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SAFETY
Rosendin Recognized for
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Safety Excellence
osendin was recognized as one of the safest
construction companies in the country. On November
R 10, Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) presented
Rosendin with a Construction Industry Safety Excellence (CISE)
Award, applauding the company’s achievement in promoting
proven effective work practices for the last three years.
CURT selected In maintaining a culture and workplace where
Rosendin as everyone feels safe, employees can stay present and
the winner of focused on the job, make well-informed choices,
the 2021 CISE and deliver quality work. Rosendin has implemented
Constructor Safety various safety and training programs, such as the
Award for Special Trade Contractors with more Apprentice Portfolio, Pre-Task Plan cards, Code of
than three million work hours for its steady efforts Safe Work Practices booklets, a Mentor program, a
to eliminate risk with advanced and innovative Safety Recognition Award program, and a Knife-Free
programs on strategic planning, emergency initiative. As a member of CURT, Rosendin shares its
preparedness, training and competency, and more. goal to establish new levels of safety performance.
Rosendin has built a safety culture around accident “Our class of 2021 award recipients has reinforced
prevention, committed to continual improvement. our belief that owner companies, contractor
This safety culture includes programs such as companies, and our skilled crafts can partner
the STOP Work Card, which gives employees effectively together to design and build complex
the right to stop working if they feel unsafe, domestic and international projects that meet
and the Craft Empowerment Program (CEP) that specific business needs and provide jobs while
unites field workers and project managers twice protecting the health and safety of everyone on
a month to review concerns and new ideas. those projects,” said Art Limber, CURT Board Member
and Past CURT Safety & Wellness Committee Chair.
“Rosendin is honored to be recognized with the
Construction Industry Safety Excellence Award Rosendin was also named among America’s Safest
because nothing is more important to us than Companies by EHS Today magazine. In the last
the safety of our employees,” said Marty Rouse, two years, Rosendin’s safety record has been
Vice President of Safety. “Finding innovative ways recognized over 30 times by regional and national
to protect them are among our core values, and organizations, including the National Electrical
we place this value above all others and strive Contractors Association (NECA), Associated General
to build a stronger, safer industry by creating a Contractors (AGC) of America, and the National
healthy, supportive environment for our workers.” Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). 
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Rosendin's Marty Rouse, VP of Safety, (left) accepting the EHS America's Safest Companies 2021 award.
s an employee-owned company for the past 29 years, and with a history of 102 years in business, Rosendin
clearly understands its mission. At the beginning of the new hire onboarding process, through a video, CEO
AMike Greenawalt tells the story of how he had been involved in an arc flash. His story is about the impact
this injury had on him and his family. He shares the experience of being in a burn unit.
Greenawalt’s story of how an arc flash changed his life and well? What do we need to improve on? What bothers our
his family’s life is told in order to get employees to think of employees?
safety as a value in their life—a value they are not willing
to compromise for anyone or anything. These and other programs have contributed to the company
earning the National Electrical Contractors 2021 Recognition
This personal commitment to safety extends to empowering of Achievement of Zero Injury award.
employees to take safety into their own hands. All Rosendin However, the company is not one to rest on its laurels and
employees receive a STOP Work Card that gives any says it understands that safety is a never-ending struggle.
employee who identifies an unsafe condition or does not Rosendin operates under the philosophy, “We know we
feel safe about a task the right to stop work to ensure the
safest work environment possible. can always be better and have an obligation as owners of
our own company to do so. Our strengths lie in the quality
The voice of the employee is extended throughout of our safety programs, our training, and understanding
the company in a variety of ways. One particular program, the seriousness of electrical work and the commitment of
the Craft Empowerment Program (CEP), provides a each individual at Rosendin to keep each other safe. This
mechanism to build project communication between the commitment is to each other and our employees’ families,
field and project management. Every two weeks, members our clients, the public, and our industry. We lead, instill, and
of the CEP meet with the project manager to review what empower them to keep the safety culture of Rosendin alive
they have seen and heard from craft employees. They follow for the years to come.” 
an agenda with questions such as: What are we doing
EMPLOYEE IS AUTHORIZED TO STOP WORK
Safety begins with me, and I’ve been given the authority, without Rosendin empowers employees to
fear of reprimand or retaliation, to immediately STOP any work
activity that presents a danger to me, my co-workers, or the take safety into their own hands.
public. I will be involved in safety pre-task planning, question
Project safety does begin with me, and I will look out not
and correct any situation that is not in compliance with our
only for my safety but also for the safety of my co-workers.
safety and health policies, report any unsafe acts or conditions to
supervision, and question any work activity that involves violation
of the established safety and health policies, or the established
safety pre-task plan. I will ensure that acts of discrimination,
harassment, and/or racism by or against our team members,
partners, and clients are reported and not tolerated.
BUILDING QUALITY | BUILDING VALUE | BUILDING PEOPLE ® Mike Greenawalt
CEO, Rosendin Electric, Inc.
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