About Us
Safety
Our highest held value is
“Safe and Compliant or Not at All.” At Arcwood, Our First Commitment Is To Safety -
the safety of every employee, customer, supplier, contractor, and visitor.
We Empower Our Employees
To put it simply, we will not do any job or task that cannot be done safely and compliantly.
Every Heritage employee has the right to stop any job or task that appears unsafe.
Our goal is to send everyone home safe every day.
We take pride in our health and safety record, which is amongst the best in the industry, but we continually strive to improve.
Our highest held value is
Arcwood’s Health and Safety Process is led by the Corporate Director of Health and Safety, who reports directly to executive leadership.
Our process is implemented on a corporate-wide basis, with health and safety plans prepared for every Heritage project. Inspections and audits are performed to determine compliance with each site-specific plan. The major elements of our program are:
Employee Medical Monitoring
Employee Health & Safety Training
Site Health & Safety Plan Development
Site Inspections & Audits
Near-Miss & Safety Observation Follow-Up & Corrective Action
Our Safety Principles
While management leads Heritage’s safety initiatives, each employee is responsible for following safety rules and regulations, stopping unsafe activities, and supporting an enhanced safety culture.
To achieve the company’s ultimate safety goal of zero incidents, each employee must pledge to hold themselves to the highest safety standards in accordance with our “6Safety” principles:
