b'General Manager MichaelKatrosh, left, and Owner LarryStock are leading QCRs upwardrevenue trend that totaled$8 millon last year.Roof RunnersEighty-five years into business, Queen City Roofing steps into new professional territoryby Eric Olsoneolson@sbj.net Reprinted with permission,Springfield Business JournalRoofing work is risky business. Employee Brian Draper is on board. Stock charged According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, roofershim with leading the team in safety education and other are three times more likely to experience fatalities on theprofessional development matters.job than those in other construction trades. And fallsTwo years later, Draper on Nov. 1 account for 75 percent of work-related deaths in the roofingbecame the National Roofing Contractors industry. Associations first certified ProForeman.To that end, Queen City Roofing & Contracting Co.Were an old-line company. We havent officials have emphasized safety standards and training.had a lot of guys be the first in the Theyve backed up the talk with over $250,000 invested incountry on anything, Stack says.safety equipment the last few years, says owner Larry Stock. NRCA University Vice President Amy It helps distinguish our company, he says. Staska says Draper remains the lone Stock points to Queen City Roofings recent run withoutcertificate holder, but other foremen areBrian Draper recently a major accident and its quality score in determininggetting close to completing the 80-hourbecome the only industry-workers compensation insurance rates. The Nationalleadership program. certified ProForeman.Council of Compensation Insurers calculates an experienceWithout the training, all the money spent on safety modification rating for insured companies, and he saysequipment wont help you at all. You might buy all this QCR is well below an at-risk score above 1. stuff, and it might sit in the corner, says Draper, a foreman There arent a whole lot of roofers with a 0.69who Stock promoted to superintendent during his studies.modification factor, Stock says. The work, including webinars and traveling classes, is 16 www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer'