Some of you may have recently received an email from a third-party offering to sell an attendee list for SprayFoam 2020 held in Pasadena in February.

We want to reinforce that SPFA does not compile, produce or distribute a list of conference attendees to anyone. This vendor is completely unaffiliated with SPFA and we do not endorse doing business with them. 

Foam Fact: A “cool roof” is not a roof that follows the latest fad or trend, or listens to modern jazz. In fact, a “cool roof” reflects and emits the sun’s heat back to the sky, keeping the building cool. A roof’s “coolness factor” is measured using two properties: thermal emittance and solar reflectance. Thermal emittance is the relative ability of the roof surface to radiate absorbed heat. Solar reflectance, on the other hand, is the fraction of solar energy reflected by the roof. Take note that thermal emittance is independent of solar reflectance. A cool roof for your spray foam roofing system has many benefits. Cool roofs reduce the thermal radiation of heat into the atmosphere, convection of heat into outside air, and the conduction of heat into the building. This lowers urban air temperatures and mitigates the urban heat island effect. It also slows the formation of ground level ozone and smog. Cool roofs can also provide significant energy and cost savings during the hot summer months. Spray foam roofs can easily become “cool” by selection of light-colored roof coatings that have high thermal emissivity and high solar reflectance. Check with your roof coating supplier to determine which coatings are the “coolest.” You can also check with the Cool Roof Rating Council if you are not sure. CRRC determines if a roof coating meets the cool roof requirements. www.coolroofs.org

Did you know that SPFA Members have access to a FREE Model Written Safety Program, which can be customized for your company? Even if you used it in the past, did you know that it has been updated with information on communicable disease control?

This Safety Program was designed specifically for spray polyurethane foam contractor companies. This comprehensive program provides a benchmark guide to ensure the health and well-being of all employees and customers and is OSHA compliant.

Created during a collaborative process by the SPFA Safety Committee, the program is designed to provide contractor companies with a management tool to ensure consistency in training programs, as well as to set clear expectations for employee behavior and performance; equipment and materials quality and condition; work processes; proper records retention; and environmental stewardship.  The program guide meets OSHA, EPA, DOT and other regulatory agency inspection requirements.

 

Policies documents in the Model Safety Program include:

·      Hazard Communication

·      Personal Protective Equipment - PPE

·      Hazard Assessment

·      Confined Space Entry Program

·      Respiratory Protection Program

·      Hearing Conservation Program

·      Control of Hazardous Energy (i.e. Lock-out Tag Out)

·      Emergency Action Plan

·      Fall Protection Plan

·      Jobsite Fire Prevention Plan

·      Injury and Illness Prevention Plan

·      Powered Industrial Truck Safety Program

·      Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan

·      Asbestos and Lead Awareness Program

·      Blood Borne Pathogen Plan

·      Equipment Grounding Program

 

“It is important to note that while this Model Written Safety Program will help to make you OSHA compliant, and will help prevent and guide you through situations that may arise, its ultimate success will require that all employees understand what is expected of them surrounding safety,” said Dr. Rick Duncan, SPFA Executive Director.

The SPFA Model Written Safety Program is available to all SPFA member companies. It may also be utilized to meet the SPFA Professional Certification Program Contractor Company Accreditation requirement for a documented company safety program.

SPFA contractor members currently operating without a robust documented safety program are encouraged to adopt and use this model as their own. It is the responsibility of each contractor company to ensure the health and safety of its workers and this program will provide a baseline architecture for that.

The SPFA Health & Safety Program is in the Members Only section at www.sprayfoam.org. The Voting Representative at your company has access. If you need help or have questions, please contact Kelly Marcavage – kmarcavage@sprayfoam.org.

 

If you aren’t a member, click here for more information and membership application.

 

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