b'In many of these cases the death could have been avoided if the employer had enforced its safety rulesemployee the employer has. That person is riskingsample policy does not address all work situations the lives of everyone who works with him.encountered by your employees; you will ask Every week I read reports of employees losingquestions; and in the end you will modify the their lives on the job. In many of these cases thesample policy to make it applicable to the working death could have been avoided if the employerconditions faced by your employees. Yes, I will had enforced its safety rules on a consistentbe recommending that next years SHARP safety basis without exception. Lets start taking safetyrecognition award program application include seriously. I am pleased to be able to report that Ia question on your respirable crystalline silica seldom get a report of a serious accident involvingpolicy.We will not be grading it on whether or an MRCA member company. I have to say thatnot you have adopted the MRCA sample program, I think we have been lucky.Judging by thebut whether it is obvious from your response that responses we have received on the SHARP safetyyou did consider all options when implementing recognition award applications, many of ouryour policy.members are flirting with danger. We need to get beyond OSHA compliance as So, why this tirade now?By the time youour only measure of our safety program.We have have received this issue of MR you will haveto begin to really work towards providing our received a downloadable sample policy for a safetyemployees with a safe work environmentone program for respirable crystalline silica. If youin which they will be secure to work without are concerned about your employees possibleexposure to hazards.exposure, you will follow the directions in the memo introducing the sample policy. You willTake advantage of a great MRCA member benefit-complimentary review the actual OSHA standard; you will reviewlegal advice on OSHA-related issues from MRCA Legal Counsel the sample policy; you will determine where theGary Auman. Contact Gary at GWA@amfdayton.com.www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer 41'