Adolfson & Peterson Construction Co-Sponsor Safety Week 2016

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Safety Week is an annual industry-wide initiative organized by more than 40 national and global construction firms representing the Construction Industry Safety Initiative and the Incident and Injury-Free CEO Forum. These companies have joined forces with one purpose: to inspire everyone in the industry to be leaders in safety. Statistics show that each year, more than 80,000 workers are injured on construction sites across the U.S.

This year’s Safety Week 2016 was given the theme, “We are Stronger & Safer Together,” highlighting the importance of collaborating across the industry to promote safety and eliminate worker injury.

“Safety on the jobsite is the cornerstone of success for all companies,” said Rick Whitney, CEO of Adolfson & Peterson Construction. “Although we all compete, we all share the same goal in wanting to make sure our workforce goes home safely each night. Safety Week 2016 reminds us that by standing together we can eliminate accidents and save lives.”

The collective mission of Safety Week 2016 was to partner together in thanking workers for supporting safety and recognizing efforts to be injury free, increasing awareness of the importance of being committed to safety every day, inspiring all participants to share best practices and work together in strengthening the industry’s safety culture, celebrating the need to be injury free and conducting onsite safety awareness activities.

Safety Week activities took place every day last week on all AP job sites coast to coast. Teams conducted events such as equipment training sessions, crisis management drills and fall protection demonstrations. Specific safety topics were also discussed throughout the week.