Gaines and Company Participates in OSHA’s 2020 Safe + Sound Week

Gaines and Company employees during Safe and Sound week from a previous year

Gaines and Company – a full-service site development contractor specializing in underground utilities, grading, excavating, erosion controls and road work – is participating in Safe + Sound Week 2020 from August 10-16. During this week, employees throughout the organization’s Maryland and North Carolina locations recognize the company’s safety and health program, as well as celebrate their active contribution to it.

Safe + Sound Week 2020 is a nationwide Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) event that celebrates workplace safety and health programs. The event also promotes new ideas and information to enhance existing programs, such as a thorough understanding of the three core elements of a health and safety program: Management Leadership, Worker Participation, and a Systematic Approach for Finding and Fixing Hazards. Last year, more than 2,700 businesses participated in Safe + Sound Week.

“Teamwork and safety go hand in hand,” said Gaines and Company Safety Director Dominic Pope. “That is why it is so important for us to recognize and discuss our organization’s safety culture and goals as a team. Employees throughout both our Maryland and North Carolina locations are observing Safe + Sound Week with extensive safety-focused activities.”

Teams are participating in active conversations about safety successes, company and team safety goals, team-specific topics, and general safety beyond the workplace. Additional activities, such as site inspections and trivia— which awards winners with safety bucks to redeem in the Gaines and Company E-Safety Shop— are also part of the celebration.

Pope added, “At Gaines and Company, we take our commitment to safety a step further. Not only do we want our employees to be safe at work, but we also want to equip them with the skills to live safer outside of the workplace. By providing employees the tools and knowledge of how to live, work, and play safely, we extend our safety culture into the daily lives of our employees’ families and friends, also.”

2020 marks the third year Gaines and Company employees recognize Safe + Sound week. Safe + Sound Week’s focus on safety and health programs directly align with the site development contractor’s safety mission that a well-run safety and health program is an integral part of a well-run organization.