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Safety & Compliance

Safety isn't a slogan here.
It's a sequence.

Every IMS employee passes through the same gate before they ever stand on your production floor — and one section of that gate is built by you. Written programs, trained conduct, and deadlines we can quote from memory.

The mobilization gate

Six locks stand between a new hire and your floor.

In lockout/tagout, nothing re-energizes until every worker's personal lock comes off the machine. We run hiring the same way in reverse: six locks, opened in order, before anyone works a client site. Open them yourself — the fifth one belongs to you.

0/6 LOCKS OPEN

    ALL LOCKS OPEN — SITE ACCESS: GRANTED. This sequence runs for every IMS employee, on every client engagement. Lapsed training re-locks the gate: employees with expired certifications are disqualified from site assignment until renewed.

    The partnership

    Our standard is the floor. Your rules stack on top.

    IMS crews arrive with written safety programs already governing every task. Then your site's rules layer over ours — and wherever yours are stricter, yours win. That's policy, not a courtesy.

    LAYER 1 — THE IMS BASELINE · EVERY SITE, EVERY TASK
    • Written programs aligned with OSHA 29 CFR 1910
    • PPE provided at no cost — inspected before each use
    • HazCom / GHS training before any chemical exposure
    • SDS reviewed before first use of any chemical
    • Personal LOTO locks — one worker, one lock
    • GMP conduct trained before first assignment
    • Incident & near-miss reporting by end of shift
    • Refuse-unsafe-work authority for every employee

    Conflicts run the other way too: if a site rule ever conflicts with law or IMS policy, our crews flag it to their Field Supervisor and your team immediately — partnership means we talk, not guess.

    Accountability, in numbers

    The deadlines that govern us.

    END OF SHIFTEvery incident & near-miss reported internally
    6 DAYSOSHA Form 300 log entry
    30 YRSChemical exposure & SDS record retention

    A CONTRACTOR THAT QUOTES ITS OWN DEADLINES IS A CONTRACTOR THAT KEEPS THEM. FULL PROGRAM DETAIL AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

    Written programs

    The book we work by. Ask for it.

    Every high-risk task IMS performs is governed by a written program. Here's what's inside each one — and every item below is available for client and auditor review.

    ▸ Confined-Space Entry 29 CFR 1910.146
    • No entry without a valid, signed entry permit
    • Atmospheric testing confirming safe conditions before entry
    • Trained external attendant posted for the full entry
    • Retrieval equipment staged; communication established
    • Emergency rescue procedures confirmed before entry
    ▸ Lockout / Tagout 29 CFR 1910.147
    • Energy control procedure required before any qualifying task
    • Each authorized employee applies their own personal lock
    • LOTO training required before authorization
    • Working energized without LOTO = immediate removal from site
    ▸ Hazard Communication / GHS 29 CFR 1910.1200
    • HazCom training before any potential chemical exposure
    • SDS located and reviewed before first use of any chemical
    • All containers GHS-labeled at all times, incl. secondary containers
    • No employee required to use a chemical without its current SDS
    • SDS & exposure records retained 30 years per 29 CFR 1910.1020
    ▸ Respiratory Protection 29 CFR 1910.134
    • Medical clearance required before first respirator use
    • Fit testing before first use
    • Inspection before each use; damaged PPE removed from service
    ▸ Hot Work & Welding Controls Written program
    • Hot work controls governing welding & cutting tasks
    • Applied to structural repair, fabrication & component work
    ▸ Fall Protection Written program
    • Governs roofing, overhead cleaning & elevated work
    • Task-specific PPE assigned by the Field Supervisor
    ▸ GMP Site Conduct Food manufacturing standard
    • Hygiene, hair restraint & jewelry rules in all GMP zones
    • Client-approved chemicals only in food production areas
    • Foreign material contamination reported immediately
    • Chemical spills in food areas → client food safety supervisor notified immediately

    STANDING ORDER — EVERY EMPLOYEE, EVERY SITE

    Every IMS employee has the authority — and the obligation — to refuse a task they believe is unsafe, stop the work, and report it. No exceptions, no retaliation, no explanation owed first.

    That authority protects our people and your plant equally. A crew that can say "stop" is the cheapest insurance a facility will ever carry.

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    Ask for our safety program summary.

    Program documentation, training standards, and site-orientation procedures — available to clients and their auditors on request.

    Request the Summary

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