We are excited to announce our new National Sales Manager, Brent LaPorte. Brent comes to Rooftop Anchor with 21 years of experience working in the fall protection industry. He has gained a vast amount of knowledge about the product and the industry while he worked with Pro-Bel Enterprises. He initially started in their inspections department and helped them open their first remote office in Ottawa, Ontario, and eventually was their regional sales manager in the southeast region of the US (Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas).
“I am thrilled to announce Brent as the newest addition to the Rooftop Anchor team. I have personally known Brent for nearly ten years and during that period considered him a dear friend and worthy competitor. He was the first and only person on our radar when we determined the need to bring aboard an experienced individual to oversee our national sales operation. He is a very talented individual with a great wealth of knowledge and experience. I also respect him tremendously for his integrity, ethics and strength of character. I can’t wait for our fine network of reps to meet him and in turn to have Brent meet our reps,” states Kynan Wynne.
“Brent is a key piece of the management puzzle we are putting together. In order to sustain and grow this business, he will play an integral part in our strategic growth plan as well as give us the experience we so desperately need. I can’t wait to get to know him and his wife better and bring them into our big Rooftop Anchor family. Brent has made a major financial and personal change to come on board with us, all of which I am very grateful for. I have been very impressed with his integrity and energy through the hiring process. I look forward to working together,” states Nate Sargent.
Brent and his wife, Suzane, live in Ontario Canada, which is where he will continue to work. They have two children, Angele (13-year old daughter) and Eric (10-year old son). Brent loves to play hockey, coach Lacrosse, and he enjoys camping with his family. He will soon be releasing his first novel, Hope Burned, in October 2010.
Brent LaPorte Joins the Rooftop Anchor Team
July 6th, 2010Don’t Let this Happen to You
May 4th, 2010I found this article today while going through my construction emails. It caught my eye immediately.
Plenty of owners and managers today do not take seriously the responsibility that they hold.
Check today to make sure you have the right fall safety equipment and procedures on your building.
Roofing company owner, foreman charged with manslaughter in death of worker who fell
Bay City News
Posted: 04/27/2010 07:31:35 AM PDT
Updated: 04/27/2010 09:57:42 AM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO — The owner and foreman of a roofing company have been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2008 death of an employee who fell off the roof of an apartment building in San Francisco, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris announced Monday.
Sam Hyung Goo Shim, owner of California C&R Inc., was indicted on April 13 by a criminal grand jury on charges of felony involuntary manslaughter and felony violation of the labor code in connection with the death of Antonio Martinez.
Jwa Young Kim, the foreman who was at the work site at the time of Martinez’s death, was also indicted on the same charges.
Martinez had been working as a roofer on a four-story apartment building when he fell 38 feet to the sidewalk below. He was not wearing a harness when he fell and there was allegedly no supervision of his work along the edge of the roof, according to Harris’ office.
The grand jury also returned indictments against Shim and his company for multiple counts of workers compensation fraud for allegedly failing to report Martinez’s wages in payroll filings submitted to the state Compensation Insurance Fund and the Employment Development Department, according to Harris’ office.
Shim and Kim were arraigned on April 22 in San Francisco Superior Court and entered not guilty pleas. They returned to court Monday for a hearing on reducing their bail, which was set at $300,000, but the judge denied their requests, according to Harris’ office.
They are scheduled to return to court on May 10.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_14967386?source=most_viewed&nclick_check=1
Construct Canada
December 3rd, 2009
Visit us today at the Constuct Canada Show in booth #1200.Welcome to Rooftop Anchor’s Blog
October 2nd, 2009Welcome to the Rooftop Anchor, Inc. blog! We hope that through this blog we can provide education and information on the correct and safe use of fall protection and fall arrest equipment. We wish for building owners, architects, contractors, etc. to know of the safety standard requirements and its importance to you, your employees, and your building.
It is possible that without this information you are at risk and will be held liable.
It has been seen in the news that there are dire consequences for you and your rooftop workers by failing to provide or use OSHA approved adequate fall arrest protection system on building rooftops.
In 2005 Unicco Service Company received national attention plus penalties and reprimands from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
In a matter of two years, they had two fatal window cleaning accidents that resulted in the death of three window cleaners, plus an OSHA citation for $152,500. OSHA rules a willful violation as “one committed with intentional disregard of, or plain indifference to, the requirements of the OSHA regulations.” In both accidents, window cleaners were improperly rigged and anchored.
(See link below for full article)
http://safety.blr.com/news.aspx?id=100325
This unfortunate situation can easily be avoided with the installation and proper use of a certified fall protection anchorage system. However, the majority of over 4.6 million commercial buildings still have systems that fail to meet the standards and regulations set by OSHA and ANSI I-14.1.
If you do not already have an anchorage system that meets code, we can inspect your current anchorage system and/or supply you with a system that will meet or exceed OSHA requirements and protect your business and employees and mitigate potential liability.