Chip Macdonald of Best Safety, LLC, Cambridge, N.Y., offers safety training, program implementation and management tailored to companies of all sizes. He can be reached at 518-461-3358 or bestsafe@capital.net.

12 Steps to Seeing Safety Risks on the Roofing Jobsite

There are critical clues on every site foreshadowing red-flag disaster that may or may not occur that day.

Chip Macdonald

February 25, 2019

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The following 12 clues may suggest more about the general health and safety on your jobsite than any of the statistics or data projections could ever predict.

The Importance of Project Safety Scheduling for Roofing Contractors

Chip Macdonald

January 21, 2019

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There are many project scheduling methods and programs available out in the construction world.

Roofers Face New Requirements for Mobile Elevating Work Platforms

Chip Macdonald

January 7, 2019

As with all U.S. mandatory safety and health regulations or independent recommended guidelines, they must eventually change focus and evolve scope with changing times and design developments. So it is with Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP), formerly known as Aerial Work Platforms (AWP).

On the Prowl with Cougar Paws SteelWalker Boots

SteelWalker boots dominate metal roofing market down under, and are making their way to the U.S.

Chip Macdonald

October 25, 2018

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The original Cougar Paws became the only boots I wear while roofing or conducting elevated training exercises.

Tips to Stay Cool on the Roof During Summer Heat

Chip Macdonald

July 10, 2018

The recent heatwave reinforces the need for roofing contractors to follow this life-saving pattern: water, rest, shade, repeat.

Roof Safety: Opioids on the Roof and in Our Building Trades

We should also consider all of our employees vulnerable to this epidemic disease and do all within our power to destigmatize drug addiction.

Chip Macdonald

May 14, 2018

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Recent medical studies of rampant opioid prescriptions put our society as far as twenty years into this conflict.

An Important Message on Safety from Another Trade

Chip Macdonald

May 1, 2018

Echoes of an important message from another leading skilled trade should resonate with roofing contractors.

Roof Safety: Roof Guardrails (Revisited)

Roof guardrails systems appeard to be the future of worker safety. Why haven't they still taken hold?

Chip Macdonald

February 21, 2018

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When it comes to totally eliminating all fatal falls from roofs, fall prevention (guardrails and restraint) certainly takes precedence over fall protection (PFAS and safety nets).

Five Annual Safety Checkpoints for Roofing Contractors

Experiencing equipment failures or an on-the-road accident could cost you time and money.

Chip Macdonald

January 15, 2018

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Every workday on a construction site should include a pre-work inspection period to avoid jobsite accidents.

Pro-active planning and training made this rapid rescue from the TD Bank Sports Center a success

A Roof Rescue Revisited

Chip Macdonald

February 3, 2017

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In general, there are too many variables on most roofs for an elevated rescue operation to ever be considered "easy."

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2019 March

The March issue highlights young and successful roofing contractors in our Young guns feature. Check out highlights of their careers so far, video interviews, and more roofing industry content.

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