Berglund has been racking up safety training milestones right and left this year. We’ve had 125 foremen, superintendents and managers complete the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s 30-hour training program. Eighty Berglund employees are now trained in CPR, and 80 are trained in bloodborne pathogen safety. Forty of our workers have received training in OSHA’s new crane signaling standards. Fifteen workers have received training on Hydro Mobile scaffolding, and 110 are trained in the city of Chicago’s scaffold ordinance chapter. All that safety training has contributed to our biggest safety milestone to date – a year without a lost-time accident.
As of today, Berglund has achieved 367 days without recording a lost-time accident. That’s no small feat, considering how many of our employees regularly work on skyscrapers dozens of stories in the air and on other complex and potentially dangerous projects. We’ve worked hard to create a safety culture movement at Berglund, and our lost-time record is just one of the signs it’s working. During the last year, our experience modification rating has also improved by nearly 10 percent, going to .74 from .82. The industry average is .99.
We believe that keeping our workers safe not only makes us a better company, but also means fewer distractions and greater success for our projects and their owners. And though we’re proud of our safety record, we know that we need to work harder than ever to maintain that record. Our goal is to continue performing at the highest level and keep operating incident-free, because at Berglund, safety never takes a vacation.
