Anchor Testing: What You Should Know
Before window washers propel down to clean windows, they should know that the anchors they’re using are safe. In fact, OSHA requires it. OSHA says that before workers use a rope descent system…
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Project Manager Job Description
Essential Functions:
Reports to the COO
Establish project timelines for projects that have been handed off…
Avoid $156K OSHA Citation: Get Fall Protection Training Today
In January 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it increased fall-related penalties to $15,625 per violation, while fines for willful or repeated offenses are now $156,259…
Summit Anchor Hosts Lunch and Learn for WDG Architecture
Summit Anchor believes in getting it right from the start, so its latest course hits the nail on the head.
The company recently hosted a Lunch and Learn class tailored for architects. The aim is simple: explain anchor layout for rope descent systems so that designers incorporate the safety measures in their initial plans…
Spring is almost here. Are your buildings anchor points OSHA-compliant and safe for window washers?
As spring quickly approaches, building managers are scheduling window cleaning for their properties. But did you know that OSHA regulations require the building owners to certify all their anchor points before employers permit their employees to use rope descent systems?
Earn AIA Continuing Education Credits with New Summit Anchor Class
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has approved continuing education credit for a course taught by Summit Anchor president Gus Strats.
The class, entitled Anchor Layout for Rope Descent Systems…
Train your employees to protect themselves from falls with classes from Summit Anchor Co.
In December 2022, a man died after falling from scaffolding while washing windows on a Washington, D.C. building. Two months before that a window washer died from a fall while working inside Boston’s JFK Presidential Library…
Summit Anchor Workers Become ACI Certified Adhesive Anchor Installers
Training and development are a hallmark to any good organization. Summit Anchor Company is no exception.
Most recently, three Summit Anchor employees became certified by the American Concrete Institute as adhesive anchor installers; the training focused on proper installation of adhesive anchoring systems….
Summit Anchor Company Launches Ironworker Apprenticeship
The good news keeps on flowing at Summit Anchor Company. The Frederick, Maryland-based manufacturer of trademark rooftop anchors is now offering an apprenticeship for ironworkers to qualified candidates. The Maryland Department of Labor recently approved…
Piensa con la cabeza – Para protegerla
La compañía Summit Anchor anuncio recientemente que los trabajadores han hecho la transición de usar cascos de construcción a cascos protectores con sujetador ya que es una manera en la que dirige a los trabajadores de manera segura…
