Safety Approach

Our approach to safety includes six elements that are necessary for every project.

• Pre-Qualify. This is required of all subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers.
• Pre-Plan. Preplanning for safety begins with the bid documents and is constant throughout the construction process. Upon award of a project, the project team develops a Definable Features of Work (DFW) document based on the bid packages, phases of work, and identification of tasks to be completed. With each new phase of work, the team plans a preinstallation meeting and identifies it in the schedule. This date represents the due date for the job safety analysis to be completed.
• Educate. Communication of safety, health policies, and procedures begins on the employee’s first day at the employee orientation. Each Mascaro employee receives training on the identification of potential hazards he/she may encounter on the jobsite, preventive measures or corrective actions, and the OSHA regulations. Mascaro keeps employees informed of updates or changes to the site health and safety plan and OSHA regulations through safety meetings, written notices, and posting of notices on the company bulletin board. Mascaro communicates this information in a manner understandable to all employees.
• Enforce. Safety is the responsibility of every Mascaro employee. Safety is a metric that everyone on the job will always remember; and at Mascaro, we take it very seriously and expect our subcontractors and vendors to follow suit. On a Mascaro project, no one person can say safety is their only responsibility; safety is everyone’s responsibility.
• Recognize. The Mascaro mission is to build a strong safety culture through education, training, enforcement, and recognition. Mascaro implements an employee incentive program based on safe hours worked to recognize and reward safety performance. Projects that achieve our company goal of “Zero Incidents” per each quarter receive recognition. Four consecutive quarters of incident free work is recognized via the Mascaro Platinum Award.
• Reward. Mascaro rewards employees who maintain the highest possible standards of safety in their day-to-day work activities. Our incentive program does more than enforce OSHA regulations; it changes attitudes and behaviors, maintaining a safety culture throughout our company.