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Battling Complacency on the Job Site
By Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Complacency affects more than the individual worker. It affects your organization. Complacency on the job site has consequences. What is complacency? According to dictionary.com, it is a feeling of “quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect or the like.” ...
Coffee Conversations - A Season of Roofing Giving - PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of an live interview with Heidi Ellsworth, Trent Cotney, Chuck Chapman, Dave Lawlor, George Patterson and John Hellein. You can read the interview below, listen to the podcast here or watch the webinar. Heidi Ellsworth: Good morning everybody as you're joining. We're going to ...
Get a Glimpse at the Future of Commercial Roofing
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. John Kenney, John Kiesel and Kerrick Willis explain why aerial imagery is the future of commercial roofing. Optelos, Imagine Technologies Group and Cotney Attorneys and Consultants have come together to bring the most cutting-edge roofing inspection technology to the commercial roofing industry. Optelos allows for ...
Helping Employees Give Back
RCS Influencer Trent Cotney says the act of giving back provides the foundation for the roofing industry to flourish. To everything there’s a season, and this is the season of giving. This year is perhaps the most unique, giving us new reasons for intentionally and purposefully doing well by doing ...
OSHA Offers Workers’ Rights Cards in Spanish
By Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Hispanic construction workers are hard to reach with information about worker rights and safety due to a language barrier. Latinos are the fastest-growing population in the construction industry but sometimes do not understand their rights on the job or how to protect themselves against injuries. The ...
General Counsel on Demand Allows You to Outsource Your Legal Advice as Needed
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Gain all the benefits of having in-house counsel without the added cost of a full-time employee. Make sure that you have an attorney when you need one, but at an affordable price. Cotney Attorneys and Consultants now offers General Counsel on Demand, allowing customers ...
Top October Stories: Drones, Fall Protection and Supply Chain Shortages
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. In looking at our most popular articles for the month of October, it’s no surprise that our visitors were most interested in the topics that are hot in the roofing industry – supply chain issues, technology ...
Enhance Your Training Programs With Shop Cotney!
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Learn about new digital resources that can help your company thrive in an increasingly digital world. RoofersCoffeeShop® has made it easier than ever for members of the roofing and construction industries to learn how they want, when they want, where they want with their ...
OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard
By Trent Cotney, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. The standard requires employers to have proof of vaccination or weekly testing for their employees. On November 4, 2021, U.S. Labor Department (“DOL”) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring all private companies with 100 or more employees ...
Why Toolbox Talks Are Essential
By Trent Cotney, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. Keep safety issues at the forefront of workers’ minds and increase awareness of hazards. Safety training should be an ongoing practice at construction sites. However, while formal OSHA instruction is critical for a secure worksite, continuous reminders are also essential. You can communicate those ...
