Employees from Salmon Arm91裸聊视频檚 Bid Group will be making time to mark 2,000 days with no time lost due to work-related injuries.

Staff and management, including management from Bid Group91裸聊视频檚 Quebec head office, will be at Elks Park on Saturday, June 10, to celebrate the safety milestone reached on April 22.

91裸聊视频淭wo-thousand days is a big thing for this company 91裸聊视频� not just this company but any company,91裸聊视频� said Bid Group Salmon Arm branch manager Wilf Rischmueller, noting the branch also celebrates each of its 500-day milestones. He noted how easy it is for that record to slip back to zero.

91裸聊视频淲e lost a considerable amount of days having one minor situation where somebody didn91裸聊视频檛 come to work because they had a sore back,91裸聊视频� said Rischmueller, referring to another branch. 91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 how simple it is to lose their record.91裸聊视频�

The Salmon Arm branch works with other Bid Group branches to manufacture turnkey sawmills and planar mills.

91裸聊视频淲e can do that within a year with the help of all our different companies that we own,91裸聊视频� said Rischmueller. 91裸聊视频淓ach one of our branches builds a portion of a complete mill.91裸聊视频�

With 60 staff, the Salmon Arm branch is the company91裸聊视频檚 smallest. That means staff are working closely together.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 extremely unheard of to have this many safety days in our industry, because there91裸聊视频檚 so many little things that can happen,91裸聊视频� said Salmon Arm branch assistant manager Jason Rischmueller, Wilf91裸聊视频檚 son.

Rischmueller explained Bid Group is very safety oriented. When employees are hired they go through a 91裸聊视频渟afety indoctrination,91裸聊视频� and are required to learn safe working procedures for every tool or piece of equipment anybody would use here.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲e go through that with the individual and they sign off and they understand how they should be using that piece,91裸聊视频� said Rischmueller, adding the company also supplies all the necessary personal protective equipment.

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91裸聊视频淲e have toolbox meetings every morning and we discuss what we91裸聊视频檙e going to be doing during the day91裸聊视频� We discuss if there have been any recent close calls in our plant or any of the other plants, or any accidents.91裸聊视频�

If there is a potential for an accident, a 91裸聊视频渘ear miss report91裸聊视频� is created and shared.

91裸聊视频淥bviously nobody got injured, but we make sure everybody in the Bid Group is aware,91裸聊视频� said Jason. 91裸聊视频淲e share all our safety information so we can alleviate that safety concern in all the shops.

91裸聊视频淲e have developed over the years a culture of safety with our employees. For the most part, everybody looks after each other and if they see something that looks unsafe, they report it or stop the person.91裸聊视频�

Jason said employees at the Salmon Arm branch are proud of the safety record and their quality of workmanship.

91裸聊视频淭he Salmon Arm branch prides ourselves on being the best of our company 91裸聊视频� for a little operation we91裸聊视频檙e outstanding in our safety and our quality,91裸聊视频� said Jason.

Wilf said safety isn91裸聊视频檛 just important to the company, but also to prospective clients.

91裸聊视频淲e do large projects; they91裸聊视频檙e in excess of $250 million-$300 million US dollars to do one complete mill, so these companies, they91裸聊视频檙e large forest companies91裸聊视频� The first thing in a negotiation period, yeah, price is important, delivery is important, but your safety record is also very important,91裸聊视频� said Wilf. 91裸聊视频淚f you don91裸聊视频檛 have a good safety record91裸聊视频� they don91裸聊视频檛 want you.91裸聊视频�

Jason said reaching the 2,000-day milestone hasn91裸聊视频檛 been an easy feat, but it91裸聊视频檚 something he and fellow Bid Group personnel believe in and work towards as a team.

91裸聊视频淓verybody on the shop floor obviously wants to reach the goal and they don91裸聊视频檛 want to have an injury that jeopardizes things,91裸聊视频� said Jason. 91裸聊视频淓verybody works as a team and looks after each other, and that91裸聊视频檚 how we91裸聊视频檝e made it this far.91裸聊视频�

For more information about Bid Group, visit bidgroup.ca.