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it within a calendar year.”
The successful implementation of Stewart
and Stevenson Canada’s health and safety
initiatives can be attributed to the positive
attitudes and actions of its employees, fur-
ther cementing their reputation both inter-
nally and externally as safety stewards.
“Our lost time for 2014 was zero, which
also really sets us apart from our competi-
tion,” said Sigvaldason. “Our focus on health
and safety has been a strong initiative and
we’ve had a great buy-in from our employee
base. The efforts between management and
the workers we were able to go through the
whole of 2014 without a single incident.
Because of initiatives that have been taken,
we’re now striving to become leaders in the
industry for safety.”
From a customer standpoint, Stewart and
Stevenson Canada leverage their health and
safety knowledge, leadership and innova-
tive practices as a means to educate and train
their client base.
“Our customers are all oriented briefly before
we go to any shop tours.They have to have the
proper safety training before they do a shop