b'THE OFFICIAL NFBA MAGAZINEPREVENTING JOBSITE TOOL THEFTBUSINESS MANAGEMENTI once had a circular saw stolen while on a job site. An acquaintance of the painting contrac-tor walked through, grabbed it out of an unlocked toolbox and disappeared into the after-noon. A couple of days later, a friend saw it in the local pawnshop (it was a small town), but by the time I got there after work, the tool had been sold or removed by the owner, and he played dumb about ever having it. Even though I replaced the saw, I still miss it and am kind of ticked off to this day about its theft.T hats the nature of tool theft. Its costly. Some1.Paint or engrave your toolsexperts rate the annual cost of job-site theft,2.Keep them in a lock boxwhich includes materials other than tools,3.Install job-site security camerasat about $400 million. Tool theft eats away at a companys profit margin, and it strikes right at the4.Remove the batteries or chargerscore of a trade worker. Using these tools is how5.Take them homeskilled workers demonstrate their value and talent.6.Install fences to limit access to the siteLosing one hurts.All of those things are good, but there are three The Basics things in particular, that can significantly cut Security experts identify lots of techniques workersdown on tool theft and take advantage of modern should use to protect tools from theft or loss. Theytechnologies.include:32 / FRAME BUILDER - MAY2022'