Well the end of another season is just about here. We are not closing the season out on a good note like I had hoped we would. In the span of five days we wrecked a backhoe, had two trucks involved in collisions with another vehicle, had an employees leg run over by a truck and tipped a ready mix truck on it’s side. Overall this year we have done very poorly when it comes to Loss Control. We have had many more incidents than last year and unfortunately that will affect our bottom line along with our experience modifier in a negative way. Things are definitely trending the wrong way. This winter needs to be spent evaluating our existing or lack of policies, training and safety programs.

Upcoming events of note are the Safety Committee Members Appreciation Day on Thursday January 19, 2006 in Brooklyn. Also the annual Supervisor’s Safety Meeting will be held on February 7^th and 8^th in Brooklyn. As the title says it’s the “Supervisor’s” Safety Meeting not Burt’s Safety Meeting so I plan on getting the Supervisor’s involved this meeting. Everyone needs to start thinking of ways to improve the safety culture at Manatt’s so we can someday be in the same class as Mortenson and have zero tolerance for unsafe acts and unsafe employees.

Have a safe and merry holiday season.