Fatigue Risk Management

Any motorised vehicle used to move materials on a worksite, including forklifts, telehandlers, and order pickers. Subcontractors must ensure operators hold valid PIT certifications before deployment. Site clients often audit compliance records, so keep training documentation current and accessible.

API 579 (Fitness-For-Service) is an industry standard used to assess whether ageing or damaged equipment is safe to keep operating. Subcontractors may be required to support or comply with these assessments during inspection and maintenance scopes. Understanding it helps when working alongside integrity engineers on pressure vessels, piping, and tanks.

The process of controlling dangerous energy sources—electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or mechanical—before maintenance or repair work begins. Subcontractors must follow the site owner's lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures or risk losing site access. Non-compliance can void your contract and trigger serious liability.

A database where excavation-related damages to underground utilities are logged and analyzed. Subcontractors doing ground disturbance work may need to report incidents through this system. Insurance carriers and clients often review DIRT data when evaluating a contractor's safety record.

Personal legal responsibility that company directors carry when their firm fails to meet obligations like unpaid wages or HST remittances. In field service companies, owners acting as directors can be held personally liable for corporate debts. Subcontractors operating as incorporated businesses should understand this risk before taking on large contracts.

The full set of laws, standards, and oversight bodies governing work in a specific jurisdiction or sector. For subcontractors, it determines required certifications, permits, and reporting obligations. Knowing the local regime before mobilising helps avoid costly compliance gaps or work stoppages.

When a Jobsite Incident Happens: What Field Workers Need to Know Before Signing Anything

What to do after a jobsite injury or incident, what your rights are before signing incident reports, how workers' compensation works, and how to protect yourself on multi-employer worksites.

OSHA Citations on Multi-Employer Worksites: What Subcontractors Need to Know

Learn how OSHA's multi-employer citation policy works, why subcontractors get cited for hazards they didn't create, and how to protect your company on operator-controlled job sites.

How to Read and Negotiate an Oilfield Master Service Agreement (MSA): A Subcontractor's Guide

Learn which MSA clauses actually matter for oilfield subcontractors: indemnity, insurance, payment terms, and change orders. Know what you're signing.