Safety at Kimmins
Our most important duty as a company is to provide our employees with a safe and healthful workplace, one that they can be proud of and return home from every day the same way they came in.
As a testament to our commitment to safety, we are proud to share:
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Tampa Gold Award for Safety.
Incident Ratings that fall well below industry average
Safety Training
IN THIS TOGETHER
At the core of our safety program is a comprehensive and robust safety training program.
For New Hires:
- a four-hour safety orientation class,
- on-crew safety support for new hires.
- a full-day safety training class that takes place quarterly and covers all the essential topics.
But the training doesn’t stop there. All supervisory employees receive:
• OSHA 30-hour safety
• 1st Aid/CPR/AED
• Temporary Traffic Control
• Excavation Competent Person
• Rigging Competent Person
• Cut-off saw supervisor
Job - Specific Training
In addition to the supplemental training for supervisory employees, all employees are given training modules on:
• Confined space
• Traffic flagging
• Forklift operator
• Fall protection
• Aerial lift
• Scaffold user
• Respirators
• Telehandler
• Torch cutting & hot work
• Lockout/tagout
• And More
Safety Day
the awards luncheon
For one day each year, we shut down operations company-wide so that all employees can come to our safety awards luncheon.
Safety Day is a celebration of our company’s dedication to ensuring that all of our employees return home safely each and every day. Employees who have not had a single incident on their crew throughout the previous calendar year are recognized and rewarded.
The Safety Calendar
An annual contest
Each year we hold a contest for all the children of our employees to make a drawing of why their parent should work safely. We select the top twelve entries for inclusion in our calendar.
The winners get $100 gift cards, runners-up get $50 gift cards, and the grand prizewinner also gets a $500 scholarship. All non-winning kids get a $25 gift card. So everybody’s a winner!