October 2015 Safety Brief
10/12/2015
A Note from Leanne…
Every year, MER Environmental Field Services become fully engaged in “outage season,” a stretch of time where a number of MER’s energy and industrial clients shut down all or portions of their facilities to perform large-scale maintenance. Typically, these shutdowns require a significant amount of resources to complete the scheduled tasks in a relatively short amount of time and because many clients hold these outages at the same time each year (during times of lower demand for their product/ services), MER personnel and equipment are in high demand across the organization.
During these campaigns, safety can be challenged as we manage longer-than-typical work shifts, increased utilization of subcontractors and compressed production schedules. In the face of these obstacles, it’s paramount that we stay disciplined in our focus on employee safety. Consider implementing a structured break schedule to address hazards of long hours and a subcontractor-specific tailgate meeting to help temporary laborers better understand MER’s safety culture. Outage season is a great time of year that provides our company with awesome business potential; let’s make sure we keep our employees safe and make it through another outage season with no injuries!
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