Commercial Painting Safety

Commercial Painting Safety 101
There are and have been many incidents involving painters while working on commercial buildings or offices of their clients and, often, these incidents affect the clients who own the structures and the company that the painter works for. The compassionate human factor and this are the major reasons why safety is important for commercial painters and commercial painting as a whole.
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Before hiring a commercial painting contractor or company, it is important to consider their policies on painting safety for commercial jobs and thereby, determine whether or not to hire them. This way, you are prepared for what they are bringing to your premises and you would be better informed on what they plan to use and the results. Here are some tips to consider with regards to safety and hiring a commercial painting contractor. 

Learn About Hiring Commercial Painters
You can start by researching their website, and their past blog articles too. See where their priorities lie, and what they like to promote about themselves and their work. It’s also a good idea to simply ask if they have a safety program in place. If your prospective painter is cagey, and you can’t quite get a straight answer, it might be time to move on. On the other hand, if they can easily articulate where their safety program looks like, it’s a sign that you’re in good hands.

Check Out Their Daily Safety Routine
Before hiring a painting contractor or Jacksonville painters, ensure the following are put in place with regards to safety precautions;

• Safety huddles are held every morning
• Safety Director performs random safety checks on job sites, and reports back to management
• Hold weekly leadership training to review numerous topics, including crew management, training, and customer service
• We hold quarterly company meetings to discuss various company policies, safety concerns, training, etc.

It’s a proactive approach, rather than reactive, and it puts the well being of the painting team and customers above all else. This is equally as important, as it distributes the responsibility across all of our shoulders; everyone is involved and working toward the same goal, so everyone is held accountable for job site safety.

Ensure They Use Safety Apparatuses
Ensuring your painter or painting contractor has and uses safety apparatuses is important for them to work on your painting task. This way, you can save yourself the stress and headaches of post-incident expenses. Also, ensuring your commercial painting contractor and the painters working on your tasks have appropriate work-related insurance is a great way of protecting yourself from unnecessary stress and expenses. 

Eliminate Harmful Objects Around the Area
For a commercial painting contractor, it is essential to ensure that there are no physically harmful objects around the area where you are supposed to be functioning your duties as a painter. This way, you ensure your safety while doing your job and you save yourself the unnecessary stress of treating wounds in the case of an incident.
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In the same vein, it is important for you, as a building owner, to ensure that there are no physically harmful objects around the area of your painting. This way, you protect your commercial painting contractor or interior painter from plausible harm. 

See more about choosing a commercial painter.