ISNetworld vs. PEC/Veriforce: What Operators Check

Many operators will not put a contractor on location until that contractor is set up in their contractor management platform. In the Permian, two names come up most: ISNetworld and Veriforce, which runs the PEC network. This guide covers what each platform collects, how the safety numbers are worked out, which one you need, and the hold-ups that most often keep a crew off location.

ISNetworld

ISNetworld is run by ISN. Hiring clients use it to manage contractors and suppliers. ISN collects and reviews contractors' health, safety, sustainability, insurance, financial and training information. A contractor can submit that information once for multiple hiring clients under one subscription (ISN).

ISNetworld also tracks worker-level training and qualifications against each hiring client's requirements.

Veriforce PEC

Veriforce PEC (formerly PEC Safety) runs a contractor platform where contractors submit safety statistics such as Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR), safety programs, certifications and certificates of insurance. Hiring clients use it to see which contractors meet their requirements (Veriforce).

Veriforce also handles pipeline Operator Qualification records, and its PEC card lets a site check a worker's training when they show up. Veriforce owns the H2S Clear course, which many operators ask for (H2S Clear).

What operators look at

Based on each company's own description of its platform; a dash means that description does not mention it. Each operator decides what it requires inside the platform and how it scores contractors.

What contractors usually submit

Each operator sets its own list, but most requests fall into the same groups:

• Injury and illness records. OSHA 300 logs and 300A summaries, and the hours worked behind them. OSHA's recordkeeping rule, 29 CFR Part 1904, covers what goes on the log (OSHA recordkeeping).
• Experience Modification Rate (EMR). A workers' compensation rating from your insurer or rating bureau. An EMR of 1.0 is average for your industry; below 1.0 is better than average.
• Written safety programs. Such as hazard communication, lockout/tagout, PPE, confined space, H2S and emergency response, depending on the work you do.
• Insurance certificates showing the coverage and limits the operator requires.
• Worker training records, such as H2S and First Aid/CPR/AED cards with dates.

How the safety numbers are worked out

Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is the number of OSHA-recordable injuries and illnesses times 200,000, divided by total hours worked. The 200,000 stands for 100 full-time workers for a year. DART (Days Away, Restricted or Transferred) uses the same formula with only the cases that caused lost or restricted time. For context, all of U.S. private industry averaged a TRIR of 2.3 in 2024 (BLS). For a small company, one recordable can swing the rate a long way: 1 recordable in 40,000 hours is a TRIR of 5.0. Operators often look at three years of numbers for that reason. Keep accurate hours as well as the log.

Which one do you need?

Whichever your customers use. Some operators use one, some use the other, and a contractor working for several operators may need both. Ask each customer which platform they use and what grade or status they require.

Getting set up

1. Ask the operator which platform it uses and whether you need an invitation or client code to connect to it.
2. Subscribe and enter your company details.
3. Upload what the operator requires: injury records, EMR, safety programs, insurance and training records.
4. Expect a review. Programs and documents that do not meet the operator's requirements come back as items to fix.
5. Check your status for that operator before you schedule work.

Leave time for this. A crew can be ready to work long before the paperwork is.

Keeping both current

• Insurance. Upload new certificates before old ones expire.
• Safety statistics. Update them when the platform asks, and keep your records ready.
• Training. Keep worker cards current. Most H2S training renews every year, and Red Cross CPR certificates last two years. See H2S training in Midland.
• Customer requirements. These change. Check each operator's requirements in the platform when you start new work.

Common hold-ups

• An insurance certificate expired and no new one was uploaded.
• A worker's H2S or first aid card lapsed.
• Annual safety statistics were not updated on time.
• A new customer added a requirement the contractor has not met yet.

Each of these can keep a crew off location even when the work itself is fine.

Where we stand

We teach the H2S and First Aid/CPR/AED classes that operators most often list, in Greenwood or at your site.

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