Trico Lift Celebrates Accident-Free Year
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January 10, 2008 • The employees of Trico Lift, a full-service aerial lift company, recently experienced a milestone achievement having worked safely through 2007 without any lost work time or recordable incidents. The company, based in
“In an industry where safety is of the utmost importance, we're very proud to have achieved this significant achievement of one whole year without a recordable incident or one that required more than basic first aid treatment,” said CEO and President Ken Pustizzi. “This means that the Trico Lift team has persisted for a considerable period of time to think safety first. It is a testament to our company philosophy that ‘Safety is everyone's business.'”
Pustizzi attributed the recent feat to the company's risk identification efforts and its comprehensive safety training and accident prevention program. The program includes regular training sessions and meetings for all employees to ensure the team is knowledgeable of established and proven work safety practices as well as compliance requirements.
Steve Phillips, Trico Lift safety director, said the company's audit and inspection efforts also promote employee safety and the safety of those using Trico's equipment. Accident prevention measures are in place to review near misses and incidents, examine root causes and implement necessary controls to prevent future occurrences, Phillips said. “Our key objective is to maintain a zero injury or damage work environment,” he said.
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