Safety and Quality

Alliance is committed first and foremost to a safe and healthy work environment. Our safety record places Alliance in the top echelon of engineering, construction, and maintenance companies in the United States. To that end, we have trained our field management personnel in the recognition, avoidance and prevention of conditions and behaviors that lead to accidents.

Alliance has implemented several proactive plans and Best Practices that have improved our safety performance and results.

Short Service Employee (SSE)

Short Service Employees (SSE) – Employee with less than 6 months of experience or 1 year in the same industry.

SSE receives special safety orientation.
On-site supervisor assigns a mentor to train SSE for at least 6 months or until SSE proves competent in safety rules and guidelines.

Safety Task Analysis (STA)

STA’s are written plans produced by assigned crews to review, plan and document the task at hand each day prior to starting work.

Every employee must:

understand the task
be aware of the hazards
learn to mitigate the hazards
revisit STA plans every few hours as conditions may have changed .

Behavioral Based Safety

The Behavior Based Safety Program is intended to enable Alliance employees to report and record safety observations, most importantly stopping work that is unsafe.

Data is reviewed weekly at the job site and updated by corporate safety for review by upper management
Involves employees and subcontractors
Gather and Trend Data Regularly (Intra-net based)
Increases Hazard Recognition
Enhances Reporting (Employees feel free to share information on hazards)
Number One Message – All employees have the obligation to recognize and stop work that is unsafe!
‘Push-Back’ is expected of employees if given unsafe direction by their superiors or clients.

MAP

Implementation of the mandatory job site audit
form (MAP)
Utilizes a routine internal audit form for managements use to monitor:
Safety
QA/QC
Contract Management Controls
(Consistent execution of projects)

OSHA Process Safety Management Guidelines

We provide essential safety training as prescribed in OSHA Process Safety Management Guidelines, which includes Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Training and HAZCOM Training. PPE and HAZCOM training are part of our new-hire orientation, which is required before any employee is allowed to work in the field. All employees are informed of their responsibilities and rights under OSHA Process Safety Management guidelines.

Essential Elements of Our Safety Process

New hire orientation (HAZCOM, PPE, Lock-out/Tag-out, Ladders and Climbing)
Third party special safety training for all new hires as required
Formal Substance and Alcohol Abuse Policy – new hire, random, for cause
Full-time Safety Representative on all projects as required by policy
Field safety auditing processes
Regular site visits by management
Daily safety meeting and safety task analysis performed on every job
Site safety assessments by Safety and Loss Prevention professionals
Required safety observations and hazard recognitions completed by all employees
Required feedback with immediate feedback with the right to stop work
Safety award programs and incentives
Pre-employment physical testing
Short service employee policy to mentor and oversee new Alliance employees

Client compliance and management safety requirements are met through Alliance’s active participation in the following:

IsNetworld
PIC’s
PEC Premier
Veriforce
NCMS
DISA

Alliance's Senior Management has raised the expectation of manager, supervisors and employees as to the importance of the Alliance safety practices.

Expectations are clearly communicated
Accountability is enforced
Safety Policies start at the top and are communicated to the front line.
Safety Practices start at the front line and are communicated to the top.
All employees know and understand expectations of all
Alliance safety programs