Health, safety & well-being
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Everyone home safe, every day.
Our safety standards are designed not only to meet compliance requirements but are inspired by genuine concern for people. With a stringent set of safety protocols, regular training and awareness programmes, we equip our employees to rise above potential risks.
[01] Where the risk is
Heavy civil work has hazards a desk never sees.
RKC’s people work beside live carriageways, in deep excavations, at height on bridge piers and underground behind a blasting face. Each of these has its own set of controls. Highway works run under traffic-management plans with barriers, signage and flagmen; lifting operations have named supervisors and checked lifting gear; tunnels run with ventilation, gas monitoring and controlled blasting sequences, and nobody re-enters the face until the all-clear is given.
- Traffic management for work beside live highways
- Ventilation, gas monitoring and controlled blasting underground
- Lifting plans and inspected gear for every crane lift
- Excavation support and edge protection
[02] How we prepare people
Training before the first day on site, and again every day after.
Every person joining an RKC site is inducted before they start: the site, its hazards, its rules and who to call. Daily tool-box talks cover the day’s work and its particular risks. Skilled roles, from blasting crews to crane operators, hold the certifications the work demands, and refresher training is scheduled rather than left to chance.
- Site induction for every new joiner
- Certified operators for blasting, lifting and plant
- Refresher training on a calendar
- Near-miss reporting without blame
[03] Well-being
Safety includes the hours off shift.
Our sites are often far from town. Camps are kept clean and supplied, with clean water, medical cover and transport arranged. On long tunnel and highway packages, welfare facilities and rest are planned into the shift pattern, because a tired crew is an unsafe crew.
- Medical cover and first-aid on every site
- Clean camps with water and sanitation
- Planned rest in shift rotations
[04] In practice
How this works on an RKC site
- 01A site-specific safety plan before mobilisation, reviewed as the work changes
- 02Daily tool-box talks and weekly safety walks with site management
- 03Personal protective equipment issued and enforced: helmets, boots, high-visibility, harnesses at height
- 04Incident and near-miss reporting, investigated and shared across sites
- 05Plant and lifting gear inspected on a schedule, with tags that show it