We believe that the safety of employees is of the utmost importance along with quality, production, and cost control. Maintenance and safe operating procedures have been at all times of greatest importance in terms of both human and monetary value. The human value being far greater to the employer, the employee, and the community. The following principles support this philosophy:

• All injuries and accidents are preventable through establishment and compliance with safe work procedures.
• The prevention of bodily injury and safeguarding of health are the first considerations in workplace actions and are the responsibility of every employee at every level.

Our stated goal is “0” incidents. This applies to both our employees and our contractors. Every single person receives monthly safety awareness training. Personnel traveling to work sites receive additional specific training and certification, where needed.

Although our goal is “0”, our record for the past 6 years has been as follows: