SAFETY
Our customers can rest assured that J. Kozel & Son, Inc. employees are in compliance with all safety regulations while working on their sites. Why?
Periodic on-site inspections of our employees are conducted by our Safety Director on both residential steel delivery sites and commercial steel erection sites.
Customers receive a report detailing how our employees performed on their site - including a checklist of regulatory items, photographs, and notes about the site/development for future deliveries.
Customers can request that our Safety Director be on-site for any delivery to ensure everything goes smoothly.
• All employees receive general safety training applicable to their positions upon hiring
• All production employees and outside salesmen: OSHA 10-hour Certification
• Production employees: Forklift Certification (in house)
• Welders: D1.1 Structural Welding Certification
• Crane operators: Hand Signal Certification, Rigging Certification (both in house), NCCCO Certification (October 21)
• Erection crane operators: NYS Crane Operator’s Certificate of Competence
• Construction supervisors: OSHA 510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry course
• DOT supervisors: Drug & Alcohol Supervisor Training
• Many employees also have OSHA 30-hour Certification, have taken other OSHA courses (i.e. Fall Protection, Steel Erection), or are First Aid/CPR Certified