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Cotney Carbon Monoxide

Carbon Monoxide Safety

By Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Contractors must be cognizant of the carbon monoxide risks that can come with a residential reroofing project The kind of story no roofer wants to hear is like the one about the woman in Oklahoma whose house filled with toxic carbon monoxide following roof ...


Cotney Hazardous Chemicals

Four Entry Points for Hazardous Chemicals

By Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Construction site employees need to understand the chemicals they may encounter at the worksite and the amount of exposure they might encounter. There are chemicals present at virtually every worksite. Many of those chemicals are hazardous to humans, depending on the exposure. Know the potential ...


Cotney Complacency on the Job Site

Battling Complacency on the Job Site

By Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Complacency affects more than the individual worker. It affects your organization. Complacency on the job site has consequences. What is complacency? According to dictionary.com, it is a feeling of “quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect or the like.” ...


Cotney OSHA Cards in Spanish

OSHA Offers Workers’ Rights Cards in Spanish

By Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Hispanic construction workers are hard to reach with information about worker rights and safety due to a language barrier. Latinos are the fastest-growing population in the construction industry but sometimes do not understand their rights on the job or how to protect themselves against injuries. The ...


Cotney Toolbox

Why Toolbox Talks Are Essential

By Trent Cotney, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Keep safety issues at the forefront of workers’ minds and increase awareness of hazards. Safety training should be an ongoing practice at construction sites. However, while formal OSHA instruction is critical for a secure worksite, continuous reminders are also essential. You can communicate those ...


Cotney PPE for Roofers

PPE for Roofers

By Trent Cotney, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. There are numerous pieces of equipment roofers use that require proper protection to avoid injury. It’s important to provide the proper safety equipment to employees and make sure they are using it. It is key to a safe workplace. Let’s break down the ...


Cotney Drones used for Safety

How Drones Make Jobsites Safer

By Trent Cotney, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Jobsites are becoming much safer these days as project managers, inspectors and surveyors are turning more and more to drone technology. As we all know, construction work can be dangerous and today, we are also dealing with a contagious global pandemic, so the fewer ...


Cotney  Fall Protection

What You Should Know About Fall Protection

Everyone in the construction business is well aware that falls are the number one cause of death in the industry. Of the 1,008 construction deaths in 2018, 338 were the result of falls. Fall protection systems are vital in giving workers the essential safety tools they need and reducing the ...


Cotney Emergency Plan

Are You Prepared for an Emergency?

By John Kenney, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. There will be a time when an emergency occurs and your business needs to be prepared with an emergency action plan and trained workers ready to respond quickly. This will optimize team efficiency, help relieve anxiety and could save lives. To ensure this emergency action plan ...


Cotney Delta Variant

How Companies Can Respond to the Delta Variant

By Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Employers will need to continue to be flexible, adaptive and creative in their approaches to COVID-19. Pretty much no one in the United States has been able to get by without feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. And now, on top of that, there is the ...


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