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USA crews – the local rescue forces of fire and police do not do that , so we went and trained our own employees ,” says Hedrick noting that this includes not just training , but Walsh Construction purchasing a full array of tunnel rescue equipment to provide workers with all the tools they would need in the event of a potential accident .
But workplace safety is not just about workers knowing what to do in the case of a problem . It ’ s also about workers using the right protocols and procedures in order to ideally prevent accidents from happening in the first place . To this end , Walsh Construction employs a policy of worker training that is comprehensive and ongoing .
“ We do weekly and daily safety meetings , which is also another form of training ,” says Hedrick . “ If anything new comes up we pull the guys off the job site and do training as needed . If people have questions , we ’ re always willing to do retraining , or if they come up with something that we haven ’ t hit on yet , we always encourage our employees to bring items forward so that we can get them addressed and keep them safe .”
Envisioning the Benefits Upon completion , the benefits of the Black River Tunnel project will be crystal clear . “ One would be that they would not be subject to fines from the EPA , which is always beneficial – just getting that out of the way will be huge ,” says Hedrick .
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