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Occupational Safety and Health Policy
Twin City Produce of Springdale believes in creating a safe working environment. We strive for a safe workplace as it relates to injuries and illnesses for our employees and contractors, and customers, thereby improving the overall safety of the produce and products we deliver for the consumption and wellness of the people in the communities we serve.
Vision
Our vision is to remain a viable local source of fresh produce and food for local businesses, so they may continue serving the community affordable, safe food, whether fresh or prepared.
We foster a culture of “customer first” service, safe behavior, and routinely reach beyond compliance to ensure continuous improvement in food safety, hazard and risk identification, and beginning the use of technology for monitoring, documenting, and resolution tracking.
Guiding Principles
Our business practices are geared to ensure we observe safety (for food and people) in everything that we do. This includes collaborating with suppliers that independently demonstrate a commitment to safety.
We adhere to applicable legal requirements relating to occupational health & safety. We believe our safety performance is integral to operational excellence and our company’s integrity. It has a positive impact on our employees, our customers, and the communities in which we operate. Occupational injuries and illnesses are preventable.
We know that each occupational injury and illness creates an opportunity to strengthen our management systems and by doing so are proud to report no serious injuries last year in our warehouse.
Leadership plays a major role in establishing the culture that manages health & safety like any other key business result. We believe safe behavior is a key job requirement. Work must be done safely or not at all.
We also believe Safety is everyone’s responsibility. Each employee is responsible for ensuring their safety and the safety of peers, site visitors, and the public we encounter when our delivering of product.
Governance & Stewardship
To continue working towards maintaining a safe and healthy working environment, we expand upon HACCP and SQFI guidelines to manage both known and potential risks. Below is a breakdown of the guidelines:
Risk Assessment and Management:
- Identify, evaluate, and address safety risks and emerging trends.
- Use regular, periodic, and objective assessments to ensure compliance with the company and applicable legal requirements.
Leadership Commitment
- Integrate health & safety into business plans, results, performance reviews and audit reports.
- Regular and visible leadership involvement in health & safety activities, including annual updates of the organization’s health & safety performance goals and objectives.
- Annual Physical compliance for all drivers.
Engaged & Capable Employees
- Provide clearly defined roles and responsibilities, training, communication systems and participation opportunities to promote effective engagement from employees at all levels.
Safety Culture
- Promote a positive safety culture throughout all levels of Twin City Produce, Springdale. We regularly evaluate and reinforce safe work behaviors, with an understanding of how work is done, and ensure that effective defense measures are in place.
- Ensure leadership promotes safe work behaviors, and the necessary tools and resources to complete the required work are safe and functioning.
- Ensure employees are encouraged and empowered to participate in safety processes.
- Ensure employee feedback on improving the safety program is encouraged and sought.
- Ensure safety trends are identified and analyzed with effective action plans established.
Objectives and Performance Tracking
- Establish and track the organization’s health & safety performance goals and objectives and incorporate findings into our Food Safety Plan, reviewed annually by a credible third-party certification organization.
Stakeholder Engagement
- We collaborate, as appropriate, with internal and external stakeholders (industry peers, regulatory, customers) through communication and sharing of lessons learned and best practices to leverage the organization’s ability to reduce workplace risks.
