Commitment to Safety

At Sioux Falls Tower and Communications we are committed to the safety of our employees and to improving the safety of our Industry as a whole. We have a comprehensive written Safety Plan developed in house and designed to help us improve our safety performance.

Complete investigation of any accident or near miss helps us to find potential problems, or correct situations that may pose a hazard to our employees. Continual training helps keep everyone up to date on the latest techniques and equipment available to facilitate our efforts. Our Director of Safety, Todd Thorin, the former chairman of the Safety and Education Committee for the National Association of Tower Erectors.


TRAINING TOWER
Our on-site Training Tower makes it very easy to train new-hires and to perform yearly re-certifications at our facility. We test and practice fall-protection and rescue techniques and equipment year round.

We can also train and practice other procedures such as plumb and tension, rigging and antenna and line installation. The tower also gives us a great platform to demonstrate our patriotic sentiments, and has become a famous landmark in the area.




SAFETY INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES
We have a series of employee safety awards that progress with increased positive safety performance. We also have penalties that are exacted for non-compliance. We are proud to say that because of the safe practices of our crews not many penalties are given out and our experience mod rating is one of the lowest anywhere, well below 1.0.

Performance in the field is monitored by surprise visits and unannounced observation of work in progress. It has become a challenge for the crews to spot the Safety Director before he spots them! The practice has paid off as OSHA employs the same tactics, and our crews have experienced surprise OSHA inspections with a clean bill of safety health.

The Tower Alert area is dedicated to bringing issues that could be harmful to towers or personnel working on or around towers to light.