SAFETY PROGRAM

 

Preferred Personnel places a high emphasis on employee safety.  We actively enforce our safety program and it is the most extensive in our industry to safeguard our employees and to ensure our competitiveness.

 

Our clients have access to our safety video library and safety training materials in English and Spanish.  We supplement our staff with external loss control specialists such as Steve Damewood of Damewood Consulting Group.  We have on staff several certified safety specialists to assist our clients with the implementation of their safety programs.

 

Preferred Personnel sends our safety personnel and management to attend safety training courses provided through the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Safety Council.  They receive completion certificates for forklift certification, Machine Guarding, Advanced Industrial Safety, Lockout /Tag out, Haz-Mat and other areas of safety.  Upon completion of these courses, our personnel are Registered Safety Administrators with the skills necessary to assist our clients in OSHA compliance and safety.

 

Our goal is to make sure every employee has a safe place to work.  Following is a Mission Statement as quoted by Joann Idleman, President of Preferred Personnel.

 

“Safety and Health in our company must be part of every operation.  Without question, it is every employee’s responsibility at all levels.

 

We will maintain a safety and health program conforming to the best practices in our industry.  To be successful, such a program must embody the proper attitudes toward injury and illness prevention on the part of supervisors and employees.  It also requires cooperation in all safety and health matters, not only between supervisors and employees, but also between employees and their co-workers.  Only through such cooperative effort can an effective safety and health program be established and preserved.

 

The safety and health of every employee is a high priority.  Management accepts responsibility for providing a safe work environment and employees are expected to take responsibility for performing work in accordance with safe standards and practices.

 

Safety and health will only be achieved through teamwork.  Everyone must join together in promoting safety and health and taking every reasonable measure to assure safe working conditions in the company.

 

Joann Idleman

President