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trols, policies and processes that allow us has also been the recipient of the Disting-
to maintain an impeccable safety record.
“When it comes to the safety of our
workers we don’t follow the industry, we
lead it.”
The company has won numerous safe-
ty awards. The most recent recognition
was the Canadian Construction Assoc-
iation’s (CCA) National Safety Award,
which was presented to them at the CCA
Annual Conference in Puerto Rico this
past March. “It’s a very proud moment
for all of us,” Moore states. “This award
has never been won by a company as
small as us in northern Ontario. It means
we have one of the best safety programs
in the nation and we competed with some
of the largest contractors in all of Canada.”
In addition, the company expects to cel-
ebrate 10 years without lost-time injury
record in August 2008. Mike Moore &
Sons also is the only general contractor
in northern Ontario to remain a member
of the Ontario General Contractors Assoc-
iation (OGCA) safety program and is now
in the Veteran’s Group. The company has
been the recipient of OGCA Zero Freq-
uency Award for more than a decade. It
People First
uished Achievement in Health & Safety
for the past seven years. In addition, it
also received the Sault Ste. Marie
Construction Association’s Zero Accident
Frequency in Health and Safety Award, as
well as the Sudbury Construction
Association’s Health and Safety Award.
Its safety program includes:
■ Monthly meetings with all senior
management, safety representatives
and employees
■ TIPS notice books carried by all em-
ployees and issued for praise, instruction-
al and infractions regarding safety
■ Quarterly all-employee meeting
■ Employee Health & Safety Committee
which meets on a monthly basis
■ Daily on-site toolbox talks, including
minutes for all subtrades and employees
■ Weekly and monthly site safety inspec-
tions by upper management and superin-
tendents
“[We take] safety very seriously,” the co-
mpany explains. “We do not look at health
and safety as just another job site task, but
rather a culture to be promoted within our
company, and within the industry.”
Moore encourages his employees to par-
ticipate in the community. Most recently,
his employees donated $250,000
(Canadian) to help build a local area hos-
pital. They were awarded the Golden
Stake Award for the only company with
100 percent employee participation by
the Sault Area Hospital.
The company also belongs to the
Canadian Blood Services Partners for Life
program with a 2007 commitment of
100 blood donations.
Moore puts people – employees, clients
and subcontractors – first. “[Our] employ-
ees are the most important asset the
company has,” Moore explains. “[I] take
an aggressive role in shaping the corpo-
rate destiny and surround [myself] with
motivational, aggressive and enthusiastic
management people.”
In the future, he’d like to maintain the
company’s steady growth and continue
to be a frontrunner in northern Ontario.
“We’ve been growing since we started,
and we want to continue to grow and be
successful, but we want to do it by being
safe first,” he says. ■
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