Heath Construction Earns Colorado Safety Award For Third Year; Ranks Among Top 1% Nationwide

Fort Collins, CO - For the third year in a row, Heath Construction, a leading builder of municipal, educational and commercial facilities in the Rocky Mountain region, earned the Associated General Contractors of Colorado's highest safety award.

In addition, the company ranks among the top 1 percent of contractors nationwide for safety.

AGC awarded its prestigious "Zero Incident Rate" Award for 2007 to Heath and four other Colorado companies. Qualifying firms documented 100,000 man-hours with no loss-time injury in 2006. Since 2003, Heath has accumulated nearly 775,000 consecutive man-hours with no time lost on the job.

"Heath is one of the premium contractors in Colorado," said David Samples, AGC's director of safety and environmental programs. "Heath people lead in performance, attitude and accountability. They not only have a great safety policy, they use it every day on every job site."

Addressing Heath employees during the company's annual Safety Rodeo this spring, Mike Mitchell, vice president of risk management, Flood & Peterson Insurance and risk-management advisor to Heath, praised employees for their continual attention to safety.

"Your outstanding safety record of 775,000 consecutive man hours without any accidents has kept Heath Construction among the top 1 percent in the construction industry nationwide," Mitchell said. "Heath hasn't had any accidents over three years. The average construction company would have had 25 cases leading to loss of time on the job over the same 775,000 man-hours of work."

Although safety and skills trainings are conducted throughout the year, the annual Safety Rodeo gives every employee hands-on experience with tools and equipment needed on the job, said Ray Moutoux, Heath's senior safety officer.

This year's rodeo offered trauma training with Poudre Fire Authority. According to Moutoux, Heath has added trauma kits to all job sites, and Heath employees are trained to provide proper assistance while waiting for help to arrive. He said Heath people often work in mountain locations under difficult conditions and routinely handle the most challenging types of construction projects.

SOURCE: Heath Construction