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Manhattan emphasizes safety in three key areas: 1) Reducing injuries and suffering from accidents, believing safety excellence is required for overall operational excellence, and superior safety is important for business success. 2) Requiring all employees and subcontractors to maintain a safe work environment and prioritize safety in daily activities through proper training, planning, leadership and compliance. 3) Fostering a culture of mutual respect between employees and pride in achievement, recognizing success is built on teamwork and providing employees opportunities to learn and work independently as part of a team.

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Manhattan emphasizes safety in three key areas: 1) Reducing injuries and suffering from accidents, believing safety excellence is required for overall operational excellence, and superior safety is important for business success. 2) Requiring all employees and subcontractors to maintain a safe work environment and prioritize safety in daily activities through proper training, planning, leadership and compliance. 3) Fostering a culture of mutual respect between employees and pride in achievement, recognizing success is built on teamwork and providing employees opportunities to learn and work independently as part of a team.

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Safety is Standard ■ “We believe that we can prevent acci- selves, their families and their cowork-
“At Manhattan, we believe that there are dental injuries, occupational illnesses and ers to work in a manner to prevent acci-
three important reasons for pursuing property damage through proper train- dents that cause personal injury or prop-
excellence in safety performance,” the ing, planning and compliance with our erty damage, ” the company says.
company says. These reasons are: safety program;
■ The desire to reduce the injuries and ■ “We believe that leadership is a key ele- Individual Pride
suffering resulting from accidents; ment in creating a safe work environ- Manhattan has been in business for more
■ The belief that achieving excellence in ment and expect our project teams to than a century, creating a strong company
safety performance is a requirement to lead by example, putting safety first in culture that has evolved with time. “We
achieving overall operational excellence; their daily work activities; recognize that a foundation for success is
and ■ “We believe that establishing a spirit of built upon respect,” Manhattan says.
■ The knowledge that superior safety per- cooperation with all project subcontrac- “At Manhattan, we foster an environ-
formance is an “increasingly important tors, vendors, suppliers, owners, archi- ment that shares a mutual respect – as
factor in competing successfully in today’s tects and engineers is an important part employer and employee – for hard work,
marketplace.” of creating and maintaining a safe work dedication and pride in achievement. We
Manhattan insists that its safety princi- environment; realize that no one individual can carry
ples are not just words, but the roadmap ■ “We require all our employees to be the burden of success; it is built around
it uses to “guide each project towards safety actively involved in maintaining a safe teamwork.”
excellence. project site and communication is en- The company provides its employees
“Without [our] safety principles, we couraged to eliminate risks associated with the latest in technology, the oppor-
would not be able to achieve the level of with all work performed on our project tunity to learn new skills and the ability
performance on our projects nor have sites;  to work independently “but as part of a
the confidence to assure each employee ■ “We require our subcontractors and team with a common goal.”
they are working within safe jobsite con- vendors to maintain the same high Manhattan says it has built a work-
ditions,” it declares. “We put safety first standards and regard for safety as we place environment that enables its em-
on all of our projects.” do; and ployees to recognize their full potential.
In addition, the company maintains ■ “We believe that each employee has The company takes pride in its employ-
the following attitudes about safety: the personal responsibility to them- ees’ work. ■

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