Jim Poage has a new podcast called The Billboard Safety Guy. On December 3 he talked about OSHA’s top ten citation list. Here are some items which made the list together with Jim’s comments. Machine guarding. And a lot of people in outdoor and billboards say, well, we don’t really […]
Rumors have been circulating lately about Jim Poage’s retirement from the industry. Billboard Insider decided to reach out to Jim to find out more about his retirement plans. So Jim, you’ve had quite the career in the outdoor advertising industry. Yes, starting with Eller Media in 1998 and now finishing […]
Last week Billboard Insider wrote about a worker who died falling from a Manhattan billboard. We asked Formetco’s safety expert Jim Poage to comment My first response was sadness over a worker being killed. Regardless of the job, it is always a very sad situation when someone is killed or […]
Formetco has announced that their first 2024 safety class will be held in Duluth Georgia on February 19 through February 22. Billboard insider contacted Jim Poage, Formetco Safety Director and class instructor for the safety course, to get details on the upcoming class. Jim, could you give us a description […]
Formetco is once again offering a unique live and in-person safety training class that is focused on workers and managers in the Outdoor Advertising industry. Check out the video announcement from Formetco’s Safety Director, Jim Poage: Event Dates: Feb 27th – March 2nd Location: Duluth, GA Event Courses: OSHA 10 […]
Billboard Insiders spoke with Formetco Safety Director Jim Poage, who gave us a preview of upcoming classes at Formetco. Jim, you must be happy to be having live classes again after all the restrictions from COVID 19. Yes, I am extremely excited to see the return to normal classes in […]
By Jim Poage, Director of Safety, Formetco Operations employees, sign erectors, service technicians, and anyone else that works on creating installing, maintaining, or servicing outdoor advertising structures use a variety of ladders during their normal workday. These can be portable extension ladders, portable A-Frame ladders, special duty hook ladders, and […]
Poor record keeping is one of the top OSHA citations each year . Billboard Insider talked with Formetco’s Safety Director Jim Poage to learn what record keeping requirements OSHA expects from out of home companies. What is the OSHA requirement for record keeping? Employers are required to keep accident, illness, […]
Formetco’s safety director Jim Poage passes along the following article to Billboard Insider on the CDC’s decision this week to shorten COVID-19 isolation and quarantine periods. This means asymptomatic employees can come back to work sooner than they previously could. Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)announced that […]
By Jim Poage, Safety Director, Safeco Incorporated A study was performed by the Navy SEALS that revealed that if you are wearing wet clothes, in sixty degree weather, for sixty minutes, you will begin to experience the first stages of hypothermia. Because of this low temperature threshold, it is extremely […]
