Safety
Meet Kris Wall
Safety Director For TC Holzen
Kris has over 44 years of construction experience. Recently completed the OSHA 510 and the OSHA 500 and is OSHA qualified to teach the OSHA 10 hour and OSHA 30 hour courses which we teach annually.
Our company participates annually in the 811-pipleine safety training course the OSHA-NUCA trench safety stand down week and the builders exchange drug free workplace safety program. We take our safety program seriously: it is important for the company that all our employee’s can go home safely to their families every night.
Kris likes to spend his free time with his family, sailing, and fishing.
Safety is our culture
Commitment to Safety
The main goal of our company is safety. T.C. Holzen Inc. is fully committed to providing a drug-free, safe, healthy workplace. We coach and train our employees, seasoned and new alike, daily on how important safety is in the work environment. Each employee is trained and complies with all company safety standards, as well as local, state, and federal safety regulations. With a strategy of continuing education, every employee goes through an OSHA 10-hour refresher course once a year and every three years an OSHA 30-hour course. Safety training does not stop there though, we train in Trenching and Excavation Safety, Confined Space, Competent Person training, CPR/AED, Aerial Lift Training, Fall Protection, Rigging, and more throughout the year as well.
Safety Management
Safety is #1 at T.C. Holzen. It is stressed that every employee from the President to Laborers take the safety of themselves and their fellow employee with the upmost importance. After all, we can only be as safe and as strong as our weakest link. It is our goal to make sure that there are no weak links and to work and operate accident free every day. While we hope that we never have to use our Accident Reporting program, we have put one in place to establish a guideline to cover the requirements of reporting and investigating an accident, which also includes “close encounters” and “near misses” in the work environment. It is our Safety Coordinator’s duty to document and maintain this program. The Safety Coordinator has full authority to make decisions on behalf of the employees and company to ensure the safety and success of this plan. In addition to the Accident Reporting program, we also have put in place a Discipline Policy that further motivates employees to work safely. It is a four-step policy starting with a verbal warning and ending with termination. T.C. Holzen Inc. has a zero-tolerance policy for unsafe practices.
Weekly Jobsite Safety Meetings
At the start of each week there is a company safety meeting conducted by our Safety Coordinator. We believe it is crucial to start each week with a reminder of safety. The goal is to remind each employee of the importance of safety on a weekly basis so that we might prevent any accidents from occurring.
New Employee Training
T.C. Holzen Inc. believes it is crucial for each new member of our team to go through a safety orientation and training to prepare them for work in the field. The training helps enable employees to be able to better recognize and avoid possible hazards as well as inform them on OSHA safety laws. Each new employee receives their own company “Safety and Health Manual” which covers a wide variety of Safety and Health topics.
