Safety
Safety Builds Success!
Lydig Construction’s safety program is progressive, inclusive and effective.
Progressive
- Four full-time safety professionals lead Lydig’s Safety Program. Three are Registered Safety Officers and one is the on-site Safety Director for larger projects.
- These safety specialists conduct ongoing in-house training for all superintendents and foreman, providing continuing education in safety procedures, current OSHA and DOSH regulations and First Aid/CPR.
- The team works closely with Lydig’s subcontractors to ensure they have approved project-specific safety plans posted before they mobilize.
- Regular jobsite safety audits ensure safety compliance by all trades and all workers.
- Lydig Safety Officers regularly coordinate with insurance industry representatives to maintain current industry standards.
Inclusive
- Every Lydig employee is critical to the success of our safety program and in achieving our goal of a zero incident rate.
- Lydig has two Safety Incentive programs.
- On-site barbeque lunches for all workers with generous rewards and gifts distributed for project crews with outstanding safety records.
- Employee Safety Recognition Awards for workers who submit ideas to improve Lydig’s Safety Program.
- Lydig’s Safety Committee is comprised of a cross-section of employees and publishes Lydig’s monthly safety newsletter, the Hard Hat Herald.
- All Lydig Superintendents and Project managers participate in mandatory, semi-annual safety training meetings.
Effective
- Lydig is one of only a handful of General Contractors which have achieved self-insured status for Workers Compensation in Washington State.
- Lydig’s incident rate is far below the national average.
- Vice President of Safety, Doug Lydig, won the Inland NW AGC Tom Mauer Safety Award in 2005.
- Lydig was a Finalist in the 2005 AGC of Washington Construction Safety & Excellence Awards.
- Lydig won the First Place National Safety Award in 2001 from the Associated General Contractors of America.