Our customers can rest assured that J. Kozel & Son, Inc. employees are in compliance with all safety regulations while working on their sites. Why?
Regular Inspections
Periodic on-site inspections of our employees are conducted by our Safety Director on both residential steel delivery sites and commercial steel erection sites.
Transparency
Customers can request that our Safety Director be on-site for any delivery to ensure everything goes smoothly.
Company Wide Training
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
Additional Certification
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
