Safety Posts
Five Key Tips for Effective Hazard Communication (HazCom)
OSHA requires that the identities and hazards of chemicals be available to workers in the workplace. In fact, HazCom was the second-most commonly cited standard by OSHA in 2019. The following tips will help roofers comply with OSHA’s regulations and keep employees informed: Written HazCom programs are required by law. Each ...
Guidelines for Safely Returning to the Workplace
By Michael Matthews, Director of Safety, Duro-Last. Minimize risk and exposure and maximize safety awareness with these tips. As individual states and the federal government slowly start to ease shelter-in-place mandates and re-engage businesses, it’s more important than ever that we prepare our teams to return safely to the workplace. Below is a ...
Four Key Topics Roofers Should Address in their Safety Manuals
Manuals should clearly define training, monitoring, disciplinary consequences and safety requirements. 1. Plans for Conducting Safety Training While sometimes overlooked, corporate safety and health programs (“safety manuals”) should include plans for how employees will be trained regarding safety. These plans should cover, for example: (1) who will be responsible for conducting ...
Make Work a Sanctuary
By Gary Thill, International Roofing Expo (IRE). Helping an employee maintain physical and mental health could be the most important thing employers do this year. Roofing is already a physically and mentally demanding job by itself. The additions of current circumstances such as the ongoing pandemic and social and political ...
Recognizing and Addressing Heat Stress on Jobsites
By Cotney Construction Law. Summer in the U.S. means soaring temperatures accompanied by high humidity. Construction workers are already prone to heat-related illnesses and injuries due to exposure to hot weather, but this risk is further heightened by a combination of physical activity in the summer heat. To reduce risk of heat-related illness ...
Are You Prepared to Communicate Through a Crisis?
By Melissa Lee, Communications Manager, Duro-Last. The COVID-19 pandemic has refueled the discussion around “crisis communication” and what it means to prepare your company to respond to unplanned events. Whether the crisis is internal or external, there are key elements that all companies should take to ensure that they’re appropriately engaging employees, ...
5 Key Safety Tips for Employee Eye and Face Protection
According to OSHA, eye and face protection violations were within the top 10 most frequently cited hazards in 2019. This ranking is not surprising, given these violations are easily observable during inspection, from close and afar. However, eye and safety protection measures are also a very serious concern for employee safety. ...
Ensure Worker Safety and Stay in Business With These 8 Tips
By Gary Thill, International Roofing Expo. The importance of safety protocols has never been higher as localities reopen and COVID-19 cases continue to soar. Spikes in new COVID-19 cases continue to increase nationwide as many economies are reopening. For roofing professionals, it has never been more important to follow safety protocols including ...
Additional Safety Measures for this year’s International Roofing Expo
By IRE. Learn how we’re preparing for your arrival in Las Vegas. Informa AllSecure will employ the highest standards of safety, hygiene, cleanliness and quality for operating events. These measures are in addition to government local authorities and the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. The IRE will adapt, at a minimum, the following standards ...
Staying Safe Out in the Field
By Matt Gibson, CertainTeed. With construction reopening, it’s important for workers to have the appropriate supplies and information to keep themselves safe. Construction projects have been starting up again as restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been eased. Although there is no vaccine for the coronavirus yet, outside salespeople and other ...
