Being a publication focused on the business of roofing, writing about safety comes quite naturally around our shop. While our attention is seldom far from safety, this month’s issue of Roofing Contractor highlights safety, so I want to get things started with a few words on the topic.
Roofing is risky work: always performed at a height, it is hot, slippery, sharp, heavy, and tough. It’s unavoidably all that and more, but there are techniques and systems for approaching the work that can reduce the chance for damage, injuries and fatalities — still an unfortunate part of roofing work.