Safety
At Seedorff Masonry, we take great pride in the premier group of people who make up our team. From our Bricklayers & Laborers in the field to our Shop, Yard and Office Staff who support their efforts, our focus is on performing each and every job safely.

Our Philosophy
Safety is an investment. If there is a way to improve the quality of resources available to our team, the manner in which the work is performed or the knowledge of the people involved, we’ll find it. And if we can’t find it, we’ll create it. Some of the most innovative solutions in jobsite safety have come directly from our crews in the field to our shop, manufactured by members of our team who are committed to creating a safer workplace.

Our Approach
Education and awareness. The first step in avoiding an unsafe situation is the ability to identify it as such. Our risk management team is a valuable resource relative to training and education for our entire staff.

Our safety staff consists of a team of three individuals; our Risk Manager, one Field Safety Trainer based in Strawberry Point and another Field Safety Trainer based in our Omaha office. Together, this group coordinates our Loss Prevention effort, provides new employee orientation and training, conducts OSHA 10 hour courses and teaches scaffold building and operator training classes. In addition to these in-house services, our staff works in cooperation with a variety of outside consultants to study manual material handling activities, perform jobsite hazard analysis and investigate issues relative to ergonomics.

The Gary Moats Award
The most prestigious award available to any Seedorff employee is the Gary Moats Award. Each year at our Annual Meeting, we recognize one individual for outstanding contributions through their attitude, actions and day-to-day commitment to safety with the presentation of this award. The honor of joining this select group of recipients is accentuated by the fact that nominations and references come from the recipient’s peers.

Our Goal
We reached One Million Consecutive Safe Hours on December 14, 2007.  An incredible milestone.  We're very proud of our team in the field and our support staff that works behind the scenes to protect our team.  Our success, and the pursuit of that success, has changed us.  Safety is an integral part of our operation and our processes.  And we are better for it.  

So what's next?  We love a challenge...and we've decided that the next step is only a million hours away.   As we reach a variety of milestones on our way to Two Million Safe Hours, we'll continue to celebrate as a team and reward individual effort with a variety of incentives.

The culmination of a number of strategic initiatives in safety education and awareness creates alignment. We’re committed to preventing injuries…..period. Safe behavior is the common thread that protects our health, our livelihood and most importantly, our families.