b'SAFETY CULTURE AND THE ENTREPRENEUR OSHA UPDATE it should be apparent to you that an effective safety program is one of the most essential tools in your tool boxThis brings us back to safety programs. As youyou do. On the one hand you may find out that you can see, at least four of the 2015 top ten relate directlyhave a Platinum level safety program and your work to our industry. When you combine that with thewill be finished. On the one hand you may find out visibility roofing contractors have, the continuousthat the program you have is not as good as you efforts by OSHA to police fall protection issues, thethought it was and you still have work to do. The significant increase in fines that take effect in aboutreport, because it comes from counsel under our legal five months and the history of roofing contractorsservices plan, is confidential to you and no one on with OSHA it should be apparent to you that anthe grading committee will ever be able to put your effective safety program is one of the most essentialcompany name with your application. And this year tools in your tool box. you have the added benefit of having completed the I must emphasize the word EFFECTIVE infirst step to achieving Elite Contractor status.describing a safety program. This is not some offSo we have established that you need a safety the shelf program that you picked up at your localprogram designed for your company. Something office supply or construction materials supply store.that covers all of the potential hazards that your It cannot be some program you downloaded from aemployees face as well as provisions to identify new safety oriented website and filled in the blanks withand unanticipated hazards on a particular jobsite and your company name. This has to be a safety programsteps to neutralize them. Your program should begin that you designed for your company. This has to beby anticipating working safety into the bidding process something that you will look at every day and notfor every job. This is the first step in making safety permit to accumulate dust on a bookcase in yourpart of your business model and it is where I will end office.for this issue. We will pick up here in the next issue, I will make this challenge to yousubmit anbarring any unsettling news from OSHA.application for the 2016 MRCA Safety Recognition Program this spring. Let a group of safety individualsTake advantage of a great MRCA member benefit-complimentary and MRCAs general counsel grade your tenlegal advice on OSHA-related issues from MRCA Legal Counsel components of your program anonymously. See howGary Auman. Contact Gary at GWA@dmfdayton.com.www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer 7'