Infracon, formerly known as LNB Construction, is keeping worker safety top of mind, and looks to highlight the importance of education and awareness around the topic.

The civil construction and industrial services group has gone over 1 million hours since its last lost time incident and has never suffered a fatality, despite Statistics Canada ranking construction as Canada’s fourth most dangerous occupation. The reason for this is awareness and active participation by all involved, says Wade Roberts, health and safety manager for Infracon.

“Each and every worker goes through an orientation process at Infracon, prior to getting mobilized to any work site,” said Roberts. “Once they get to the work site, they are orientated again, and then we start our hazard management process on the ground.”

Infracon says this orientation process ensures workers have concise and accurate information, providing a safer working environment for all, in an industry that can be hazardous to workers. According to WorkSafeBC, “general construction” was the industry subsector that had the most claims of lost time incidents for the past two years.

Highlighting awareness of possible hazards on work sites using readily available technology has led Infracon to more than 12 years since a lost time incident, says Roberts.

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