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Young and inexperienced workers in non-agricultural jobs
Due to a worker shortage, employers may be considering hiring minors. When hiring young workers, it is important to consider wage and hour rules set by regulators and ensure that the workers have the knowledge, skills, and ability to work safely.
Protect your business against cyber attacks
A recent Nationwide survey found that 42% of midsized business owners reported that their business had experienced a cyberattack. This article provides tips you can use to keep your business prepared.
The workforce is changing
The skillset needed for an employee to remain competent in the workplace is constantly evolving. Regardless of type of industry, companies must remain future-focused in human resource management, recruitment, and training.
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Administrative/policies
- Violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Make your store a safe place for customers
- Cyber liability
- Protect your business against cyber attacks
- Effective customer incident handling | En Español
- Water management program for general industry
- The Importance of Conducting Criminal Background Checks
- Addressing the risk of active shooter incidents in the workplace
- Commercial grade chairs
Contractual Risk Transfer
- Working with contractors
- Risk transfer basics for business owners
- Risk transfer for business owners
- Certificates of insurance overview
- Considerations for reducing product liability
Slips, Trips, and Falls
Administrative/policies
- 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 | En Español
- The workforce is changing
- Make every month a time to focus on safety
- No Harm No Foul Flyer (Admin)
- No Harm No Foul Poster (Admin)
- No Harm No Foul scorecard
- Job hazard analysis
- Job Hazard Analysis Form
- Young and inexperienced workers in non-agricultural jobs
- Reasonable care: What is it and why should you care?
Ergonomics
- 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
Machinery
PPE
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
- Manage heat-related risks to minimize work-related injuries
Workplace violence
Fire Safety
- Fire extinguisher use and selection
- Inspect fire extinguishers to ensure proper operation
- Step-by-step fire extinguisher use (Infographic)
- Is your fire protection system NFPA-compliant?
- Dry-pipe fire suppression
- Fire protection impairment program
- Step-by-step fire protection impairment (Infographic)
- Microbiologically-influenced corrosion in fire sprinkler systems
- Fire sprinkler maintenance and operation
- Sprinkler system testing
- Guide to fire pump testing and maintenance
- Prepare automatic sprinklers for winter
- Safely store idle pallets to minimize risk
- The right way to store idle pallets
- Store idle pallets properly to lower fire risk (Infographic)
- Flammable liquids
- Prevent dangers caused by flammable liquids
- Hot work permits
- Storage of aerosol products
- Rack storage flue spacing
- Exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS)
- Automatic sprinkler plan review
- 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
- 2023 Fleet risk environment
- Commercial auto accident reporting kit | En Español
- Do I need to comply with DOT requirements?
- Driver qualification: Lowering requirements puts an organization at risk
- Driver training best practices
- Driver training resources page – 40+ topics
- Drug and alcohol testing of drivers
- Fleet safety responsibility and safety committees
- Motor vehicle records (MVR)
- Non-Owned Vehicle Management
- Post-accident reporting | En Español
- Safe driving commitment form — Co. 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
Telematics and Dashcams
- Why telematics?
- Telematics selection guide — Basic
- Telematics selection guide — Advanced
- Telematics implementation & 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
- Vehicle inspection report form
- Pre-trip vehicle inspection | En Español
- Vehicle theft prevention | En Español
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- Lytx DriveCam
- Driver's Alert
Wildfires
- 8 steps to prepare your business for wildfire
- Protecting commercial buildings from wildfire
- Take steps to reduce risk in wildfire-prone areas
- 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
- Photovoltaic roof inspection guide
- How to select a commercial roof contractor
- Roof protection for habitational buildings
- Preventing roof collapse due to snow and ice
- Danger of Snow and Ice on Rooftops
Flood/water
- 5 actions to reduce water damage
- How water monitoring systems can help prevent water damage
- 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
Emergency preparedness
- Building a disaster recovery plan
- Business continuity planning for small businesses
- Severe weather emergency preparedness
Vacant buildings/reopening/civil unrest
- Maintain closed or idle buildings during civil unrest
- Take ACTION to weather the potential storm of civil unrest
- Maintaining closed or idle work facilities
- Strategies for protecting idle construction projects
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