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Harder Mechanical Contractors attributes the success of its safety culture to creating safety plans that are user friendly and easy for people to follow. Safety requirements are clearly written in employee job descriptions, which reduces ambivalence and misinterpretation.

One example is its Silica Safety Plan, which helps avert an occupational illness that could be debilitating on projects such as chipping concrete for an extended duration. Employees were trained on OSHA Table 1 that specifies exposure control methods, which empowered them to identify specific work environments, tool use and mitigation methods.

As a result of the silica plan, Harder implemented best practices such as utilizing power air purifying respirators to allow for mobility, which also reduced errors in the facial sealed respirators. It also upgraded its tools to include misting capabilities and installed misting curtains as an additional mitigation method. Another success has been an ergonomic approach to rivet busting in the form of a 鈥減ogo stick.鈥� The tool has a hydraulic foot that holds the demo hammer.

Harder鈥檚 鈥淏uddy/Mentor鈥� program pairs seasoned professionals with new employees for mentorship and weekly progress evaluations. After 12 weeks of oversight and continued demonstration of competency, the mentees graduate from the program.

The Corporate Safety Committee evaluates the company鈥檚 processes each year and seeks employee feedback. Harder creates safety slogans and other messages, employees write commitment letters to their families about why they work safe, and the company posts 鈥淲hy I Work Safely鈥� banners with photos of employees and their families.

Harder rewards employees for safe practices through its Harder Buck program, which provides a two-point coupon in every employee鈥檚 paycheck each week. The coupons share safety messages, and employees are able to redeem them for merchandise ranging from safety glasses and apparel to high-end electronics and sporting goods.