Your TRUSTED Advisors BY JOE MELTON DIRECTOR OF SAFETY SERVICES
CSSI has been the trusted advisor and preferred Safety Consultant services of MBI for over three decades, and recent additions in personnel have brought expanded knowledge, experience, and qualifications to the CSSI team. We are excited to broaden the scope of services and offerings in the pursuit of influencing and enhancing safety in Iowa beyond compliance. WHY a consultant? The obvious answer is a different set of eyes that have not become conditioned to the environment. We strive to provide a skilled and focused set of eyes. With a third-party perspective, comes education, knowledge, experience, and a point of view that sees what others are doing in the industry. This can be extremely beneficial for a project. At CSSI, we pride ourselves in attracting consultants that have industry experience, are in service to others, are professionals, and have a passion for enhancing cultures through positive safety interactions. WHO can benefit from a consultant? The traditional CSSI retainer has been those organizations that are too large to be small, but just small enough to not fully warrant a fully staffed professional safety department. In these situations, it is important to provide expert compliance, regulatory, and general safety advice to these retainer clients. 26
WHAT can CSSI offer for organizations that are larger with fully staffed professional safety departments? This is the exciting trajectory of the CSSI team and the recent additions to the team in the last 6 months have been attracting individuals with complementary skill sets. These additions in staffing and other partnerships have positioned CSSI as a consulting service for any sized organization. Larger organizations that have unique and specific needs can utilize the on-demand training and safety services. Here is just a sampling of the services CSSI can provide: • • • • • • • • • •
Vehicle/mobile trailer inspections Rigging equipment inspections Monthly crane inspections Fire prevention assessment General industry inspection Safety manual development/assessment Site orientation assessments Equipment operations evaluations Behavior-Based safety coaching observations Competent person fall protection equipment inspections • Competent person confined space • Competent person trenching and excavation • First Aid/CPR and AED certified trainers
