Tips to Keep Your Employees and Your Business Safe

There are many ways to track claim losses for your business: accident investigations, incident rates, claim costs, and claim frequency, among others. Tracking losses helps identify the strengths and weaknesses in your business, and where you should concentrate to reduce your risks and costs.

Preventing accidents from happening at all is...Full story

Not all safety audits need to be done every month by the same people or take an entire day. A layered audit involves more people working at different intervals. This is a suggested method for creating a layered safety audit.

Shift Team: more frequent – one area

Frequency: Daily

Participants: Safety team member,...Full story

A loading dock is considered an “unprotected side edge” in a building, according to OSHA, whichmeans fall protection is required if it is open and 4 feet or more above the ground below. Fallprotection can be as simple as a guardrail, a solid barrier made of metal or other material...Full story

Failure to follow lockout/tagout rules on equipment is responsible for about 10% of all industrial accidents. Never forget that that these accidents almost always cause a severe life-changing injury or even death.

For equipment that has been properly de-energized, most accidents occur when someone fails to follow basic rules regarding locks....Full story

When working in places we are employees are not familiar with, the potential for injury increases. When alone, response time can be delayed, and the seriousness of injury can increase. When we are both alone and in an unfamiliar place, the result of an injury can be catastrophic.

The potential of...Full story

The thought, “it will only take a minute,” has led to many catastrophic accidents related to shortcuts in machine safeguarding practices. Reduce machine related accidents by keeping guards in place, note hazards where additional guards are necessary, and follow lockout procedures.

Be alert to these basic safety practices when working around...Full story

Concerns and Hazards

Metal working operations use a wide variety of equipment, from brand new items to decades old machines. But no matter what type they are, metal working machines often present similar mechanical hazards. Injuries from machine operation are typically very serious but can be prevented with proper machine safeguarding...Full story

In a confrontation between you and mobile equipment, you will always lose. Most contractors, and many otherbusinesses, use mobile equipment every day, ranging widely in variety from wheeled vehicles, to large tracked equipment, down to bobcats. In fact, it’s rare for a jobsite to not have exposures from mobile equipment...Full story

Imagine an emergency situation: You see smoke coming from a trash can. Is the nearest fire extinguisher blocked? Or maybe you need to reach an eyewash station quickly but can’t because it’s walled off by boxes.

Safety stations and equipment are not useful if they are not accessible. Simple guidelines can...Full story

A comprehensive, informative occupational safety and health program should include 10 sections. Below are guidelines to develop a plan for your workplace.

Section 1: Employer Information

• Basic information about the company and the type of business you conduct.
• Company name.
• Primary business address, city, state, and ZIP.
• Contact information (phone numbers, email, social media sites).
• Type...Full story