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Personal protective equipment
Hard hat, safety glasses, high-visibility vest, gloves and safety-toe boots at minimum — plus task-specific protection such as hearing, face and respiratory protection.
Safety at Alpha Industries
Everyone goes home. Every day.
Safety is planned before the work starts, checked while it happens and owned by every person on the crew. We build inside occupied hospitals and federal campuses, so the people around our work are protected as carefully as the people doing it.
Our commitments
Four rules every crew lives by
These hold on every Alpha jobsite, for every worker, every shift. No schedule and no budget outranks them.
Anyone can stop the work
Every worker has the authority to stop a task that looks unsafe — and nobody gets in trouble for using it.
Plan before we start
An activity hazard analysis is reviewed with the crew before each phase of work begins.
Inspect every day
A competent person inspects our work areas daily, and the findings are written down and fixed.
Report every near miss
Close calls are reported the same day so the next crew does not get hurt the same way.
A safe day, step by step
How we run a safe job
The same routine on every project, documented so owners and general contractors can see it working.
Orientation
Every worker gets a site-specific safety briefing before the first day: hazards, limits, exits, emergency procedures.
Hazard analysis
Each phase of work has a written activity hazard analysis that names the competent persons and the controls.
Daily inspection
Our competent person walks our work every day and records what was found and corrected.
Weekly safety meeting
A documented toolbox talk every week, in English and Spanish, with signed attendance.
Occupied hospitals & federal sites
Protecting the patients, staff and visitors around our work.
On a medical campus the building never closes. Our crews follow the facility's infection control and security requirements from the first day to the last.
- Infection control risk assessment (ICRA) containment built and inspected before work starts
- Dust and noise control, sealed openings and clean walk-off at every exit from the work area
- Tuberculosis screening for every worker before assignment to a VA medical center
- Hot work permits with a trained fire watch, coordinated with the facility in advance
- Badged crews, identified by project and employer, following the facility's security rules
Safety programs
Programs on every job
Each program has a written procedure, a trained competent person where the standard requires one, and records kept on the project.
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Fall protection & lifts
On government-occupied sites we protect from 4 feet. Aerial lifts are inspected before every shift and run only by trained operators.
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Tools & equipment
Cords, guards and tools are checked before use. Anything damaged is tagged out of service and replaced, not taped.
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Silica & dust control
A written exposure control plan for cutting, coring, chipping and grinding concrete and masonry, using water or vacuum controls and a named competent person.
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Material handling
Planned routes, carts and lifting aids, clear paths through occupied corridors and no blocked exits.
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Emergency readiness
Every crew knows the exits, the assembly point, the nearest first aid and who to call — before the work starts.
Speak up
See something? Stop the task and report it.
An urgent safety concern never waits for a message to move up the chain of command. Stop the work, make the area safe and tell your foreman. Near misses and concerns are reported the same day — there is no penalty for reporting.
StopPause the task. Nobody keeps working through a hazard.
SecureMake the area safe and keep others out.
ReportTell your foreman right away and log it the same day.
FixCorrect it, share the lesson at the next toolbox talk.
Standards we follow
Built on recognized standards
Our programs follow federal safety regulations and the safety sections of each project's contract. When requirements differ, we follow the stricter one.
OSHASafety and Health Regulations for Construction (29 CFR 1926)The federal construction safety standard that applies to every jobsite.Standard
USACEEM 385-1-1 Safety and Health Requirements Manual (2024)Required by many federal contracts, including our VA work, alongside OSHA.Manual
OSHARespirable Crystalline Silica in Construction (29 CFR 1926.1153)Exposure control plans, Table 1 controls and training for concrete and masonry work.Standard
OSHAFall Protection in ConstructionGuardrails, personal fall arrest, ladders and scaffolds.Standard
OSHAHeat Illness PreventionWater, rest and shade, and acclimatizing new workers in hot weather.Guide
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