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When Moses Rosendin founded Rosendin Electric Motor Works more than 100 years ago, he led with an innovative idea and service to
offer motor repair for irrigation systems both on and off-site for farms throughout the Santa Clara Valley in northern California. At the
time, San Jose was primarily an agricultural community, and as the years progressed, the use and application of electricity evolved and

expanded. Rosendin adapted and expanded services to include the growing forms of electrical construction, service, and maintenance.

Photo: Rosendin team in Texas social distancing in
Working Ocontinually think of ways to do things more efficiently gears swiftly. Our safety teams began developing a plan
a meeting and using WebEx video conferencing.
ver the past decade, Rosendin has grown to be
to keep our workforce safe and productive. This proactive
synonymous with excellence and innovation in our
industry. This spirit drives the people at Rosendin to
approach to the creation of a comprehensive COVID-19
safety plan has ensured the safety of our craft workers
and more effectively. There is a dedicated department –
and office employees. Designed in collaboration with
Research & Development - whose purpose is to discover,
partners, including PAR Electrical Contractors and Hoffman
together for a develop, and implement innovations. At Rosendin, we do Construction Company, the early creation and adoption of
more than react to changes around us. We drive change and this plan has meant that we have been able to refine the
program to make it more effective. Rosendin's COVID-19
spur others to adapt or adopt.
Safety Protocols are designed to protect workers in offices,
Occasionally, our environment has propelled us to innovate
prefabrication warehouses, and on construction sites.
Protocols follow the recommendations from the CDC
and adapt, as is the case with the recent pandemic. The
sudden restrictions on travel, group gatherings, and health
and local health department guidelines such as social
Safer Future divisions to transform and adjust at a pace never before Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including facemasks,
distancing, hand washing and sanitizing stations, and use of
guidelines pushed all of Rosendin's departments and
seen. While Rosendin quickly implemented all of the
but goes much further. Additional policies include dedicated
safety personnel on each job site, conducting pre-shift
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines and health
department recommendations, we have gone a step further.
health checks, prohibiting handshakes, adding staggered
We developed our approaches to address safety concerns,
shifts and breaks, employing full-time cleaners, adding
provide practical working solutions, and keep our company
single directional walkways, encouraging the use of stairs
vs. lifts, and providing an 800-number and a dedicated email
moving forward. Engineering, Estimating, Training, Safety, IT,
Operations, and Human Resources have all collaborated to
for employee questions.
set the new standard for Rosendin and our industry to keep
With that said, it might be safe to consider that future
employees safe and working effectively.
proposals will contain and or will be asking companies
about their experience with COVID-19 CDC procedures and
For more than 100 years Rosendin has led the way for innovation and adaptation Pioneering COVID-19 Safety Plan what they will continue to implement for future projects.
Currently, it's crucial to document and log all processes
As shelter-in-place orders were issued in rapid succession
in all of our office locations, Rosendin was able to shift related to mitigating the spread, especially procedures that
Photo: Rosendin's Corporate Director of Safety with a project team in Arizona. Issue 2, 2020 | The Feeder 7