Safety Tips by Cotney
Project Risk Management – Part Three
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Learn to identify key quantitative elements in your risk management plan. In part one and part two, we learned about the meaning of risk management and understanding risk with project management. In Part Two, we discussed recognizing and classifying risks before you begin a project ...
Project Risk Management – Part Two
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Learn more about project risk management and how to identify risks before they happen. In part one, we learned about the meaning of risk management and understanding risk with project management. Part two of this project risk series will discuss recognizing and classifying risks before you ...
Project Risk Management – Part One
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Learn more about project risk management and how to identify risks before they happen. Roofing projects, by their nature, are unique, and many of the more interesting ones are very complex. They frequently take place over an extended period of time and demand the engagement of ...
Adding an Employee Recognition Program For Safety
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. In this article, we will look at the structure of disciplinary policy and then discuss implementing a successful employee recognition program to improve project safety performance. Typically, the two things that come to mind about employee recognition are progressive discipline and incentives. The construction industry ...
A Common Goal to Building a World-class Safety Program
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. If you are roofing contractor attempting to build a world-class safety program, you must recognize the need to build a safety culture. You can substitute grow, develop, establish, create or another word to put in front of culture, but the important word is culture. It is ...
World Class in Safety – Part Three
Learn about all of the key components of a great safety management system, including how to document activities and perform a gap analysis. In Part Three, we will continue discussing implementing a safety management system (SMS). Please refer to Parts One and two if you are new to this series. ...
World Class in Safety – Part Two
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Here are the key elements every great safety management system should have. In Part One of this series, we looked at the definition and goals of a world-class safety organization in our industry. In Part Two, we will learn about the elements and implementation of a ...
Safety Incident Management System
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. What is an incident management system (IMS), and what value will it bring to your company's health and safety program? Our goal in this article is to answer that question. First, let's look at how an IMS system will assist your company in facilitating the ...
World Class in Safety – Part One
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Learn more about what it means to achieve world-class levels of performance in safety. Many companies claim they have achieved world-class levels of performance in safety. What do they mean by world-class in safety? Let's look into what they mean by this claim of having achieved ...
How to Pass an OSHA Inspection
By Alec Doniger. Trent Cotney shares his knowledge and expertise in avoiding legal trouble related to risk and liability on the job site. Safety should be your top priority when overseeing employees on any job site. If an accident happens, however, knowing your rights and thinking ahead can help reduce ...
