Dive Brief:
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Instead of loading up on doughnuts and coffee before their shift begins every morning, crews that arrive at Skanska Construction Group job sites start their day with a group stretch. It’s company policy.
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With hard hats on, construction workers on the New Jersey-based global company’s job sites all over the country participate in an organized, 7 a.m. group exercise session.
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In Hallandale Beach, FL, even the 39 Chinese artisans who are in the state to erect the world’s second-largest statue—the Statue of Liberty is the largest—join their U.S. co-workers as they bend, twist, stretch and flex before picking up their tools. The giant Pegasus statue was created in China by the same workers who are here to install it at Gulfstream Park’s new welcome center.
Dive Insight:
Workplace safety "is a way of thinking," Jorge Moros, the project executive on the Florida job, said. "An injury-free environment is a way of thinking." The company has reported a substantial decrease in stress-related soft-tissue and back injuries since the exercise program began.