Safety & Risk Management
 
Providing safe working conditions and educating employees on safe working habits can help prevent accidents, save lives, help to avoid citations by OSHA, and lower your workers' compensation costs. AGC Houston provides multiple services to help members improve safety on their jobsites.  
 
AGC Houston has a full-time safety consultant to assist members and to offer advice on matters of compliance with OSHA and other government agencies. Some services offered by our safety consultant include:
 
  • Review of your safety program; Company Safety Policy development (manual preparation)
     
  • Ensuring you have all documents required by various government agencies
     
  • Inspecting jobsites for potential OSHA violations and unsafe acts or conditions; OSHA inspection (accompany inspector); OSHA conferences (attend with your representative); & video recording (upon request)
     
  • Training programs for employees on OSHA standards
     
  • Updates on OSHA regulations & other legislative changes
     
  • Safety library: videos, posters & other display materials
     
  • Telephone consultation and safety meetings
     
  • GC member jobsite inspections that Associate members can benefit from -- visual inspection of hazards
     
  • HAZCOM requirements; federal & state requirements; and verbal reports
     
  • Hazardous employer issues (Workers' Compensation Survey)
     
  • Company drug program development (policy/procedure/implementation)
     
  • Investigation of accidents
 
For help with your safety program, please contact Doug Watson.
3825 Dacoma Street, Houston, Texas 77092 | Phone: 713-843-3700 | Fax: 713-843-3777 | Email: membership@agchouston.org
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