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When every second counts: Emergency planning for roofing crews
By Cotney Consulting Group. Emergencies will always be unpredictable — but how your crew responds doesn’t have to be. Roofing is one of the most unpredictable jobs in construction. Crews work high above the ground, exposed to heat, wind, tools, power and weather, which leaves no room for hesitation when things ...
Directing danger away
By Cotney Consulting Group. Tips for traffic control on roofing jobsites from Cotney Consulting Group. Roofing work doesn’t happen in isolation. Whether you’re setting up in a busy commercial parking lot or a tight residential street, every project involves the movement of delivery trucks, crew vehicles, equipment trailers and pedestrians. That’s ...
When employees don’t follow workplace safety rules
By Cotney Consulting Group. By working together, employers and employees can create a culture of safety that ensures everyone returns home safely at the end of the day. Workplace safety rules are put in place to protect employees from potential hazards and risks. However, despite these rules being implemented, employees may not ...
The roofing safety blueprint
By Cotney Consulting Group. Building a culture that protects crews and companies. Roofing has never been more demanding or more scrutinized when it comes to safety. Between tighter deadlines, labor shortages and increasing OSHA enforcement, safety programs that once relied on routine box-checking no longer cut it. The best contractors have ...
The signs most companies miss
By Cotney Consulting Group. Mental health and suicide prevention in roofing. Most safety conversations in roofing focus on what you can see: fall hazards, equipment, weather and materials. But some of the most serious risks on a jobsite aren’t visible at all. Mental health struggles don’t announce themselves with alarms or warning ...
When the heat takes over
By Cotney Consulting Group. How extreme temperatures increase jobsite risk. Extreme heat doesn’t usually cause the first mistake on a job. It causes the second one. The missed step. The rushed movement. The decision felt fine at the moment, but it wasn’t. Crews understand heat. They work through it every ...
The silica citation nobody sees coming
By Cotney Consulting Group. Why roofing crews are getting flagged, and how you can avoid it. Many roofing contractors are surprised when an OSHA inspector brings up silica exposure. After all, most roofers don’t think of themselves as “silica trades.” They’re not mining, blasting or pouring concrete, silica citations are appearing ...
Building safety that sticks
By Cotney Consulting Group. Turning compliance into culture on roofing jobsites. Safety isn’t just a program, a manual or a meeting. It’s what happens when leadership, training and accountability come together on a jobsite day after day, without exception. Yet, too often in roofing, safety culture gets reduced to slogans and paperwork. ...
Keeping up with an industry that demands a lot from the people who keep it moving
By NRCA. The NRCA shares ways roofing professionals can manage anxiety. From changing weather and tight schedules to customer expectations, labor challenges and business pressures, roofing professionals often carry more than the work in front of them. The National Roofing Contractors Association is encouraging contractors and their teams to recognize the importance ...
NRCA expands mental health support with free suicide prevention training
By Heidi J. Ellsworth. By making suicide prevention training readily available, NRCA is helping companies create safer, healthier workplaces while fostering a culture of care and support. Mental health continues to be one of the most important conversations taking place across the roofing industry. Roofing professionals face unique pressures, including physically ...
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