b"- ' s- - - - L resident Articlea Safety Starts with You By Rodney Petrick, MRCA President As Ito put pen to paper for10 or 30 hour classes required forMRCA members to assist with yobeginur ats article that will be inspecific jobsites? Does thecompany training and OSHA comPresiden contract Roofer, the Spring issue of Midwestcallfor any job-specific training?pliance needs. Igazing out at another 3 inchesDoouremployeesmeetthe con AMRCA membership amnewbeneof snow on top of what has been atract requirements?fit is our Safety H ne. Members otlilong, cold a snowy winter seasonDuring theMRCA winter boardmay call 800/497-6722 to contact nd in the Chicago area. In discussionmeeting,theSafetycommitteeMRCA andget answers to safetywithotherMRCAmembersbeganwork with anoutside con related questions. Also available at throughouttheupp Midwest,Itractortobroadenthescopeofanadditionalcost is a complete er think we can all agree we areMRCAmembershipbenefitsreview of your cu safety prohappyrrent to see this extended winter draw torelatedto safetyandtheSHARPgramwithrecommendationsto AnewMRCAan end.program.bring your programup to current Most of our crews have been sit Mr.FrankMarinoofSafetyguidelines, if membership benefitnecessary. tinghomeforuptotwoor threeCheck is now going to be writingThe MRCA Executive Committee is our Safety Hotline.months, hopefully doing someSafetyarticlesfortheMidwestandBoard of Directorsare contype of job tr ing during this idle time.Roofer, and will provide new roof stantly looking at ways to develop ainAs contractors we need to discussspecifictraining materials for theadditionalthat will beneprograms Safety with our crews prior to get SHARP program.fit our members. tingbackontheroof.ThismaySafetyCheckwillalsobeCurrently the Business Managecome as aide ref esrresponsibleforpresentingpro ment committee is r ing mancompany-w r he eviewcourseonyourcompanysafetygrammingatthethreeMRCAufacturers'applicatoragreements policy.Regional Seminars, and aalong with. programwarrantiesContractors also need to reviewat theMRCA Annual Convention.The T l &rch comechnica Reseatscontract requiremen . AreOSHATheymayalsobecontractedbymitteeislookingatnumerous issuesthatrelateto the roofing industry, assessing the impact that these issues couldcontractor cause members. The Marketing& Membership committeeislookingtoaggressively target new members in the Midwestregion. Asalways,they can usehelp.If youknow acontractor in yourwho could areabenefit fromMRCA,pleaseforward their information to MRCA staff. As this winter finally fades into memory,pleasecommunicate SAFETY to allRemememployees. ber - it needs to aof culturesafety startsmanagement. with 3"