Tortorigi Construction Safety Initiative
The Tortorigi Construction Safety Program addresses our specific safety concerns and provides guidance for the performance of individual job tasks within the framework of appropriate federal, state and local standards.
As a leading Birmingham Alabama contractor, safety demands a commitment from all personnel within our organization. As a contractor, we have an obligation to ensure that all our employees, as well as subcontractors within our area of responsibility, are afforded the protection of an appropriate safety & health program.
Our safety program contains policies and procedures to deal with common workplace hazards, specific job related hazards, and potential hazards that may arise.
Hazard assessment, job task safety analysis, frequent and regular inspections, project pre-planning, and engineering controls, where feasible, will be the preferred method of providing a safe workplace. Both our employees as well as our subcontractors must be actively involved in the hazard analysis process. Hazards that remain will be minimized or eliminated through training which provides our employees the ability to recognize workplace hazards and understand the proper procedural and/or personal protective equipment requirements.
Each Tortorigi employee is encouraged to contact their supervisor immediately should a safety or health risk exist so that corrective action may be taken to eliminate the hazard entirely or deal with the hazard in a safe manner through modified work procedures, PPE, and/or other appropriate action.
On all job sites, at least one person will be designated a “competent person” by virtue of experience or training. This person will have the ability to identify work related hazards, know the corrective procedures, and have the responsibility, ability and authority to stop work if the workplace cannot be made safe.
The Safety Director or a designated competent person makes routine and random job site inspections to identify new hazards and monitor the effectiveness of our safety and health program.
The success of our safety effort depends on all employees, from senior management to the newest hire, demonstrating a commitment to safety by working in a safe manner. Safe job performance is how our safety effort is ultimately measured.