Safety and Health education and training are a cornerstone of our Safety Program at Kinsley. Equipping our employees with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform their jobs safely is one of the keys to our success. All employees at Kinsley are thoroughly educated and trained through our orientation, Kinsley Education Center and Toolbox Talks.

Orientation

Each new employee at Kinsley reports to the Kinsley Education Center on his or her first day for a full day of Orientation. Safety is the main emphasis for new hires during orientation. Employees are given a pocket size Safety Handbook and review Kinsley's safety expectation during an interactive, five-hour safety presentation..

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Kinsley Education Center

The Kinsley Education Center offers numerous safety and health classes to our employees utilizing both our in-house expertise as well as industry experts. Safety classes conducted range from working safety around railroad property, to principles of rigging and hoisting, to radiation safety. Of the many types of classes conducted, some of the more frequent classes include:

• OSHA 10-and 30-Hour Construction Safety and Health Courses
• MSHA Part 46 Training and Retraining of Miners
• American Red Cross Adult First Aid and CPR
• Defensive Driver Training
• Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
• Permit Required Confined Spaces
• Trenching and Excavation

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Toolbox Talks

Each work week begins with a Toolbox Talk discussed by every supervisor with his or her crew. The Toolbox Talk covers safety-related incidents from the previous week such as site inspections or near misses, a one week look ahead for site-specific hazards and an assigned weekly safety topic. Weekly topics are generated in-house and use various safety-related incidents as lessons learned.

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