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Robotics safety in the workplace
Find out what your business can do to minimize the hazards involved with using robotic machinery.
Machine safeguarding principles
Understanding the risk factors of machinery operations and the general principles of machine guarding will help you complete your own evaluation process.
Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion in fire sprinkler systems
Fire Sprinkler systems protect people and property. We hope we never need them, but how do we know that they will operate when we do?
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Administrative/Policies
- Protect your employees with workers' compensation from Nationwide
- Emergency action plans
- Guidance for forming an effective safety committee
- Creating a safety culture
- 10 ways to help prevent accidents and injuries
- Back to business: Returning workers in unusual times
- Incident report form
- Hearing conservation: Engineering controls
- Keep your employees safe + sound
- The workforce is changing
- Make every month a time to focus on safety
- No Harm No Foul flyer
- No Harm No Foul poster
- No Harm No Foul scorecard
- Job hazard analysis
- Job Hazard Analysis Form
- Young and inexperienced workers in non-agricultural jobs
Ergonomics
- Understanding and preventing material handling injuries
- Lifting safety
- Ergonomics screening tool
- Manual material handling
- Safety matters: Ergonomics for repetitive motions
- Ergonomic screening tool - Assembly task evaluation
- How to help prevent back injuries
- Five simple rules to reduce lifting injuries
- Ergonomics screening tool: Pushing & pulling tasks
Falls From Elevations
- Portable ladder safety checklist
- Portable ladder safety
- Infographic poster — Ladder safety
- Elevated storage platforms
- Maintain three points of contact for climbing safety
- Mobile Equipment Work Platform (MEWP) safety
- Aerial lift checklist
- Avoid Costly Falls from Heights | En Español
- Fall prevention strategies in manufacturing
Machinery
- Machine safeguarding principles - Risk factors
- Basics of machine guarding
- Requirements of machine mechanical safeguarding
- Robotics safety in the workplace
- Safety matters: Machine guarding
- Safety matters: Use the machine guard
- Lockout/tagout equipment assessment checklist
- Lockout/Tagout for protecting workers
- Fixed and powered equipment: Safe work practices
- Electric forklift operator's daily checklist | En Español
- Gas forklift operator's daily checklist | En Español
- Forklift safety
- 5 tips for safer forklift operations
PPE
- Selecting Proper Eye Protection
- Personal protective equipment for keeping workers safe
- PPE hazard assessment checklist
Injury Handling and Successful Return-to-Work
- Successful Return-to-Work Program overview
- Using the 24/7 nurse triage hotline
- Choose the right provider to treat your injured employees
- Why is a Successful Return-to-Work Program so important?
- Create a Successful Return-to-Work Program
- 4-Step Rx to Control Your Experience Mod
Chemical Handling
- Bloodborne pathogens in the workplace
- Hazard communication program for chemicals
- Safety matters: Chemical safety in the workplace
- Safety matters: Heat stress and heat-related illness
- Preventing CO poisoning in your facility
Confined Space
Workplace Violence
- Workplace security checklist
- Workplace violence security assessment
- Workplace violence: Developing administrative controls
- Addressing the risk of active shooter incidents in the workplace
Miscellaneous
Fire Safety
- Fire extinguisher use and selection
- Prepare automatic sprinklers for winter
- Inspect fire extinguishers to ensure proper operation
- Step-by-step fire extinguisher use
- Is your fire protection system NFPA-compliant?
- Dry-pipe fire suppression
- Fire protection impairment program
- Step-by-step fire protection impairment
- Microbiologically-influenced corrosion in fire sprinkler systems
- Fire sprinkler maintenance and operation
- Sprinkler system testing
- Guide to fire pump testing and maintenance
- Safely store idle pallets to minimize risk
- The right way to store idle pallets
- Store idle pallets properly to lower fire risk
- Flammable liquids
- Prevent dangers caused by flammable liquids
- Combustible hydraulic fluids
- Spray booth safety
- Waterborne spray finishing
- Hot work permits
- Auto shop fire safety
- Reduce risk of fire from woodworking dust
- Waste oil heaters
- Storage of aerosol products
- Exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS)
- Automatic sprinkler plan review
- Waste oil heating safety
- Hot Work: Keep Your Building, Workers and Visitors Safe
- Maintain fire doors and keep them closed
- Lithium-ion batteries: Minimize fire hazards
Electrical
- How to help prevent an electrical room fire
- Infrared thermography
- Preventing electrical fires
- Protecting against electrical power surges
- Electrical preventive maintenance (EPM) programs
- Electric vehicle charging stations
- Thermographic surveys to maintain electrical systems
- Electrical fires and arc-fault circuit interrupters
Administration and Policies
- 2025 Fleet risk environment
- Driver road evaluations (road test)
- Commercial auto accident reporting kit | En Español
- Designating a driver trainer
- Driver qualification: Lowering requirements puts an organization at risk
- Drug and alcohol testing of drivers
- Fleet safety responsibility and safety committees
- Guidelines for hiring the right driver
- Motor vehicle records (MVR)
- Non-Owned Vehicle Management
- Post-accident reporting | En Español
- Safe driving commitment form — Company vehicle operator | En Español
- Sample fleet safety/driver safety manual
- Sample fleet safety self-assessment
- Small fleets need attention, too!
Distracted Driving
- Distracted and inattentive driving (with sample policy)
- Distracted and inattentive driving infographic
- The fewer the distractions, the safer the drive | En Español
- Identify and address driving distractions
- Distracted driving — GPS navigation systems
- Distracted driving prevention technology
Driver Training
Specialty Vehicles and Trailers
Telematics and Dashcams
- Why telematics?
- Telematics selection guide — Advanced
- Telematics implementation and coaching guide
- Telematics related smartphone apps: Improving driver safety
- Dashcams: Which is best for you?
Vehicle Management
- ADAS — Reducing collisions with ADAS
- ADAS — Advanced driver assistance systems: Driver education
- Catalytic convertor thefts
- Inspection and maintenance of non-regulated vehicles
- Flood evacuation plans — Mobile assets
- Vehicle inspection report form
- Pre-trip vehicle inspection | En Español
- Vehicle theft prevention | En Español
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- Driver's Alert
Accidents
- Accident register — DOT required
- Accident procedures for office staff
- Preventing rear-end, LOC & rollover accidents
DOT/CSA
- Do I need to comply with DOT requirements?
- Complying with DOT requirements (checklist)
- When do I need to comply with DOT and CDL requirements? (infographic)
- What drivers need to know about DOT compliance
- DOT safety audit resource guide
- DOT safety planner — general guidance and sample forms
- FMCSA portal
- Have you filed your biennial DOT update?
- Pre-employment screening program (PSP)
- SMS BASICS — Driver fitness
- SMS BASICS — HOS
- SMS BASICS — Maintenance
- SMS BASICS — Unsafe driving
Hiring
Administrative/Policies
- Cyber liability
- Protect your business against cyber attacks
- Product recalls
- Water management program for general industry
- Reasonable care: What is it and why should you care?
- The Importance of Conducting Criminal Background Checks
- Addressing the risk of active shooter incidents in the workplace
- Commercial grade chairs
Contractual Risk Transfer
Wildfires
- 8 steps to prepare your business for wildfire
- Protecting commercial buildings from wildfire
- Infographic: Wildfire safe area
- Are you in a Wildland-Urban Interface region?
- Be prepared during wildfire season
Hurricanes and High Winds
- Reducing tree damage from windstorms
- Preparing your business for stormy weather
- High wind checklist for single-ply membrane roof covers
- Selecting windows to withstand a hurricane
- Extreme tropical weather illustrates importance of emergency planning
- High wind checklist for large commercial doors
- High wind checklist for metal edge flashing
- Hurricane Ida
- Hurricane Henri
- Protect your business during hurricane season
Roof Maintenance and Protection
- How hail guards help protect roof-mounted HVAC equipment
- Preparing commercial roofs for hurricanes and high winds
- Roof edge flashing installation and maintenance
- Proper roof drainage
- Roof cover maintenance and repair
- Roof-mounted equipment maintenance
- 8 ways to maintain commercial roofs
- Snow load risks for commercial roofs
- Ice dam guidance for steep-sloped roofs
- Photovoltaic roof inspection guide
Flood/Water
- 5 actions to reduce water damage
- How water monitoring systems can help prevent water damage
- Flood property protection
- Reducing the risk of flood damage
- Severe weather checklist for businesses - Hurricanes
- Severe weather checklist for businesses - Wind, rain and hail
- Severe weather checklist for businesses – Winter weather
- Severe weather pre-planning checklist for businesses
- Water damage mitigation for businesses
- Water damage response plan for businesses
- Water mitigation roles and responsibilities
- Water mitigation self-assessment
- Water mitigation self-audit for businesses
- Wet work permits for businesses
- Wet work programs to mitigate water damage
- Wet work valve tags for businesses
- What to do when flooding is imminent
Weather/Other
- Securing flat screens to withstand earthquakes
- Preparing a business for the holiday/winter weather season
- Protecting buildings from unusual weather
- Preparing buildings for snow and ice storms
- Last minute checklist for severe winter weather
- Protect your building from winter weather
- 8 ways to prevent frozen pipe damage
Emergency Preparedness
- Building a disaster recovery plan
- Business continuity planning for small businesses
- Severe weather emergency preparedness
Vacant Buildings/Reopening/Civil Unrest
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