Roofing Safety Tips
Safety Stand-down: Fall Prevention
By Cayden Wemple. Two safety experts lend their insight into fall prevention on a new episode of Roofing Road Trips. The first week of May is National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction and one of the biggest focuses is on fall prevention. Two three-decade construction safety veterans, ...
Fibergrate Showcases Groundbreaking Safety Products
By Cayden Wemple. At this year’s NWiR, in collaboration with Tremco, Fibergrate Composite Structures showcased a few of their revolutionary rooftop safety products. This year’s National Women in Roofing (NWiR) Day was a huge success and Fibergrate Composite Structures (along with Tremco CPG) was able to demonstrate some ...
Dehydrated at Work? Don’t Sweat it!
By Evelyn Witterholt. By using the Connected Hydration device from Epicore Biosystems, construction workers can monitor their hydration in real time. With summer coming soon, construction workers will be bracing themselves to deal with safety concerns that come with rising temperatures. Although it is common knowledge that hydration is key ...
Prevent Struck-by Incidents
By Cayden Wemple. The 4th annual National Stand-down to Prevent Struck-by Incidents effort is an event used to educate contractors about struck-by incidents. From April 17-21, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) National Occupational Research Agenda Construction Sector Council will lead a collaborative effort called The ...
Size Doesn’t Matter – Excellence Does
By RIDGEPRO. Learn the characteristics that make up an excellent roofing company. In just about any industry there are a few large players, with more in the mid-range, and the majority of companies classified as small businesses. There are almost 82,000 roofing contractors listed nationwide of all sizes and specialties. The really ...
Groundhog Day on the Job
By Brandon Strawder, The RIDGEPRO®. Decrease instances of injury on your job site. In the movie, Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s weatherman character, Phil, does just about everything he can think of to break out of the vicious loop he’s trapped in, even kidnapping the famous Punxsutawney groundhog. Once Phil has finally learned ...
NWiR to Host Special Safety Demo
By Cayden Wemple. Don’t leave safety to chance! Be sure to check out the hands-on safety demo from Tremco CPG and Fibergate at NWiR Day this year. Arguably the most vital component of roofing is safety. Keeping you and your crew safe on the jobsite is a necessity. That’s ...
National Ladder Safety Month is Coming
Register employees for safety training, last call for sponsorships. Each year, there are approximately 22,000 workplace injuries related to ladder misuse and hundreds of fatalities. National Ladder Safety Month, held every March, was created to raise awareness about this issue and to encourage employers and their workers to engage in annual ...
Department of Labor Announces Enforcement Guidance Changes to Save Lives and Target Employers who put Profit Over Safety
They seek to hold employers to greater account for safety and health failures. The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued new enforcement guidance to make its penalties more effective in stopping employers from repeatedly exposing workers to life-threatening hazards or failing to comply ...
Must Accidents Happen?
By Brandon Strawder, The RIDGEPRO®. Five tips for staying safe on a roof. To a home or commercial building owner, roofers often make the job look easy. They scurry up ladders and along steep surfaces carrying tools and materials. Shingles mount up in neat rows across hips and through valleys. The casual ...
