The City of Houston's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) urges residents to prepare for the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which runs from Saturday, June 1, through Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019.

As the 2019 Safety Stand-Down comes to a close, many construction companies throughout the greater Houston and San Antonio areas have gotten to know why United Tool and Fastener’s Safety Specialist, Charlie Gertson, is at the top of the list for safety training and demonstrations.

Businesses throughout Houston and the country are promoting safety awareness during National Safety Stand-Down during May 6-10. The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) extends their Safety Stand-Down by a week to May 17.

United Tool and Fastener (UTF) took part in the Independent Electrical Contractor (IEC) Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Safety Rodeo on Wednesday, April 17, from 10am to 2pm, as a safety vendor.

On April 4, United Tool and Fastener had the privilege of sponsoring and presenting at the 1st annual C3 Career Fair in the Fort Bend Independent School District Wheeler Field House in Sugar Land.

In a Houston AGC Safety Committee meeting, KASK representative, Jason Cashmore, explained and demonstrated what makes KASK safety helmets exclusive and an asset to the safety industry and construction.

The February 2019 AGC Houston Safety Committee meeting breakfast was sponsored by United Tool and Fastener, and featured presentations by Orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Masson, Dan Gilbane of Gilbane Construction, and Jason Cashmore of Kask (safety helmets).

United Tool and Fastener is proud to be a part of the upcoming 1st annual C3 career fair on Thursday, April 4, 2019, as a sponsor and safety representative. The event, which will be held from 7am to 3pm at the Fort Bend ISD Wheeler Fieldhouse in Sugar Land, is part of a greater C3 initiative to educate students about careers in construction.

KNAACK offers products, distributed through United Tool and Fastener, that enable necessary safety equipment to be contained in a movable storage cabinet that can be locked while keeping equipment dry and organized.

On Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, United Tool and Fastener participated in D.E. Harvey Builders’ (Harvey) celebration of reaching a major safety milestone: one entire year of no accidents on a job site.