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Stand Down Program

Stand Down Program

AGC Georgia member firms have several opportunities each year to participate in organized safety stand downs designed to reinforce and focus attention on the importance of safe practices on the work site. These stand downs provide each company with an opportunity to communicate your safety message, goals and expectations on this topic to all levels of the construction team, especially field personnel and subcontractors working on your job sites.

Our association has hosted dozens of stand downs to date since the first one convened in 2008. These stand downs have the full support of OSHA and CompTrust AGC Mutual Captive Insurance Company (MCIC), AGC Georgia’s workers’ compensation program. We are proud of the fact that this proactive safety program has reached hundreds of thousands of construction industry personnel throughout Georgia and across the country on remote job sites of our member firms.

Safety Stand Down Information

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  • What is a Stand Down?

Companies who know the value of safety training use a Safety Stand Down to stop all work and provide a focused safety meeting on one particular topic. These types of meetings provide effective communication of safety policies, goals and expectations through all levels of a team.
OSHA believes there is tremendous value in committing 30 minutes to one hour of your day’s work to talk about safety, leading to increased employee safety morale. Stopping work to talk about safety brings it to the forefront of everyone’s mind!

  • Who can participate?

Participants may include employer’s trade associations, federal, state and local governmental agencies, professional societies, institutes, and consumer/labor-management interest organizations, sub-and independent contractors.

  • How to Conduct a Safety Stand Down

Companies can conduct a Safety Stand Down by taking a break to have a toolbox talk or another safety activity such as conducting safety equipment inspections, developing rescue plans, or discussing job specific hazards. Managers are encouraged to plan a stand down that works best for their workplace.

  • AGC Georgia members are encouraged to share their participation photos

If you want to share information on your Safety Stand Down or suggestions on how we can improve future initiatives like this, please send your email to abercrombie@agcga.org. Don’t forget photos from your worksites!