Jobsite Safety

Why NFC Growth Is a Boon for Component Manufacturers

CMs engaged in NFC membership de-velopment efforts will find their work rewarded with better organized, safer, more effective and more reliable framing crews.
Framers engaged in NFC will learn component installation best practices from other framers, with the goal of creating more efficient, safe and profitable framing outcomes.
By actively growing awareness of and membership in NFC, CMs will expand their framing community connections and naturally expand market share and revenue growth.

Effective employee training on jobsite safety requires an approach that combines good information with consistent messages and continuous delivery.
The NFC’s Site-Specific Fall Protection Plan is being added to the already robust FrameSAFE program.
Safety is everyone’s responsibility. Effective training is the best way employers can “help their employees help themselves” to work safely on the jobsite.

You must have continuous training in order to have a training system work.
In addition to FrameSAFE and Toolbox Talks, NFC will release FrameSAFE Safety Posters in early 2015.
FrameSAFE is more than just a safety manual; we’ve created it to be a training tool that workers and employers can use to find everything they need in one product.

When there’s no effective tie-off point for a building, framers have to use a job-specific best practices approach.
Both Hull and Shifflett agree it is in the best interest of component manufacturers to work with framers to create best practice approaches to fall protection.
The long-term goal is to host an online database that GCs and framing teams can visit to know who in their industry participates, trains and follows the same safety guidelines.

When it comes to jobsite safety, fragmentation within the construction industry creates obstacles that shouldn’t be there (and don’t have to be).
It’s very difficult for framing companies to develop a consistent culture of safety when the jobsite-specific safety plan changes from jobsite to jobsite.
FrameSAFE provides a standardized approach to safety communication and shares universal best practices when it comes to safe behavior and jobsite hazard mitigation.

In the past 30 years, my commitment to safety has led to lower insurance costs, OSHA inspections without fines and repeat customers.
Having a safe jobsite did not happen overnight. After working in the framing industry for many years, I’ve learned some methods and practices that work better than others.
A safer work environment will have far-reaching effects in the industry, beyond just a healthier and safer workforce.