Barry Rice gives best practices and safety measures to take when working on restoration jobs at high heights.

Choosing the right fall protection equipment for a job can not only keep technicians safe, but also save lives. Barry Rice gives choices and solutions for the Restoration Industry. 

Contractors should consider headlamps as part of a worker’s PPE.

Use these techniques to minimize risk at jobsites and prevent the bringing home of hazardous materials.

Dustin Resendiz shares his experience training restoration technicians in both English and Spanish, highlighting the importance of hands-on training and the high demand for IICRC instructors – especially those who can offer training outside of the English language.

By now, everyone is either resigned to them or tired of them. The “them” is filtering facepieces, masks, scarves, neck gaiters, respirators, and other face coverings. 

Prior to 1980, many building materials manufactured in the U.S. contained asbestos. 

In each edition of ANSI/IICRC’s S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration, dating back to 1994, the mitigation contractor’s stated first priority on a loss site has remained clear: “Eliminate safety hazards”. I am certain that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus) or COVID-19 (the disease) are not what the authors of the standard had in mind.