President and CEO, Deb Hilmerson, was featured in the July 2022 issue of Fence News USA. In this article, Deb talks about how she found her passion for construction safety, being a woman in the industry, and more. Check out the article: "Every Experience Prepares You for What's Next". "There are times you forgot
The challenge for all contractors is to maintain a reasonable balance between productivity, quality and safety to ensure injury-free work zones. We know when more value is put on schedule and budget with greater emphasis on production, injuries are more likely to occur. Deploying an engineered guardrail system vs. the typical 2x4 guardrail system
Last updated February 2026 Safety Railings for Construction Light-gauge safety railings for construction have been the industry standard for a long time. Most job sites stick with the same yellow-painted guardrails because that’s what the specs have called for years. But being familiar doesn’t make them reliable. After years of inspections and time spent
Got Fall Hazards? Find Yourself Needing Different Safety Rail Attachment Options to Protect Workers on Your Construction Sites? Leading edges, elevator shafts, excavations, trenches, parapet walls, retaining walls, roofs and access areas all pose different challenges. Or, are you still using 2 x 4’s, wire rope cable or traditional steel rails with single base
Lumber price volatility may be impacting more than your P&L statement. As Debra Hilmerson writes in this Construction Executive article, higher costs are also indirectly tied to jobsite safety and the skilled labor shortage. This time, change is mandatory. “It’s pretty much guaranteed that unless contractors make changes, the big hits to their bottom
The Eleven Percent: Meet Debra Hilmerson, Jobsite Safety Pro A 30-plus year construction industry veteran, Debra Hilmerson actively encourages women to consider careers in the trades, and often mentors upcoming construction safety industry leaders and entrepreneurs. So, she was honored when Family Handyman asked to include her in its “11 Percent” series, named for
Each year, Hilmerson Safety® celebrates women in the construction industry during Women in Construction (WIC) Week™ by sharing their stories. How did they start? Who mentored them? What were challenges they overcame? What would they do differently? What advice do they have for women entering the construction field? Defying stereotypes is nothing new
After dropping last fall, lumber prices are once again trending higher. Deb Hilmerson’s article in Construct America Magazine reveals strategies that will help protect your business against fluctuating lumber prices as well as material and labor shortages. “If you’re still using 2x4s for construction safety rails and leading-edge fall protection, and didn’t plan for
Galvanized Guardrail Systems: Why Hot-Dipped Steel Outperforms Powder-Coated Rails Approximately 25 years ago, OSHA instituted the Subpart M Fall Protection Standard for construction workplaces implementing protection from falling objects, falls from tripping over holes, falling through holes, and protection while working around dangerous equipment. Employers were instructed to use fall protection systems such as
The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is dedicated to enhancing the success of women in the construction industry by building educations, careers, futures and lives ... and so is Hilmerson Safety®! Hilmerson Safety sponsors the NAWIC Annual Holiday Party that raises money in support of an annual scholarship donation to women who