RWF Safety Culture
The Richardson-Wayland Ferreira safety program identifies and emphasizes the importance of planning, training, observing, and communicating to create safe work environments. The culmination of implementing our safety program and associated practices has resulted in the Ferreira Family of Companies having an EMR rating below 0.80 for the past 10 years.
- Every employee is responsible for safety.
- Safety professionals perform daily inspections to ensure ongoing compliance with RWF’s safety expectations and OSHA regulations.
- Partnerships with insurance companies, industry trade partners, and other stakeholders provide valuable feedback to produce the safest worksite possible.
- The Good Catch and Near Miss program allows for prompt reporting and a proactive approach to sharing information and feedback on all good catches and near misses.
- Our “Stop the Job” program leaves no uncertainty about an individual’s authority to “Stop a Job” to resolve identified hazards, evaluate warning signs to ask questions, and discuss uncertainties. This is accomplished with training and by providing insights as to why individuals tend to work through stopping points.
- These processes exist to engage and educate our workforce to be proactive in the safety process and move us toward our companywide zero injury goal.