Safety Mission Statement

HYPOWER believes all incidents and injuries are preventable, and demonstrates this belief through the daily business activities of the corporation.

Safety Responsibilities:

1. Every person, from the senior leadership team to each individual employee performing work for the company, is expected to take active ownership and responsiblity for safety.
2. Senior management is dedicated to providing resources and safe work environments.
3. Front line management, project managers and superintendents are responsible for safe work activities and conditions on every job site.
4. Project managers and superintendents are responsible for ensuring personnel have the right tool, equipment, and training to perform their work.
5. All employees are required to use safe work practices and for notifying supervisors of unsafe conditions or acts.
6. All employees are required to stop co-workers from exposing themselves to potential hazards or engaging in hazardous activities.
7. Employees are expected to stop any work activities that endanger themselves, others, and/or property.
8. HYPOWER expects appropriate actions to be taken when failures occur.
9. All employees are required to endorse and comply with necessary changes.
10. Every employee’s involvement and participation in safety is expected and will occur through a variety of safety systems.
11. Personnel will be designated and trained as a “competent person” and given authority to stop work, where required, for purposes of employee protection.
12. Accident and Incident reporting is mandatory: employees must report every incident or accident which results in an injury to himself/herself, co-workers; members of the public…or any accident/incident that involves damage to property. Employees are required to assist in completing the superintendent’s injury investigations.

Safety Systems

1. All new hires must complete a formal safety orientation before assignment to any work area. Additionally, site-specific safety orientation will occur BEFORE beginning work activities.
2. Daily Huddles will be conducted for all employees. They will cover production, quality, and safety…always finishing with a safe thought for the day. Employees may be spot-quizzed on these Huddle topics when visited by safety or other management personnel from the office, in order to reinforce this important information.
3. Weekly safety training meetings, (called Toolbox Talks,) will be held to review safety subjects relevant to current work site exposures. Service superintendents will meet monthly; residential house superintendents will meet every two months for this process.
4. A detailed evaluation of unusual tasks will be conducted to provide personnel performing those tasks with specific safe-work procedures. This process is called Job Safety Analysis (JSA).
5. Inspections of work sites, equipment, tools and processes will occur on a daily, weekly, and random basis by various personnel. Employees are expected to remain watchful/diligent to any potential safety hazards and report them promptly and appropriately to their supervisors.
6. A Safety Committee will be in place to periodically review the status of the safety processes. Every employee is encouraged to bring ideas and/or concerns to this committee.