Commitment To Safety
It is the Policy of Hughes and Associates, Inc., to ensure that every employee has a safe and healthy working environment. The Policy requires all departments and locations to be in compliance with all applicable local, state or federal laws, regulations and Hughes and Associates, Inc., policies concerning safety and health.
Hughes and Associates, Inc., has developed a custom written health and safety program, hazard communication, respiratory protection, fall protection, confined space, and drug free workplace programs.
Objectives of our Health and Safety Program include the identification of, elimination or control of all hazards to personnel, products, equipment and facilities.
All levels of supervision are responsible for maintaining safe working conditions, for properly instructing their employees in the safe performance of assigned tasks and to ensure that the tools and equipment in their workplace are maintained and operated in a safe manner. Additionally, each supervisor is responsible to inform each employee within his area of the Company’s health and safety requirements and to assure that each employee understands them.
The Company is responsible for promoting a safety culture that encourages accident prevention and continually strives to improve its safety and health performance.
All employees have a personal responsibility to understand, promote, and follow safe practices to ensure that their actions will not cause injury to themselves or to others. Working together effectively requires knowledge and understanding of procedures, safe ways of working, and proper attitudes. Employees are also responsible to notify their supervisor of potential or existing hazards to health or safety. Willful or careless neglect resulting in occupational injury or property damage may be cause for disciplinary action.
The Company’s safety rules and procedures have been prepared to serve as minimum procedures to help all employees work safely. Additional safety rules required for site-specific conditions will be provided as needed by our supervisors.
Hughes and Associates, Inc., has a full time Safety Company that does a safety inspection on every job, every week and submits weekly reports.