Granite County safety staff and committee members on Tuesday discussed tightening workplace safety practices, including required pre-trip inspections, weekly submission of inspection logs and additional, job-specific training for road crews.

The conversation centered on making safety paperwork and supervision easier to follow and enforce across road, shop and maintenance crews after committee members said inspection and near‑miss reports were not consistently returned. The committee discussed a paper-based ‘‘drop basket’’ to collect signed pre‑trip books, scanning options for digital records and job safety analyses (JSAs) to be used before high‑risk tasks.

Committee members said crews already have pre‑trip inspection books in each vehicle and rig. Staff asked the commissioners and supervisors to set an expectation that completed inspection pages be returned weekly so supervisors can review them and follow up when corrective actions are required. One option discussed: supervisors collect paper books weekly and have a county staff member scan or file them, with a physical copy kept in a central basket as a short‑term compliance step.

The meeting also covered near‑miss reporting and short, five‑minute job safety briefings at the start of tasks. Staff said the goal of the briefings is to have crews ‘‘identify hazards and mitigations’’ before they begin work rather than rely solely on ad hoc reminders. Committee attendees urged documentable, regular training—at least annual refreshers and targeted refresher sessions—especially on slips, trips and falls, vehicle operation and heat stress.

Committee members said they have begun distributing hi‑visibility vests and will require PPE in some situations; the group discussed whether hard hats should also be mandatory for certain outside tasks. The committee agreed to bring sample job‑specific training booklets back to commissioners for review and further direction.

The meeting included a request that supervisors make it easy for crews to comply (for example, a visible basket or designated drop location in the shop) and that supervisory staff pull returned books weekly for review. Staff also asked for guidance on enforcement steps when required forms are not turned in.

Next steps identified by the committee: (1) set a clear weekly turn‑in expectation for pre‑trip forms, (2) pilot a central basket filing system and scanning workflow, (3) develop job‑specific training booklets for road crews and (4) schedule annual refresher trainings and targeted JSAs for higher‑risk tasks.