BrandSafway Plans Global Observation of Safety Week
BrandSafway is planning activities around the world in support of Safety Week, May 3-7, 2021. At more than 7,000 jobsites globally, BrandSafway safety personnel and managers are scheduling activities and meetings to help inspire employees to be effective, dedicated safety leaders year-round.
“Safety is the cornerstone of our industry,” said Steve Wilson, BrandSafway vice president of global environmental health and safety. “Every one of us has a duty to their fellow employees, customers, friends and families to put safety first. BrandSafway is committed to continuous improvement in safety, both within our company and throughout our industry.”
BrandSafway will release a series of videos throughout Safety Week 2021 to share insights on critical safety initiatives and topics to inspire discussions and stand-down activities. Topics included in the video series include BrandSafway’s tie-off guidelines, 10 Life-Saving Rules, Stop Work Obligation and Job Safety Plan.
BrandSafway is also partnering with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) on the annual national initiative to prevent falls, the leading cause of work-related injuries and deaths.
Through a network of 340 locations across 30 countries and more than 38,000 employees, BrandSafway delivers a full range of forming, shoring, scaffolding, work access and industrial service solutions.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.