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Safety in Construction: Saving a Life with Stop Work Authority

Safety in Construction: Saving a Life with Stop Work Authority
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Do your employees feel empowered to stop work when significant hazards are identified?

Driving Down Injury & Risk

Keeping your workers safe and allowing them to return home safely should be any company’s top priority. Traditional management models require employees to first approach their supervisor when they identify a dangerous scenario. Stop work authority is a safety program where all employees are empowered to stop work activity they perceive as a risk to their safety. It reinforces the philosophy that safety is everyone’s responsibility. 

Learn how safety programs are about the preservation of life and health, not the mechanical execution of programs and strategies. Downloading this construction case study on stop work authority.

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