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last year as well as general safety topics,”
she says. “I also enjoy conducting ‘tool-box
talks’ with workers, for example about
hand or musculoskeletal injuries, prop-er
lifting techniques, the importance of
using hand protection or maintaining
three-point contact when climbing on and
off equipment.”
She follows industry best practices to
ensure that workers are informed about
procedures to help ensure that hazards
are controlled on site as well as the prop-er
emergency responses. For example, “a
focus of training is ground disturbance
and locating underground facilities,”
she says. “Before any powered mobile
equipment disturbs the ground, a call to
Sask 1st Call is made and they come out
and locate all the lines. We conduct site
meetings to make sure that the locators
know exactly where the excavation zone
is so there’s no confusion or miscommu-nication,
then hand-expose or have a hy-drovac
truck expose underground utility
“Our company values the important role the Saskatchewan
Heavy Construction Association (SHCA) plays in the
Saskatchewan construction industry,” says ASL’s
president, David Paslawski. “Our relationship with SHCA
has allowed ASL Paving Ltd. to effectively contribute
to the growth and maturity of our industry by enabling
us to bring our concerns, problems and opportunities
to government and other construction clients. SHCA
gives our industry a credible and significant profile
with which to shape policy and specifications – in
short, it helps government make better decisions.”
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