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Safety

OSHA Compliant Safety Programs
Core Roofing Systems recognizes the role of safety in the workplace. A safe workplace is generally a more productive workplace benefiting both the contractor and the property owner. The safety of our employees is of the utmost importance at Core Roofing Systems. For this reason, we constantly ensure all federal, state and provincial regulations are met or exceeded with regards to fall arrest, occupational health and safety, and OSHA regulations.

The following is an excerpt from the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and is typical of many federal, state and provincial regulations:

  1. This Act may be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
  2. The foundation of this Act is the Internal Responsibility System, which is based on the principle, that:
    1. Employers, contractors, constructors, employees and self-employed persons at a workplace, and
    2. The owner of a workplace, a supplier of goods or provider of an occupational health or safety service to a workplace or an architect or professional engineer, all of whom can affect the health and safety of persons at the workplace, share the responsibility for the health and safety of persons at the workplace.
    3. These regulations apply not only to roofing contractors who may be working on the roof, but to anyone who accesses the roof including employees of the building owner or manager.

DUTIES AND PRECAUTIONS

  1. Every employer shall take every precaution that is reasonable in the circumstances to
    1. Ensure the health and safety of persons at or near the workplace;
    2. Provide and maintain equipment, machines, materials or things that are properly equipped with safety devices;
    3. Provide such information, instruction, training, supervision and facilities as are necessary to the health or safety of the employees;
    4. Ensure that the employees, and particularly the supervisors and foremen, are made familiar with any health and safety hazards that may be met by them at the workplace;
    5. Ensure that the employees are made familiar with the proper use of all devices, equipment and clothing required for their protection; and
    6. Conduct the employer's undertaking so that employees are not exposed to health or safety hazards as a result of the undertaking.
  2. Every owner shall:
    1. Take every precaution that is reasonable in the circumstances to provide and maintain the owner's land or premises being or to be used as a workplace,
      1. In a manner that ensures the health and safety of persons at or near     the workplace, and
      2. In compliance with this Act and the regulations; and
    2. Give to the employer at the workplace the information that is
      1. Known to the owner or that the owner could reasonably be expected to know, and
      2. Necessary to identify and eliminate or control hazards to the health     or safety of persons at the workplace.

Every job is conducted in compliance with respect to fall arrest and OSHA safety regulations. We can provide documentation of our safety program should it be needed by an insurer, contractor or other entity connected with your roofing project.