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Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ready to stand down? Construction Safety Week kicks off.
This story was originally published on Construction Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Construction Dive newsletter. Construction Safety Week begins Monday by calling on contractors to recommit to worker health and well-being, according to a new release from the event's organizers. The construction industry's annual week-long, safety-focused event is partnering with OSHA and its National Safety Stand-Down initiative to help prevent falls in construction, a leading cause of jobsite injury. This joint effort encourages companies to pause work sites throughout the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, May 7, or whenever possible during the week to create the largest industry-wide safety stand-down ever held. The 2025 Construction Safety Week theme, All in Together, is designed to connect and strengthen the message throughout the industry. The initiative includes related content for companies to plan activities, conversations and demonstrations with their teams. "This year, our theme, All in Together, demonstrates that safety on a jobsite is more than an individual responsibility; it's a collective effort," said Mike Choutka, Hensel Phelps CEO and 2025 Safety Week Chair, in the release. "We encourage everyone to carry the spirit of Construction Safety Week forward by upholding the highest safety standards year-round." Safety Week was founded in 2014 by members of the Construction Industry Safety Initiative and the Incident & Injury Free Executive Forum and includes 70 of the top contractors in the industry, representing thousands of workers. Free resources are available on the Construction Safety Week website and include promotional materials, discussion topics, event ideas, videos and materials translated into Spanish and French.
Business Wire
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
AGI Sets the Bar for Safety Achievement and a ‘Spot-Report-Fix It' Call to Action
WINNIPEG, Manitoba--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Creating a strong safety culture in the workplace is no easy task. According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) experts, it goes beyond simply meeting standards. It requires a proactive approach where safety is not only a shared responsibility but also tracked using measurable benchmarks. Over the past four years, AGI employees have consistently secured significant, year-over-year reductions in the rate of recordable incidents and lost-time injuries. Share Ag Growth International ('AGI') is proud of the increased focus placed on safety over recent years. During this week's 5th Annual One AGI Safety Week, the company celebrates its employees' outstanding safety achievements and sets new milestones for success towards building a zero-harm work environment. 'Safety is not only a priority, but also a guiding principle and a key element of our One AGI culture, worldwide. Safety is at the core of everything we do – influencing our decisions, actions and behaviors,' says Paul Householder, AGI President & CEO. 'During Safety Week, AGI celebrates the incredible strides made in 2024 and sets new safety benchmarks with a proactive ' Spot It, Report It, Fix It ' call to action to identify, communicate and correct potentially unsafe conditions.' Since 2021, AGI's company-wide focus on implementing a safety education, reporting and training program has paid off. The results have been outstanding in overall trends and performance. Over the past four years, AGI employees have consistently secured significant, year-over-year reductions in the rate of recordable incidents and lost-time injuries. From 2023 to 2024, AGI's rate of recordable incidents dropped 54% and lost-time injuries declined 50% across its global operations. Also in 2024, 13 facilities earned AGI Safety Standout awards for achieving one, three or five years without an OSHA lost time incident. Location honors went to (Canada) AGI Saskatoon, AGI Nobleford, AGI Swift Current, AGI Oak Bluff, AGI Winnepeg, and AGI Georgetown; (United States) AGI Clay Center, AGI Joplin, AGI Marshall, AGI Lenexa, AGI Falls City, and AGI Omaha; and (Europe) AGI Italy. 'These achievements translate into an incredible positive impact on the lives, health and well-being of AGI colleagues. AGI's progress in making working conditions safer each day is a true measure of our employees' discipline and dedication to business practices that keep themselves and their co-workers safe,' comments Householder. Henry Palomino, Vice President NA Manufacturing and Global Supply Chain, says AGI locations will honor the week with shared stories and activities designed to reinforce and share best practices that further their commitment to a zero-harm workplace. 'AGI's Annual Safety Week sets the stage for our employee nomination process for Annual Safety Awards, which begins in August. AGI's award program recognizes individuals, teams and locations for exemplary safety best practices and performance. Employees are our safety advocates; therefore, it is important they nominate co-workers who go above-and-beyond to put safety first,' notes Palomino. AGI's Annual Safety Awards initiative includes three prestigious awards: Progress in Safety: For facilities improving their leading safety performance. Safety at a Customer Site or Project: For well-executed safety at customer or internal projects. Outstanding Performance: Recognizing exceptional individual performance or an event related to safety or community service. AGI employee nominations will end in October with awards announced in December. To learn more about AGI's Safety culture, visit AGI Company Profile AGI is a provider of solutions for global food infrastructure including seed, fertilizer, grain, feed, and food processing systems. AGI has manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, France, and Italy and distributes its product globally.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Currys unveils major safety spend to protect staff, kerb retail crime
Currys, a British omnichannel technology retailer, has unveiled its most significant annual investment in store safety measures to date reaffirming its focus on staff security. The move is aimed at protecting employees and discouraging retail theft. The announcement coincides with the company's observance of 'Safety Week' for its store personnel throughout the UK. It follows a report from British Retail Consortium which revealed reveal that incidents of violence and abuse against retail staff surged to more than 2,000 per day in fiscal year 2023-24, compared to 1,300 daily occurrences the previous year. The retailer is introducing an array of new technologies and safety protocols as part of this extensive investment in safety. Upgrades include enhanced Public Display Monitors in stores deemed high-risk, experimentation with novel product security measures, and a commitment to better intelligence gathering and analysis. Additionally, there will be a heightened focus on security personnel and surveillance systems. Currys is piloting the use of staff headsets in select locations, with a full rollout expected by the end of May this year. These devices enable staff to communicate more effectively on the sales floor, enhancing their sense of security, particularly when dealing with shoplifters. Moreover, this technology also improves customer service by allowing shoppers to summon assistance through a button at the entrance that alerts staff via their headsets, notes the company. Currys has also partnered with Auror for the implementation of a crime reporting software platform that streamlines crime reporting and increases its precision. The software facilitates secure information sharing about crimes and suspects among stores. By correlating data on offenses nationwide, it not only equips store employees with knowledge of current threats but also supports law enforcement efforts to make shopping environments safer. Currently undergoing trials in two regions, there are plans to expand this platform across all stores early next month. To intensify product security across its outlets, the retailer will implement a data-driven strategy to balance theft risks against customer engagement. One notable area of investment is the enhancement of laptop display stand security across all Currys stores. The introduction of new laptop clamps aims to deter theft without detracting from the customer experience. Preliminary tests have shown promising results in decreasing aggressive thefts, with a broader deployment scheduled for next week, said the company. Currys COO Lindsay Haselhurst said: 'UK retail crime statistics make for difficult reading, as incidents of shoplifting and aggression against retail workers continue to climb. These are not victimless crimes; the worst cases leave colleagues and customers injured and traumatised. 'That's why I'm really pleased to roll out a number of new programmes to increase colleague and product security in our stores, and welcome the new Crime and Policing Bill legislation. However, we know there is much more to be done and this must be a collaborative effort with all involved, including local police forces and government.' Recently, supermarket chain Asda has initiated a trial of live facial recognition technology across five of its stores in Greater Manchester, England, UK. "Currys unveils major safety spend to protect staff, kerb retail crime" was originally created and published by Retail Insight Network, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
