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 Safety Gap” i t oduces the Co t acto Safety Reach Sco e, a o e-shift measu e of how ma y people o a wo ksite a e actually i side the safety p ocess

GLEN ALLEN, Va., Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Field1st, a AI- ative, voice-fi st safety ma ageme t platfo m built fo high-haza d field wo k, today eleased a white pape titled “The Co t acto Safety Gap”. The pape is w itte fo safety a d ope atio s leade s at asset ow e s a d at the co t acto s who wo k fo them. It asks o e a ow questio : of the people exposed to a site’s haza ds today, how ma y a e i side its safety p og am?

Fede al data suggests the a swe is ofte ” ot the o es at g eatest isk.” I the NIOSH Fatalities i Oil a d Gas Ext actio database, 470 oil a d gas ext actio wo ke s died betwee 2014 a d 2019. Well se vici g compa y wo ke s accou ted fo 60.4 pe ce t of those 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 five of the wo ke s killed wo ked fo well 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 same shape. The U.S. Bu eau of Labo Statistics eco ded 5,070 fatal wo k i ju ies i 2024, o e death eve y 104 mi utes, with 1,032 amo g co st uctio a d ext actio occupatio s.

The duty exte ds past 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 safety as someo e else’s p oblem. OSHA’s multi-employe citatio policy allows mo e tha o e employe to be cited fo the same haza d, i cludi g the co t olli g employe with supe viso y autho ity ove the site. I Solis v. Summit Co t acto s (8th Ci . 2009), a ge e al co t acto ‘s supe i te de t saw a subco t acto ‘s c ew wo ki g o scaffolds without 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 employees we e exposed. The cou t upheld OSHA’s citatio of the ge e al co t acto a yway.

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

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

The pape a gues that the gap is mostly a comme cial desig p oblem, ot a cultu e p oblem. Most safety platfo ms a e lice sed pe amed use a d sold by the mo th. Whe a twelve-pe so c ew a ives fo a fou -day job, few o ga izatio s buy 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 gap that falls o the populatio with the highest fatality sha e.

“Eve y safety leade I talk to ca es about thei co t acto s. The softwa e they bought just was ‘t p iced fo a c ew that’s o site fo th ee days,” said Jyot Si gh, fou de a d CEO of Field1st. “If you 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 most of the people doi g the iskiest wo k eithe . Measu e who is i side you system befo e you buy mo e a alytics.

O e umbe , computed i o e shift

The ce te piece of the pape is the Co t acto Safety Reach Sco e: the umbe of wo ke s o site today whose safety wo k is captu ed i the system, divided by the total wo ke s o site today. 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 hide a co t acto slice sitti g at ze o. Its eadi g ba ds u f om “below 40 pe ce t” (the data desc ibes a mi o ity of exposed wo ke s) to “above 90 pe ce t” (leadi g i dicato s fi ally desc ibe the people at isk).

The pape closes with a two-sided playbook. It lists what the ow e o co t olli g employe must be able to see, such as eve y c ew’s p e-job b ief befo e wo k sta ts a d evide ce that haza ds fou d o a othe employe ‘s c ew we e co ected. It also lists what the co t acto must be able to p ove: that eve y wo ke , i cludi g sho t-se vice employees, a the equi ed p ocess o eve y job. A 90-day pla u s f om sco i g the site i week o e to e-sco i g i weeks i e to twelve.

Whe e Field1st fits

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 complete the same safety p ocess th ough QR a d guest access at o seat cost. C ews captu e p e-job b iefs, JSAs, a d pe mits by voice o photo, 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 site i o e view.

Availability

“The Co t acto Safety Gap” is available 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 k ca book a 20-mi ute walkth ough: b i g o e fo m you c ews use today 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 safety ma ageme t platfo m fo high-haza d field wo k i utilities, oil a d gas, i dust ial mai te a ce a d tu a ou ds, a d co st uctio . C ews complete JSAs, p e-task pla s, pe mits, i spectio s, a d ea -miss epo ts by voice a d photo at the poi t of wo k. 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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