• Certain areas of work require logbooks as a form of documentation and accountability.

  • Fall Protection Log Book: A method used to record the inspection of all protection equipment.

  •  Forklift Daily Logbook: A daily logbook used to inspect all Powered Industrial Trucks.

• Hazardous conditions change from job to job and are different in nature. We provide on going training, hazard & assessment, hazard abatement, tailgate safety meetings and inspections at all our jobsites and train employees whenever they are assigned to new equipment or tasks.

Although safety is a huge part of our job startup procedure,

it is the on going commitment to safety,

through inspections, evaluations, accountability, and training

that makes Largo Concrete #1 in Safety.

Our Ex-Mod rate for 2006 was .61