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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
YEARS OF SAFETY EXCELLENCE 30
PHOTO: CITY OF WINNIPEG
High visibility safety wear – neon colours and reflective stripes – has made work crews more visible and safer.
LEHIGH HANSON Canada Region affiliated companies
Inland Aggregates 204-334-6002 Inland Pipe 204-336-5006
Lehigh Cement 204-334-4300
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accepting that it is not an option to buy into, it is mandatory and part of each workers daily responsibilities. “There are many benefits to having a successful safety program but I think specifically for us it is definitely our heavy decline in time loss accidents.” Headingley-based Taillieu Construction Ltd. has been COR certified through the WORKSAFELY program since the program’s inception. Marcel Taillieu bought a tractor in 1945 and began clearing bush and moving earth. In 1960, Taillieu Construction Ltd was incorporated and entered the sewer and water business. Today, the company is owned and operated by the family’s third generation, and continues to be recognized as a leader in the industry. “Taillieu Construction has always worked hard to keep up to date with innovations in equipment, materials, and methods in our industry. Likewise, we have always viewed safety as an important component of our company. We are proud to have been one of the first COR certified MHCA members and our ongoing involvement with WORKSAFELY has resulted in constant improvement of our safety program, and the results are reflected in our corporate culture and our bottom line,” says Bob Reidy, company president and former chair of the MHCA WORKSAFELY committee. “From the outset, the MHCA’s safety programming has been about improving both our company’s and our industry’s success.” “We know that the improvements in safety practices that have been put in place by our companies have had a meaningful impact on the safety of workers in our industry and the bottom line,” says Don Hurst, Director of the MHCA’s WORKSAFELY. “As a result of these improvement the industry injury rate has fallen by more than 50%, to just 3.2 injuries per 100 workers in 2017 and the average WCB compensation rate has fallen by 75% to approximately $1.45 per $100 of payroll.” Safety pays. In so many ways. ❱❱❱
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