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I hate ladders.
As someone who frequently visits facilities for rooftop audits, I can safely say that ladders are more difficult to use than rooftop stairs. They make a day of inspecting facilities feel that much longer.
No safety program is perfect for one simple reason: people aren’t perfect. No matter how many policies you put in place, no matter how much equipment you buy, no matter how much training you do, in the end, you are depending on human beings to implement your safety program, and human...
Roof safety doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Having 10 different buildings with HVACs doesn’t mean that you must have thousands of feet of rooftop guardrail.
Let’s be honest, most budgets don’t accommodate the cost for that much railing. So, what do you do?
We worked with a...
The idea of needing to walk a roof “safely” probably doesn’t seem odd or out of place to anyone. Walking a roof seems straightforward, just stay away from the edge and be careful.
Well, there are a whole slew of issues which could cause injuries that need to be taken into consideration...
One of our customers had a unique situation on the roof they were working on. The roof had an existing fall protection railing, but it was old, rusted and probably no longer OSHA compliant (see this post about inspecting guardrail). Instead of tearing out the old system completely they...
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As consistent readers of this blog may have noticed, there is a lot of attention paid to fall prevention and protection. This is no accident. While falls ...
For the longest time we have only offered harnesses from Guardian Fall Protection. We appreciate the harness offering from Guardian, but felt the need to spread out and offer more harnesses from different manufactures who have different options. We have now expanded our offering of harnesses...
You could be using the wrong guardrail.
I’ve heard the word temporary used in several ways for guardrail, and not all of them correct. The definition of temporary is “lasting for a limited period of time”.
What sort of safety preparations does your company take to get ready for winter? In some cases, that might include restocking on winter salt, or checking that your generator is in working condition.
Have you ever considered that your rooftop might require preparation to be safe in the colder...
John F Kennedy identified himself as a donut, Thomas Edison invented the first lightbulb, fortune cookies are a Chinese dessert, and cockroaches will survive a nuclear attack.
What do all 4 of these things have in common?
It’s easy to think that every type of roof can be treated the same. This simply isn’t the case. Your EPDM roof safety plan will not be a one-to-one transfer to a metal roof.
This may be common sense to you, and I hope that it is. However, too often safety plans are just copy pasted and...
In any business, like injection molding, efficiency, safety, and compliance are paramount. One crucial element you might overlook is using safety platforms to achieve these objectives.
In this context, platforms refer to elevated structures or work platforms that provide safe and convenient...
There is no lack of rooftop guardrail options today. This is even true when it comes to non-penetrating guardrail systems. This was not true ten years ago.
For a while, there was a concern that non-penetrating guardrail was not actually safe, which it is. When you got past that, then you had...
Solar energy installations are on the rise.
You may want to reduce greenhouse emissions or become energy independent. Either way, deciding to install solar panels can impact more than just your energy bill.
These large installations take up a lot of space. The rooftop is often unused realty...
There are two things I think of first when New York City comes to mind. The bustling streets packed with such a diverse group of people and the gorgeous skyline adorned by skyscrapers.
What happens when you put these two together?
A need for safety.
One vital aspect of NYC’s safety...
Data centers are a crucial component of our society.
As more continue to be built every year, it’s important that we look at the risks to those who maintain them. After all, we need those data centers to be running at peak efficiency.
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