We take safety seriously. With comprehensive training programs and documented guidelines, we’re ensuring the health and welfare of our employees, customers, project partners, and visitors to our sites.

How We Make Safety a Priority

Every step of every project has employees at all levels assessing risk and adhering to safe practices. This safety culture is the backbone of our business, and helps to guarantee that all workers go home safely at night. The guiding principles include:

“It doesn’t matter if you make any money if you don’t go home.”

Randy Danchuk,
Health and Safety Manager

  • Maintaining a comprehensive health, safety, and welfare program that includes assigned responsibility for compliance
  • Continuously identifying hazards in the workplace and either eliminating them or reducing the risk associated with them
  • Reviewing all accidents and improving processes to ensure it doesn’t happen again
  • Providing appropriate training and instruction
  • Enforcing this policy equally among employees, contractors, and visitors

The Company’s Safety Management Manuals are the guide to safe operation for both plant and project-based activities. These manuals conform to the Canada Labour Code and WorkSafeBC guidelines, and we ensure that our employees know and comply with the requirements of the policies and safety rules that specifically apply to any plant or worksite.

The results of this commitment to safety show: we’ve been recognized by the BC Ready Mix Concrete Association with a 2013 Safety Performance Award for having no lost-time accidents during the year.

And as part of the YCS Holdings Ltd. group of companies, we’ve contributed to an impeccable safety record:

  • 1998, 2001, 2009, and 2010 International Crystal Woodpecker Award from Colas SA.
    for the best safety record of all 1,400 Colas companies worldwide
  • BCRMCA 2013 Safety Performance Award (Category 1: 0-49,999 hours worked),
    for best safety record with zero lost-time incidents in the previous year of all BCRMCA member companies
  • 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Colas Vanguard Award,
    for zero lost-time incidents
  • 2.5 million man hours since the last lost-time accident

Statement of Safety Commitment »

Ethics

Our guiding principles ensure we always operate in a responsible, respectful, environmentally conscious, and safe manner, within the organization and with our customers.

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Environment

From the reduction of greenhouse gases, to a commitment to recycling, our measurable, sustainable environmental goals go beyond basic regulation compliance.

Our Commitment »

Quality

We will never compromise on product quality, which is why we can meet the strictest of requirements with zero loads rejected.

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It’s Everyone’s Responsibility

Safety Policy

Our Statement of Safety is a document that our company lives by every day, stating the responsibilities and obligations of management and our employees in regards to safety. By promoting the safest possible working conditions, we ensure the health and safety of both our employees and our customers.

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