Roofing Safety Tips
Top April articles: International partnerships and stories of giving back
By Emma Peterson. April showers bring...a lot of interesting articles to The Coffee Shops™! As we leave the month of April behind and look towards May’s summer sunshine and peak construction season, we wanted to take a moment to look back at all the articles we published in the ...
Roof safety harness use plays a vital role in effective fall protection
By Jesse Sanchez. A closer look at how proper harness systems, setups and training courses reduce risk for roofing professionals. Roofing continues to demand a high level of precision and awareness, with fall protection playing a central role in maintaining safe and controlled jobsites, a priority reinforced by companies like ...
Mental health takes center stage in roofing safety and performance
By Heidi J. Ellsworth. Impactful conversations are reshaping jobsite safety and workforce wellbeing across the roofing industry. For years, the roofing industry carried an unspoken rule: Push through, stay tough and keep moving, with little room for conversations around stress or mental wellbeing. Mental health was rarely acknowledged as part of ...
Engineering snow safety: The origin story of TRA Snow & Sun
By Jenny Yu. Learn how a roofing consultant’s search for answers led to a new standard in snow retention engineering. What began as a roofing consultant’s challenge has evolved into one of the industry’s leading voices in snow retention engineering. At TRA Snow & Sun’s 3rd Annual Snow Retention ...
Scaffold Safety / Scissor Lift / Aerial Lift (Spanish)
This course is designed to teach hazard recognition and abatement procedures for scaffold use to include scissor lifts, mobile scaffolds and boom lifts. The primary focus is compliance with company directives, use of authorized equipment in the work environment and OSHA directives that are relative to company supplied equipment. Attendees ...
Scaffold Safety / Scissor Lift / Aerial Lift (English)
This course is designed to teach hazard recognition and abatement procedures for scaffold use to include scissor lifts, mobile scaffolds and boom lifts. The primary focus is compliance with company directives, use of authorized equipment in the work environment and OSHA directives that are relative to company supplied equipment. Attendees ...
Building a culture of safety and long-term success
By Jenny Yu. In an employee profile video, IKO’s environmental health and safety coordinator shares why he recommends working for IKO. James Harrison didn’t plan on a career in environmental health and safety, but the opportunity arrived early in his tenure at IKO’s Hagerstown facility in Maryland. After starting as ...
Extension cord safety for roofers
By Cotney Consulting Group. An extension cord is a simple piece of equipment, but like everything on a roof, it can hurt you if you are careless with it. Every roofing crew uses extension cords for power tools, compressors and generators. But they’re also one of the most overlooked hazards on a ...
Stop the snap: Hose whipping hazards on roofing sites
By Cotney Consulting Group. Roofing crews who take hose safety seriously work faster, cleaner and with fewer surprises. Roofers work with compressed air and fluid hoses every day, from pneumatic nail guns and spray rigs to compressors and cleaning tools. These hoses make the job faster and more efficient, but they can ...
NFPA to host annual conference and expo in Las Vegas on June 22-24, 2026
The 2026 NFPA Expo will feature more than 420 exhibitors and over 130 educational sessions. The National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) will host its annual Conference and expo at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas on June 22-24, 2026. This comprehensive event brings together thousands of the industry’s leading ...
