Health & Safety Program

The Matrix HG  Health and Safety program helps to secure incident free jobsites – allowing safer, more productive, and efficient project delivery. We take great pride in our established Safety Culture, which been proven over the years in consistently lowering injury and illness rates as compared to our competitors.

Matrix HG delivers first-class safety performance for everyone on the jobsite through the implementation of our culture-driven comprehensive Safety Program. Safety takes precedence above all – safety of workers on our jobsites, including protection of the public and property, always is our priority.

Our Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager, along with Matrix HG Leadership, holds responsibility for ensuring new and existing employees are aware of the expectations for mitigating exposures and have the skills and tools to complete tasks without incident, injury or unmitigated risk. They ensure compliance with all safety rules and regulations and set standards that go beyond compliance and demonstrate commitment.

Matrix HG is committed to creating a climate and culture where every employee has the training and tools to demonstrate their commitment to safety that aligns with our companywide set values and standards.

In efforts to protect our employees and customers, while ensuring business continuity, we have established and enforced the Matrix HG COVID-19 PREVENTION PLAN, which can be provided upon request. The Matrix HG, Inc. COVID-19 PREVENTION  PLAN adheres to current CDC and local safety government regulations enforced.

Safety Training

Matrix HG provides the following safety training to our employees to protect them and those around them:

  • Employee Safety Orientation
  • Confined Space Entry
  • Asbestos Awareness
  • Respirator Training
  • Respirator Fit Testing
  • CPR/First Aid
  • Fall Protection Awareness
  • Forklift Certifications
  • Scaffold Awareness
  • Trench/Excavation Awareness
  • Supervisor Safety Training
  • Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

Personal Records Confidentiality Policy

The company philosophy is to safeguard personal employee/applicants information in its possession to ensure the confidentiality of the information. Additionally, the company will only collect personal information that is required to pursue its business operations and to comply with government reporting and disclosure requirements.

Personal employee information is considered confidential and as such will be shared only as required and with those who have a need to have access to such information. Personal information collected by the company includes, but is not limited to, employee names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, emergency contact information, equal employment opportunity (EEO) demographic data, medical information, social security numbers, date of birth, employment eligibility data, benefits plan enrollment information, which may include dependent personal information, and school/college or certification credentials. Participants in company benefit plans should be aware that personal information will be shared with plan providers as required for their claims handling or record keeping needs.

All hard copy records will be maintained in locked, secure areas with access limited to those who have a need for such access. Personal employee information maintained electronically will be safeguarded under company proprietary electronic transmission and intranet policies and security systems, with access granted only to those with a legitimate need. Certain records, such as I-9 forms and medical records, will be maintained separate from general personnel records whether maintained electronically or hard copy.

Company-assigned information, which may include organizational charts, department titles and staff charts, job titles, department budgets, company coding and recording systems, telephone directories, e-mail lists, company facility or location information and addresses, is considered by the company to be proprietary company information to be used for internal purposes only. The company maintains the right to communicate and distribute such company information as it deems necessary to conduct business operations.

If an employee becomes aware of a material breach in maintaining the confidentiality of employee personal information, the employee should report the incident to a representative of the human resources department. The human resources department has the responsibility to investigate the incident and take corrective action. Please be aware that a standard of reasonableness will apply in these circumstances. Examples of the release of employee information that will not be considered a breach include the following:

  • Release of partial employee birth dates, i.e., day and month is not considered confidential and may be shared with department heads who elect to recognize employees on such dates.
  • Personal telephone numbers or e-mail addresses may be distributed to department heads in order to facilitate company work schedules or business operations.
  • Employee identifier information used in salary or budget planning, review processes and for timekeeping purposes will be shared with department heads.
  • Employee’s company anniversary or service recognition information will be distributed to appropriate department heads periodically.