Dealing with complex codes

August 1, 2008  |  Safety & Codes

Navigating tent codes is no easy task; being proactive can make it go more smoothly. By Juli Case If you work with tent installations, you’ve no doubt noticed that the building code environment has become more complex in recent years. Pulling a permit can be a bureaucratic nightmare, but it is…
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Requirements for drug-free working

June 1, 2008  |  Safety & Codes

Your requirements under U.S. drug and alcohol regulations. Despite today’s glamorization of drug culture, the use of drugs or alcohol at work can pose serious safety risks, especially in the tent rental industry. Employers may be reluctant to deal with employees’ potential drug and alcoh…
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Gear up for safe working

April 1, 2008  |  Safety & Codes

Click It! campaign Despite it being an ANSI/OSHA requirement, many boom lift operators don’t wear a full-body harness and short lanyard. Aerial Work Platform Training Inc. (AWPT) launched the Click It! campaign in 2007 to encourage occupants of boom type lifts of the need to wear this importan…
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Tent companies react when disaster strikes

April 1, 2008  |  Features, Safety & Codes

You can’t control Mother Nature, but you can control your response. By Janice Kleinschmidt With winds estimated at 80 to 100 mph uprooting a 30-foot-tall pine and an oak tree with a trunk 3 feet around, tents set up for the 2007 Minnesota State Fair didn’t stand a chance. Fortunately, th…
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Working safely at height

December 1, 2007  |  Safety & Codes

Fall protection basics Employees working on tent installations are at an increased risk of injury from height. According to OSHA, a fall hazard exists any time an employee is working at a height greater than 4 feet. Because tent companies cannot effectively eliminate the hazard, they are required to…
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Risk management: The best-laid plans

August 1, 2007  |  Safety & Codes

Managing risk in the tent rental industry is difficult, but not impossible. By Jessica Sellers Even in the face of external forces outside your control, managing risk appropriately is not an impossible task. Risk management is a process that all reputable event companies take seriously. “Exper…
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Site safety standards

January 1, 1970  |  Safety & Codes

When Ken Keberle, technical resources director at Karl’s Event Rental, Oak Creek, Wis., took a crew to Vancouver, B.C., Canada, for a tent installation, the group encountered stringent Canadian safety requirements. A lot of those requirements—such as wearing fluorescent vests and hard ha…
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