NORTH CAROLINA’S TOP 10 SAFETY REPORT
a safety issue on the job. Every ele-
ment of training and work is focused
on safety.
Jetton said that safety has
evolved over time and employees
have been able to take their safety
standards to a much higher level.
Certain projects have demanding
scaffolding installation elements. Su-
pervisors assess job hazards every
morning and supervisors review
those hazards with crews before any
work is started.
The safety focus is driven by the
desire to protect good, hardworking
employees, Jetton says. Incorporat-
ing best safe-work practices in every
worker task, Scaffolding Solutions
has minimized worker injuries and
risks. Safety recognitions include the
BB&T insurance company Light-
house Beam Safety Recognition
Award in 2017, reflecting a workers’
compensation loss ratio of 10 per-
cent or less. At least 75 percent of
Scaffolding Solutions’ employees re-
ceive Industrial Safety Readiness
Training (ISRT) certificates each year,
resulting in the Gold Level award
from The Virginia Manufacturer’s As-
sociation. In addition, Scaffolding Solutions
received the National Scaffold and
Access Industry Association’s
(SAIA)’s 2017 Collaborative Commer-
cial Project of the Year award. The
SAIA project award was based on
the innovative scaffolding and con-
struction hoist installation at the
Basilica Church in Washington, D.C.,
the largest Catholic church in North
America, done with 30,000 man-
hours of work with zero safety inci-
dents. Scaffolding Solutions employs in-
house safety managers as well as in-
dependent safety consultants to
constantly review best practices and
audit worker safety.
One best-practice example is the
company has adopted the use of
self-retractable dual lanyards at all
work sites. The lanyards have a
much shorter stopping time and are
much safer than standard ones, Jet-
ton said.
For more information see
https://scaffoldingsolutions.com/nor th-carolina.
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14 — Winter 2018 — The North Carolina Construction News