ERS Installations does not publish injury rates, safety certifications, or a training curriculum, because none of those exist to publish. What we control, and what we can tell you about plainly, is who gets on your roof, how the job is managed while they are there, whether the work meets Florida's toughest codes, and what happens in writing if something is built wrong. That is vetted crews with validated insurance, onsite project management, HVHZ code compliance in Miami-Dade and Broward, a site consultation before work starts, and a limited lifetime workmanship warranty behind every install.
Vetted crews and validated insurance: the 10 Point Peace of Mind Guarantee
Every ERS Installations crew is vetted and carries validated insurance before it steps on a roof. That standard is what we call the 10 Point Peace of Mind Guarantee, and it applies the same way to a residential re-roof in Jacksonville and a commercial standing seam job in Miami-Dade. The point of validating insurance up front, rather than taking a certificate at face value, is that an uninsured crew on your property is a liability that lands on whoever hired them - the contractor or the property owner, not the crew.
Onsite project management ties safety to the schedule
A metal roofing job gets less safe when it gets rushed, and it gets rushed when nobody is managing it day to day. ERS Installations puts onsite project management on every job, covering quality, safety, and timelines together rather than treating them as separate concerns. That means a job that hits a snag - a deck condition that was not visible from the ground, a delivery that needs re-sequencing - gets managed in real time instead of discovered after the crew has already improvised a workaround. In practice that looks like someone checking the job daily rather than only at the start and the finish, confirming that fastener spacing and seam engagement match the approved installation instructions for the panel actually on the roof, and documenting progress with photos as the job proceeds rather than only at closeout.
Code compliance is a safety question, not just a paperwork question
A meaningful share of what keeps a metal roof safe is whether it was installed to the approval it was actually engineered under. Standing seam profiles carry different Florida approval numbers with different fastening patterns, clip spacing, and design pressures, and installing to the wrong spec is exactly how a roof that looks fine on day one fails in the next named storm. ERS Installations crews work to HVHZ requirements on every applicable job, which in practice means Miami-Dade and Broward, the two counties that make up the High Velocity Hurricane Zone and carry the strictest wind and product approval enforcement in the state. Not every panel in our own catalog is rated for that enforcement - NS100 nailstrip, for instance, is not HVHZ approved, while SL100, SL150, NS150, M100, and M150 all are - so part of doing this safely is installing the panel that is actually approved for the county the job is in, not just the panel the customer asked for. Practically, that means checking the job address against the county before material ships, not after a crew is already staged, since correcting a panel choice mid-job costs far more in schedule and safety risk than catching it at the order stage.
Consulting on site conditions before work begins
Before a crew starts, ERS Installations consults with the contractor on the actual conditions of the site: deck condition, how many layers of existing roofing are already there, access for crated panel delivery, staging space on the property, and anything about the existing structure - vents, HVAC penetrations, solar equipment already on the roof - that changes the install plan. Catching a bad deck or a tight access point before a crew is standing on the roof is what keeps a job from turning into an improvised, unsafe fix mid-install. It also protects the schedule, since a condition caught in advance gets planned around instead of stopping work partway through.
Staging and handling crated panels on site
Standing seam and 5V panels arrive on the job fabricated to exact length and delivered crated, which changes what the crew is actually handling compared to shorter stock cut and trimmed on site. A full-length panel is rigid, has a sharp factory edge on both long sides, and can run the length of an entire roof slope, which makes it a two-person lift at minimum and something that behaves like a sail in wind if one person tries to carry it alone across an open roof deck. Sheffield Metals publishes handler counts that scale with panel length: two to three people between 7 and 15 feet, three to four between 16 and 30 feet, four to five between 31 and 45 feet, and four or more above that, spaced along the sheet so it cannot sag or kink. A 34 foot panel is not a two-man carry, and treating it as one is how a crew ends up with a bent panel and a strained back on the same trip. Crates are set by forklift rather than hand-carried up, and staging them on level, stable ground away from foot traffic before they are moved to the roof keeps the crew from working around an obstacle they created themselves. Gloves and edge awareness around the cut ends of trim and panel are basic practice on every crew, not a special precaution reserved for larger jobs.
Working around Florida heat and afternoon storms
A metal roof in direct Florida sun gets hot fast, and a crew standing on one in July or August is working in conditions that call for the same basic controls OSHA lays out for any outdoor construction work in heat: water, shade, rest breaks, and scheduling the heaviest work for the morning where the job allows it. Florida's afternoon thunderstorm pattern is its own scheduling factor separate from heat - open panel runs and staged material need to be secured or covered before a storm rolls in, not after the first drops hit, which is one more reason a job benefits from someone managing the schedule against the weather rather than a crew making that call on the fly.
What OSHA's general standard means on a metal roof
Roofing is construction work, and OSHA states the trigger height plainly: fall protection is required at four feet in general industry, five feet in shipyards, six feet in construction, and eight feet in longshoring. Six feet is the number that applies on a re-roof, and it is a lower bar than most people assume. On a single-story Florida house the eave is already above it, so fall protection is in play from the moment a crew leaves the ladder.
We are not going to invent a safety statistic or a certification name we do not hold to sound more impressive than that. What we can tell you honestly is which practices we actually follow on every job, laid out above, and that those practices are the standard regardless of whether the job is a single residential re-roof or a multi-building commercial project.
The workmanship warranty behind every install
Every ERS Installations job is backed by a limited lifetime workmanship warranty. The terms are specific and we would rather state them exactly than round them off: the warranty covers workmanship only, not materials; it is non-transferable; and any claim has to be submitted in writing within 30 days of discovering a defect. The remedy is at ERS's discretion, and the warranty is governed by Florida law with venue in Duval County courts. Material warranties on the panels themselves are separate and vary by coating and gauge - see our metal roofing warranties page for those terms in full.
What this looks like on your job
None of this replaces your own judgment as the general contractor or the licensed roofer of record, and it is not a substitute for your own site safety plan or insurance requirements. It is meant to answer the question a contractor asks before handing off installation labor: who is actually going to be on the roof, is someone managing it while they are there, are they installing to the code the county actually enforces, and what happens in writing if the work is wrong. If you are weighing turnkey installation against running your own crew, our crated delivery guide covers the material side of that same decision.
Getting a crew on your jobsite
If you want ERS Installations labor on your next standing seam or 5V job, book a crew consultation or reach out through contact. If you have not priced the job yet, start with Instant Metal Quote for materials, then add installation to the same order.
