Matt: For us, the hazard analysis begins with the estimator, consultant, when he first goes
out on the job.
If it's a re-roof situation, he will conduct that first hazard analysis and have that as
part of his estimate.
Then, as the foreman is working on the job, they will make adaptions or corrections as
the job progresses, and different hazards will show themselves.
Because the more you look at a job, the more you'll find, the more potentials you'll find
for hazards.
So, for us, we feel it's very important to start at the beginning, and then that continues
all the way through the job.
Weather can definitely play a huge factor in the hazard analysis, with what's going
on.
When the estimator goes out, it might be a beautiful sunny day, and then the first day
the crew shows up, there might be frost on the roof.
At that point, the hazard analysis and the safety situations change.
The foreman will make those corrections to make sure that everything is in compliance.
Juan: Well, I take my Foreman out and we walk around the buildings, we see all the hazards.
We usually go and see what kind of equipment we're going to need, safety, and all this
stuff.
Then, I tell him what I think we're going to be using.
Then, after that, he tells me what he thinks is the best, because they are the ones that
are going to be working on the roof, because they're using that every day.
Trever: Supervisors in our company play a huge role in ensuring safety with the crew.
They've been trained by our safety director, and they know our policies inside and out,
what's right, what's wrong, what we can and can't do.
And so when they go to the jobsite to check on the progress of the job itself, and talk
with the homeowner, part of their checks are checking on safety, making sure that their
anchors are set properly, that their ropes are hooked up, ladder safety, the whole gamut
of safety items that we look at.
And so, they are our eyes out there when our safety director can't be there, and if they
do detect an issue, they're going to change it with the crew right then and there.
They say, hey, this is what needs to be done, and then they will report to our safety director
to ensure that he knows what's going on, what crew it was, what employee it was, you know,
not being safe.
If it's a major issue, the supervisor will contact our safety director immediately and
get out there and he'll, you know, address the situation.
But the supervisor will pull the guys off the crew to take them out of that safety hazardous
scenario.
We have a lot of crews, so the safety director can't get to every single crew every day.
We definitely, you know, see the crews at least twice a week, every single one.
But, he'll grab three to five a day and go out and look at the entire job, all the safety,
when it comes to fall protection, to ladders, to where's our dump trucks and trailers placed,
just the overall safety on the job.
He takes a lot of pictures, and then works with the crew, if there are any issues, fixes
the problem right then and there, and then he puts together a full report with the pictures
of what was good and what needs improvement, and what discussions he did have with the
crew and the employees, and then he emails it to me daily so I can review.
Then, we put together a plan at that point, if one's needed.
Matt: When a worker finds a hazard on the roof, we empower our employees to take care
of the issue right then.
There's no reason to take the time to go tell somebody else and wait for that to get fixed.
So, we empower our employees; if there's a skylight that is on the roof that was not
noted that needs to be covered up with a sheet of plywood, that employee right then will
communicate to the foreman, but at the same time, he's going to get the sheet of plywood
to replace that or they are going to get that sheet of plywood to cover that skylight.
David: Every house is a little different, and so that's the big thing, different than
when you go to a factory, everything's the same.
But when they show up to work, it's everyday is going to be different.
So, what does the roof look, the pitch of it, where it's located, how many trees are
around, power lines, all that kind of stuff.
They've got to look at that each day because it's always changing.
And then, making sure that we can provide fall protection anchors where they need them,
and where they will be the most effective and not causing issues for them.
So really, kind of taking a look at the roof up front, getting ideas from the estimators,
even if they notice something that's kind of tricky, that we have the time to put together
plans before the crew shows up, so that we can provide them with the assistance, with
the support, with showing where these anchors are, maybe tricky parts of the roof that they
need to know ahead of time, so that they can be well equipped and ready to start the job
when they get there.