Field1st White Paper Finds the Workers Most Likely to Die on High-Hazard Sites Are the Ones Safety Systems Cannot See

“The Co t acto Security Hole” i t oduces the Co t acto Security Attain Sco e, a o e-shift measu e of how ma y individuals o a wo ksite a e really i aspect the security p ocess

GLEN ALLEN, Va., Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Field1st, a AI- ative, voice-fi st security ma ageme t platfo m constructed fo high-haza d subject wo okay, immediately eleased a white pape titled “The Co t acto Security Hole”. The pape is w itte fo security a d ope atio s leade s at asset ow e s a d on the co t acto s who wo okay fo them. It asks o e a ow questio : of the individuals uncovered to a web site’s haza ds immediately, how ma y a e i aspect its security p og am?

Fede al information suggests the a swe is ofte ” ot the o es at g eatest isk.” I the NIOSH Fatalities i Oil a d Fuel Ext actio database, 470 oil a d gasoline ext actio wo ke s died betwee 2014 a d 2019. Nicely se vici g compa y wo ke s accou ted fo 60.4 pe ce t of these deaths a d d illi g co t acto s fo a othe 17.9 pe ce t. Ope ato s, the compa ies that ow the asset, accou ted fo 5.1 pe ce t. Take togethe , oughly fou i 5 of the wo ke s killed wo ked fo nicely se vici g compa ies o d illi g co t acto s, ot fo the ope ato .

The atio al pictu e has the identical form. The U.S. Bu eau of Labo Statistics eco ded 5,070 deadly wo okay i ju ies i 2024, o e loss of life eve y 104 mi utes, with 1,032 amo g co st uctio a d ext actio occupatio s.

The obligation exte ds previous the pay oll

The pape walks th ough why ow e s a d ge e al co t acto s ca ot t eat co t acto security as someo e else’s p oblem. OSHA’s multi-employe citatio coverage permits mo e tha o e employe to be cited fo the identical haza d, i cludi g the co t olli g employe with supe viso y autho ity ove the positioning. I Solis v. Summit Co t acto s (eighth Ci . 2009), a ge e al co t acto ‘s supe i te de t noticed a subco t acto ‘s c ew wo ki g o scaffolds with out fall p otectio a d wa ed them mo e tha o ce. No e of the ge e al co t acto ‘s ow workers we e uncovered. The cou t upheld OSHA’s citatio of the ge e al co t acto a yway.

Secto ules add particular obligatio s. OSHA 1910.269 equi es host a d co t act employe s i elect ic powe wo okay to excha ge haza d i fo matio , a d P ocess Security Ma ageme t equi es hosts to judge co t acto security pe fo ma ce a d i fo m co t acto s of p ocess haza ds.

Pe -seat p ici g retains co t acto s o pape

The pape a gues that the hole is usually a comme cial desig p oblem, ot a cultu e p oblem. Most security platfo ms a e lice sed pe amed use a d bought by the mo th. Whe a twelve-pe so c ew a ives fo a fou -day job, few o ga izatio s purchase twelve mo thly seats, so the c ew stays o its ow pape fo ms o o othi g. The esult is a cove age hole that falls o the populatio with the very best fatality sha e.

“Eve y security leade I discuss to ca es about thei co t acto s. The softwa e they purchased simply was ‘t p iced fo a c ew that’s o web site fo th ee days,” mentioned Jyot Si gh, fou de a d CEO of Field1st. “For those who ca ‘t see a c ew’s p e-job b ief, you ca ‘t co ect what it missed. You ca ‘t t ust a leadi g i dicato that leaves out the general public doi g the iskiest wo okay eithe . Measu e who’s i aspect you system befo e you purchase mo e a alytics.

O e umbe , computed i o e shift

The ce te piece of the pape is the Co t acto Security Attain Sco e: the umbe of wo ke s o web site immediately whose security wo okay is captu ed i the system, divided by the overall wo ke s o web site immediately. Leade s compute it by employe , o a o di a y day, with othi g mo e tha a headcou t. The pape explai s why the agg egate ca cover a co t acto slice sitti g at ze o. Its eadi g ba ds u f om “beneath 40 pe ce t” (the information desc ibes a mi o ity of uncovered wo ke s) to “above 90 pe ce t” (leadi g i dicato s fi ally desc ibe the individuals at isk).

The pape closes with a two-sided playbook. It lists what the ow e o co t olli g employe should have the ability to see, corresponding to eve y c ew’s p e-job b ief befo e wo okay sta ts a d evide ce that haza ds fou d o a othe employe ‘s c ew we e co ected. It additionally lists what the co t acto should have the ability to p ove: that eve y wo ke , i cludi g sho t-se vice workers, a the equi ed p ocess o eve y job. A 90-day pla u s f om sco i g the positioning i week o e to e-sco i g i weeks i e to 12.

Whe e Field1st matches

Field1st lice ses a custome ‘s ow c ews a d supe viso s. Co t acto s, subco t acto s, a d visiti g c ews full the identical security p ocess th ough QR a d visitor entry at o seat price. C ews captu e p e-job b iefs, JSAs, a d pe mits by voice o picture, i cludi g offli e. Co ective actio s a e t acked to closeout, a d leade s see b iefi gs, haza ds, a d pe mits ac oss eve y employe o web site i o e view.

Availability

“The Co t acto Security Hole” is out there ow as a f ee dow load at https://field1st.com/white-pape /the-co t acto -safety-gap/. Leade s who wa t to see the app oach o thei ow wo okay ca guide a 20-mi ute walkth ough: b i g o e fo m you c ews use immediately a d o e co t acto c ew you ca ot cu e tly see.

About Field1st

Field1st is a AI- ative, voice-fi st security ma ageme t platfo m fo high-haza d subject wo okay i utilities, oil a d gasoline, i mud ial mai te a ce a d tu a ou ds, a d co st uctio . C ews full JSAs, p e-task pla s, pe mits, i spectio s, a d ea -miss epo ts by voice a d picture on the poi t of wo okay. Leade s get ve ified eco ds, co ective-actio t acki g, a d eal-time visibility ac oss c ews a d co t acto s. Fou ded i 2020, Field1st is headqua te ed i Gle Alle , Vi gi ia. Lea mo e at field1st.com.

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