About ToolboxMonday

Built by people who got tired of watching foremen scramble for a halfway-decent toolbox talk at 6:45 Monday morning.

Why this exists

If you're a foreman, super, owner, or safety coordinator, you already know the math: OSHA's 1926.21(b) requires regular safety training. Insurance carriers reward documentation. Crews get hurt when meetings get skipped. Yet writing a fresh, useful toolbox talk every Monday is one of the most-skipped tasks in construction — not because anyone disagrees with doing them, but because at 6:45 AM you're already late and the generic OSHA PDF is right there.

So crews print the same talk they used three weeks ago. Or they skip it and hope nobody asks. Or some good foreman somewhere stays up late Sunday writing one — and burns out by August.

ToolboxMonday is the simplest possible fix: one fresh talk, written for your trade and the current week, in your inbox at 6 AM every Monday. Print it, read it aloud, sign the sheet, file it. Done.

What we do

We write trade-specific weekly toolbox talks. That's it.

Each one:

• Targets one specific hazard relevant to that week (heat in summer, ice in winter, current OSHA enforcement actions, recent industry incidents)
• Takes 5–8 minutes to read aloud
• Includes a sign-in sheet for your crew
• Includes a one-line entry for your safety log
• Comes as both PDF and plain text so you can print, paste, edit, or send however works for your crew

We cover the major trades: roofing, electrical, framing, plumbing, HVAC, concrete & masonry, painting, excavation, demolition, and general construction. See free samples here.

What we don't do

We don't sell a "safety platform." We don't try to replace your existing safety program. We don't have a sales team that'll call you four times. We don't lock you into contracts. We don't charge per seat or per crew or per add-on module.

We charge $29/month per crew, you can cancel in one click, and that's the whole product.

Who's behind this

A small team — fewer than five people total. We come from a mix of construction-adjacent backgrounds and product/writing roles. We don't claim to be career foremen, and we'd rather be honest about that than bullshit you with a fake "20-year veteran" backstory.

What we ARE: people who've spent enough time around construction sites, OSHA documentation, and contractors to know what makes a useful toolbox talk vs. a useless one. Every talk is written by an actual person, reviewed for accuracy against current OSHA standards, and tied to what's actually happening in the industry that week — not pulled from a stock library.

If we ever start outsourcing the writing to AI alone, we'll tell you. We don't right now and we won't.

How we got here

The honest version: someone close to the team almost lost a friend on a roof to heat illness in 2024. The morning huddle that day skipped the toolbox talk because the foreman was running late and the printer was jammed. The friend recovered. The talk that should have been read covered exactly the warning sign that got missed.

That's the whole origin story. We don't claim it makes us experts. It made us think about how many crews skip the talk for boring logistical reasons, and how a $29/month subscription removes one specific friction point — finding or writing a relevant talk on Monday morning.

How to reach us

Email is the only way. hello@toolboxmonday.com. We read everything and reply within 24 hours.

No phone tree, no support ticket portal, no "open a case" button. If you want to cancel, send "cancel" and we cancel. If you want a refund and have a real reason, we refund. If you want to suggest a topic for next week, we listen.

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