The ability for your company to operate safely depends largely
on your commitment to prevent loss and how effectively you instill
that commitment in your leadership team. If you are satisfied with
mere compliance, the outcome will be an increased risk for a severe
loss. On the other hand, if you strive for continuous improvement,
the reward will be a lower risk of loss with significant gains in
productivity, quality and bottom-line profitability.
The key to success for any roofing contractor's safety program
is implementation at job sites. When you are committed to safety
and instill your safety philosophy in your leadership team, field
supervision becomes the main mechanism by which your
loss-prevention policies and procedures are implemented. The
attitudes of individual workers toward a company loss-prevention
program depend on the attitudes of their supervisors, as well as
upper management.
A foreman's actions in directing work are the critical link to
delivering safety success. Safe operations are practiced on the job
site—not in your office. As the principal representative of
management seen daily by workers, a field supervisor directly
controls...
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