Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is building extensions, connectors, stations and transit corridors. Contractors logged seven million hours through February 2017 with a construction worker injury rate more than 35 percent below the industry average, according to Mass Transit Magazine.
Metro indicates an injury rate of 1.8 per 200,000 work hours, but still wants to improve its safety performance by promoting National Safety Week May 1 through May 5th as a forum for promoting construction safety to workers.
Safety Week by the Construction Industry Safety Initiative now involves more than 60 construction firms to plan events and create construction safety education opportunities.
“Our contractors were selected, in part, because of their ability to manage an assertive safety program for their employees as well as their subcontractors,” said Phillip A. Washington, Metro chief executive officer. “They have been very successful in keeping industrial injuries well below heavy civil construction averages.”
This year’s campaign “It’s in Our Hands,” emphasizes personal pride and responsibility a construction worker feels for work, colleagues and job sites, according to campaign materials.
Also, one-third of all reported workplace incidents involve hands, according to the report.
“This week is a chance to renew our focus and celebrate the commitment our workers have to keeping themselves and each other safe,” said John Fasana, Metro board chair and mayor pro tem of the city of Duarte, Calif.
