Safety
Safety Drives Our Success
It is our core belief that a project cannot be successful if the health and safety of our employees is not the number one priority. To that end, Rycon works diligently at all levels throughout our organization to improve our safety culture by educating and training our staff, establishing safe working protocols, and empowering our employees to identify and correct workplace hazards. It is instilled throughout our company that no project or deadline is more important than an individual’s well-being. Although we staff full-time safety professionals, it is part of our culture for every employee at Rycon to take on the role as safety manager. Construction can be a dangerous industry, and we will continue to adapt and innovate to keep our employees and everyone on our job sites as safe as possible. One injury is one too many, and we won’t settle for anything less.
Our processes have been reviewed and approved by the following web-based verification websites
Safety First
Safety Life Cycle
Plan and estimate reviews to evaluate safe constructability and appropriate safety budgeting
Evaluation of project turnover conditions to ensure safety for end-user
Ongoing safety training, task/job hazard analysis, safety inspections and audits, oversight of safety-critical operations
Development of project-specific safety plans, worker orientation and training, pre-planning of safety-critical activities
Who We Are
Meet our degreed safety professionals
Mike Penrod
VP of Risk Mgmt/Labor Ops.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in Safety Science & Engineering, OSHA 500 Outreach Trainer Authorization, Knowledge of OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH, UL, ANSI, NEC, ACGIH, and EPA standards, guidelines, and regulations, ICRA 24-Hour Certification
Pat Ferguson
Safety Director & ICRA/DOH
Compliance Manager
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in Safety & Environmental Management, OSHA Authorized Construction Trainer, OSHA 10-Hour Certification, OSHA 30-Hour Certification, ICRA 8-Hour Certification, ICRA 24-Hour Certification, ASHM, Scaffolding competent person certification
Brad Graves
Field Safety Manager
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in Safety Science & Environmental Management, OSHA 500 Outreach Trainer Authorization, OSHA 30-Hour Certification
Cory Keller
Safety Coordinator
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in Safety, Health and Environment Applied Science. Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Health and Safety Technician (CHST), OSHA 510 Certified, Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT), and First Aid/AED/CPR Instructor
TJ Winkler
Safety Coordinator
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, B.S. Safety Management. OSHA Authorized Construction Trainer, OSHA 10-Hour Certification, OSHA 30-Hour Certification, and First Aid/AED/CPR trained