D&M Concrete Floor Co.,Inc. and Its Affiliates

Safety Policy and Program

D&M Concrete Floor Co., Inc and its affiliates believe that safety and production go hand in hand. An efficient, productive job is also a safe job.

The safety policy of D&M Concrete Floor Co, Inc and its affiliates encompasses the following principles:

1. Furnish employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or physical harm to their employees.
2. Abide by and enforce the safety and health regulations promulgated by the federal state and local governments.
3. Instruct their employees to recognize and correct unsafe conditions, use the proper procedures for handling hazardous substances and to practice recognized safe work methods.
4. Guide the corporation’s operations by a safety program.

Safety Program

To effect the safety policy, the following program shall be implemented. The basic feature of the program is safety responsibility. Each supervisor is responsible for the employees under his/ her direct supervision. The program is not to be limited to its specific provisions which serve as only a guide.

Article A

Management Responsibilities

Management shall coordinate the Safety Program. This shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Provide the leadership and determination to carry out the safety policy.
2. Enforce the safety policy and discharge any employee who willfully disregards or violates the safety policy.
3. Require all subcontractors to comply with the safety program and all local, state, and federal requirements.
4. Encourage other prime contractors working on the site to cooperate with the safety program.
5. Survey each project periodically to evaluate its participation in the safety program. Document the resultant findings to project supervisors.
6. Administer the safety incentive award program (detailed elsewhere).
7. Administer subcontractors’ certificate of insurance compliance program.
8. Maintain accident records and statistics
   1. for each project (monthly for its life);
   2. for total operations (monthly and yearly).
9. Keep D&M Concrete Floor Co., Inc. and its affiliates abreast of changes in federal , state and local safety and health regulations.
10. Keep D &M Concrete Floor Co., Inc. and its affiliates abreast of new developments in the field of construction safety and health.
11. Participate in the Associated General Contractors of America local safety committee meetings and functions.
12. Confer with the insurance carrier regarding the handling of claims and loss control services provided to the various projects.
13. Conduct periodic company wide safety meetings to discuss the problems and progress of the safety program.

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Article B

Directive

This notice is to advise and admonish any and all parties in any way involved with the operations of D&M Concrete Floor Co., Inc. and its affiliates, that the management of D&M Concrete Floor Co., Inc, and its affiliates regards its safety policies as one of the top priorities of its management functions, and expects and will insist that all supervisors, workman and subcontractors give safety and the preventions of accidents the same top priority attention.

D&M Concrete Floor Co., Inc.

(signed)

Jack Mello, Jr.
Vice President

Article C

Responsibilities of Job Project Manager/Superintendent

The job Project Manager/ Superintendent is responsible for placing this program into effect, enforcing the safety policy, and for the total safety function. This includes but is not limited to:

1. Be familiar with all rules and regulations pertaining to construction safety and health standards and ascertain compliance with same. The more common standards are outlined in Appendix B.
2. Instruct foreman on the principles of the safety policy. Train field supervisors to recognize construction hazards, accident causing conditions and improper/unsafe work methods and practices, and how to alleviate/eliminate the same.
3. Confer with each foreman on a daily basis if need be to ascertain that the following are being considered and acted upon prior to and during actual construction operations:
1. Planning: Layout to provide the proper space and arrangement of materials, product, and refuse.
2. Storage: Piles to be stable and without readily visible projections; movement of men and materials not to be blocked or restricted.
3. Working Area: To be sufficient; tools, controls, and materials to be within proper reach.
4. Guards and Safeguards: To be in place and proper for the application; safeguards include all barriers, guardrails, handrails, hole covers, devices, and measures to control exposure.
5. Machinery: To be used, installed and maintained so that failures will not produce hazards.
6. Equipment: To be frequently checked to see that it meets current standards and that wear has not changed its effectiveness; equipment to be matched to the tasks to be performed.
7. Methods: To use equipment designed for the specific purpose.
8. Manpower: To be adequate and proper for the tasks to be performed.
9. Work Pace: To be reasonable for the tasks at hand.
10. Training: Instruct and train employees in proper methods, skills, and safe practices; job hazards and safe practices to be understood by employees.
11. Direct Supervision: Follow up instructions by observing employees’ work habits to ensure safe work practices are being followed.
12. Enforcement of Work Rules: To be established and known to all employees.
13. Safe Work Practices: To be enforced for every job.
14. Mismatched to Job: Physical abilities to match job requirements.
15. Lighting or Ventilation: To be adequate for a safe and healthful work environment, per state and federal standards.
16. Fire and Panic: Procedures to be established for the adequate control of each; fire equipment to be adequate and serviceable for immediate use.
4. Appoint a qualified first aid certificate holder for the jobsite. Larger jobs may require more than one first aid certificate holder.
5. Make available to all employees applicable safety materials, first aid supplies and equipment, sanitary facilities and drinking water. See Appendix A.
6. Make available to all employees the necessary personal protective equipment and ascertain that said equipment is properly worn and maintained in a serviceable and sanitary condition. See Appendix A
7. Make available the necessary auxiliary protective equipment such as ventilation, insulated mats, hazardous gas meters, etc., and ascertain that said equipment is maintained in a serviceable and sanitary condition. See Appendix A.
8. Review each incident with all the foreman. Ascertain that each foreman thoroughly investigates each accident experienced by his own crew to determine the cause(s) and then fully documents the Supervisor’s Report of Accident Investigation report form. Follow up each accident to determine that corrective action has been taken to reduce/ eliminate the probability of a similar accident recurring. Records of accidents shall be maintained and posted as required by OSHA. These records indicate trends, areas needing more work and general program progress. See Appendix A.
9. Conduct weekly safety meetings on all jobs. On larger jobs, assign qualified company personnel to conduct the safety meetings with a number of groups, such that all employees are included. The Project Manager/ Superintendent should arrange to attend these meetings whenever possible. Consult with the group leaders to determine that their weekly safety meeting subject matter is germane to the work at hand.
10. Conduct periodic meeting with all the subcontractors to advise them that they are required to adhere to the safety program as well as all the rules and regulations promulgated by OSHA. The wearing of required personal protective equipment, the maintenance of guards and safeguards, housekeeping, proper material storage and placement and safe work methods are among the items to be stressed.
11. Require subcontractors to attend the weekly safety meeting.
12. Periodically review all of the above subparts, and survey the job for the compliance with all of same. Document to Company management all discrepancies noted and the action that has been taken to correct such discrepancies.
13. Appoint a knowledgeable safety person who will take the company check list of safety items and make a safety inspection of the whole job on a daily basis. All items in compliance will be checked, all items not in compliance will be marked with notations for required action. The Project Manager / Superintendent shall take immediate steps to rectify the items not in compliance. Copies of these check lists shall be sent to the main office for management attention on a regular basis.
14. Set up procedures for the investigation of all accidents to determine the causes and see that corrective action is taken.

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Article D

Responsibilities of the Job Foreman

The job foreman is responsible for safety at the work crew level. This responsibility includes but is not limited to :

1. Instruct the work crew on the principles of the safety policy.
2. Ascertain that the provisions of subparts No. 1,3,5,6,7,8, and 11 of Article C are all carried out at the work level.
3. Correct all recognized unsafe conditions immediately by directing his crew or specific members of his crew to perform those acts required to alleviate said condition(s).
4. Correct all recognized unsafe and improper work methods and practices as observed while performing their normal supervisory function by on the spot, or aside in private as circumstances dictate, consultation with the crew members who are noted to be engaging in unsafe methods and practices.
5. Insure that all injuries are cared for immediately and reported promptly to the Superintendent.
6. Conduct weekly safety meetings with his own crew ( or in combination with other foremen and their crews as the job becomes less labor –intense). The subject matter of the weekly safety meeting shall deal with (a) the hazards associated with the work being performed or to be performed; (b) improper work methods and practices noted by the supervisor during the week prior to the meeting and; (c) any accidents which occurred during the week prior to the meeting. If none of the preceding are germane to any particular safety meeting, then the subject matter may delve into principles of general safety. Each weekly safety meeting is to be documented on the Weekly Safety Meetings form. This form is to be filled out completely.

Article E
Responsibilities of the Workmen / Women

Workmen have the responsibility of complying with the Occupational Safety and Health Ace of 1970, Public Law # 91-596 (OSHA), and its updated revisions. In addition workmen will:

1. Work in accordance with the safety policy given to them.
2. Refrain from any and all unsafe practices.
3. Report to their foreman any unsafe conditions or practices that they have observed.
4. Use and maintain properly all the safety and or protective equipment that the company provides them.
5. Immediately report to their foreman any and all accidents/ incidents involving personal injury no matter how slight or seemingly minor.
6. Immediately report to their foreman any and all accidents/ incidents involving damage to property/ equipment/ tools no matter how slight or seemingly minor.
7. Submit to their foreman a dated and signed statement by a qualified doctor to the effect that the employee may return to work after being absent from work due to any and all work/non-work related injuries/illnesses when the services of a doctor are required to treat said injuries/illnesses.
8. Report for work in a condition not effected by any illegal drugs or alcohol and refrain from the use of any such drugs or alcohol on the jobsite. Failure to comply with the above can result in dismissal or discharge.

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Article F

Responsibilities of Subcontractors

Subcontractors are required by contract to comply with this safety program as well as all the rules and regulations promulgated by OSHA while working on our project(s) and are responsible to the limit of safety laws for their own acts of commission or omission.

Article G

Protective head gear (hard hats) shall be worn by all persons at all times while on our construction projects with the following exceptions:

1. While in the office trailer/ office.
2. While in a vehicle or material handling equipment fitted with a full protective cab.
3. By finish trades persons working inside a structure where there are no hazards or conditions which would require the wearing of said head gear to alleviate or minimize said hazards.

Conclusion

D&M Concrete Floor Co., Inc. and its affiliates are obligated to provide a safe and healthy work place for their employees, subcontractors, the employees of their clients while engaged on the job premises and to the general public who come in contact with D&M Concrete Floor Co., Inc’s. construction operations. This safety policy and program are intended to discharge that obligation with care and completeness.

Should you require additional information regarding our safety policy please contact the main office.

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