Participant: Guarantee Electrical Contracting LLC
1390 Wheeling St.
Denver, CO 80239
Description: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has awarded Guarantee Electrical Contracting with its Star designation in the agency’s Voluntary Protection Program. The designation covers the company’s mobile workforce at its Colorado worksites, including those where it does business as Berwick Electric. In addition to holding daily huddles on workplace safety to assess hazards, Guarantee Electrical Contracting’s health and wellness program includes mental health awareness and suicide prevention.
Background: The VPP Star is OSHA’s highest level of recognition of employers and workers who have implemented effective safety and health management systems and maintained injury and illness rates below the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ industry averages. The VPP program brings company management, site employees and OSHA together to work cooperatively and proactively to prevent fatalities, injuries and illnesses by focusing on hazard prevention and control, worksite analysis, training, management commitment and worker involvement.