SafeTrades provides a safety documentation platform for trade contractors that captures crew safety checks via brief phone calls or texts, eliminating the need for apps or paper forms. The system timestamps and aggregates daily safety pulse data into a broker‑ready renewal kit, giving carriers visible evidence of risk management and enabling contractors to negotiate lower workers‑comp premiums and reduced admin costs.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Trade contractors often overpay on workers' compensation because they cannot prove proactive safety management to insurers. Traditional safety documentation relies on paper forms or apps that crews are reluctant to use, leading to incomplete or missing records that hinder premium reductions.
Solution
SafeTrades offers a phone‑based safety documentation platform that enables crew members to complete daily safety checks via a 90‑second call or text. The system automatically captures timestamped photos and hazard responses, aggregates the data into a renewal readiness tracker, and generates a broker‑ready safety package for insurance carriers. By providing verifiable, real‑time safety evidence without requiring apps, logins, or paperwork, SafeTrades helps contractors demonstrate risk mitigation, negotiate schedule credits, and lower workers' comp premiums while reducing administrative overhead.
Target Audience
Primary customers are trade contractors and subcontractors who manage field crews and need to provide documented safety evidence to workers' compensation insurers and brokers.
Features
- 90‑second daily safety check‑ins via phone call or SMS, eliminating the need for mobile apps or manual forms
- Automatic capture and geotagging of photos and hazard responses for each crew member
- Real‑time renewal readiness tracker that monitors leading indicators such as check‑in compliance and hazard detection
- Broker‑ready Carrier Renewal Kit containing safety scorecards, compliance rates, and incident trends for insurance negotiations
- OSHA Defense File that archives timestamped, geotagged safety records to support regulatory audits
- White‑glove implementation and a 90‑day safety data guarantee with a pay‑only‑if‑results model