>> The NIOSH Office of Construction Safety
and Health is responsible for oversight and leadership
of all construction safety and health research
at the institute, as well as research that's being done
by CPWR and by other universities that are funded
through the Office of Extramural Programs.
The National Falls Prevention Campaign began
out of the sector counsel that we oversee.
As we began the campaign,
we worked with not only the sector council but our partners
at OSHA, as well as CPWR, to move the campaign forward
to better protect construction workers
from falls in the industry.
>> As an insurance company, we see the claims that happen
from people falling from ladders, roofs,
anything that they could possibly fall from,
and that's where we look at it and we go,
we need to do something.
And when Stand-Down Week came around,
we thought it was the perfect opportunity
to reach those small contractors, get in front
of them, and just do a little bit of training,
get a little bit of that mindset in them.
We try and make it fun for them.
We've done a few road shows, we call them, where we'll go
to a whole construction site and we'll have 75
to 150 people there cooking hotdogs, hamburgers,
and we'll have a session on ladder safety.
We'll have a session on fall protection safety.
It's a big thing for us.
We're very happy that we got involved in it.
Every year, we make it a little bit bigger.
>> We are currently in 26 offices.
We're in 10 states.
We are considered the third-largest privately owned
roofing company in the country.
We have our own mission statement,
"It's always good work."
Part of that good work is the training of our employees
to make sure that they're fully capable and able
to do what it is we need to do and how to do it.
>> Well, the Safety Stand-Down impacts us all greatly,
as it's a part of our daily routine, and we deal with a lot
of unsafe things in the field that, potentially,
could be hazardous, but we use the training that we're given
and the available tools and equipment to ensure
that our job does run safely and smoothly.
It's good for guys to just get a refresher and be able
to get together as a group, discuss concerns
that they've seen recently in the field,
as well as just have outside knowledge from people
that we deal with and just gives us all the ability to step back
for a minute and realize
that our work is based upon us being safe,
because if we weren't, we wouldn't be able to do it.
>> We try to incorporate two different types
of learning styles in one training session,
but for the most part, if you have a hands-on training
versus a media-driven one, they're going to understand
and use the hands-on training,
because it's something that's practical,
something they can see, feel, touch,
but all those things are important
for an employee in the field.
>> So, the basic timeline in regards to do today,
we all met with our safety advisor,
and we went over the basics in personal fall arrest systems,
handrails, ladder safety, set up, heights and minimums
and why we have those restrictions,
based upon what the industry is seeing for statistics,
and essentially, analyzed
so that we are doing things safely and correctly.
We had the chance for OSHA to come in,
and we were actually able to speak with them
and ask them questions.
We also had the chance for Dave from Little Giant to come in
and just discuss the technology of how ladders have changed
and how to correctly set them up.
And it's nice to see that from the actual engineering side
of the ladder, as opposed to just here,
this is the safety side of it.
He was, you know, able to explain a lot of small things
that sometimes guys don't see in the field or might not,
you know, they take it for granted, essentially,
that this little minimum thing can make a huge difference.
After that, we got with Builders Mutual and we did, essentially,
a walk-through through a couple different demonstrations.
The first one our group did, particularly,
was we went over handrails, height minimums, regulations,
just kind of touched base on all that, in regards to safety lines
and how they need to be set up,
as well as how handrails need to be built.
After that, we had another demonstration with PFAS and went
over harnesses, lifelines, rope grabs, all the basics in regards
to what they do for you, how to properly inspect them,
how to properly wear them, and when they deploy, what you have
to work with and the basics of what you need
to know before you can use it as an actual lifeline.
>> The National Falls Prevention Campaign is primarily intended
to help construction firms and construction workers
to reduce falls in this industry.
However, the materials we've developed our applicable
to all industries and all workers that work at elevation.
And so, we encourage all companies,
regardless of industry, to join with us
and protect their workers from falls from elevation.
>> I'm very thankful with Baker Roofing,
and they always provide safety programs, safety training,
even equipment, PPE, all that kind of stuff.
They always make sure
that you're working the right way and the safe way.
The program today really helps on, you know,
basically reminding us that we have to be safe out there.
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