Top 3 Workplace Injuries That Result in Lawsuits
Under most circumstances, if your employees are covered by workers’ comp, they are not allowed to sue for workplace injuries. However, there are exceptions to that rule. For example, in many states, employers can be sued if they can be shown negligent in addressing hazards in the workplace that have lead to injuries, and litigation can […]
Protecting Your Workforce from Warehouse Injuries
If you’re looking to prevent warehouse workplace injuries, an ergonomically designed workplace and structured ergonomics training for employees is a great place to start. However, if your injury prevention program begins and ends right there, you’re missing out on a key strategy that has been proven to reduce workplace injuries and the expenses that go […]
What is your Hiring Risk Tolerance?
Before offering a job to a prospective employee, most employers have reviewed the candidate’s resume, completed a thorough background check, completed a drug test, and perhaps even had a conversation with a reference or two. Each of these steps are taken in order to gain a true sense of how well the individual will meet […]
Grow Driver Headcount While Controlling On-the-Job Injury Rates
Expanding your trucking business generally means hiring a significant number of new employees. Over the long run many of those new employees will, if your hiring and training processes are efficient and well-designed, become assets to your growing business. However, over the short term, new drivers can be a significant liability, since new hires account […]
Three Strategies for Preventing Injuries in Food Production in 2016
Food production employers put a lot of time, energy, and money into workplace injury prevention. However, since the food production industry has higher than average injury rates, employers in this field must pay particular attention to reducing them. The chief reason for this, of course, is to protect valued employees from harm. However, beyond that […]
What’s the OSHA Difference?: First Aid Incidents vs. Recordable Incidents
OSHA regulations require employers to prepare and maintain records of serious occupational injuries and illnesses. If you’re a covered employer, you should be familiar with the OSHA 300 Log in which those records must be kept. However, deciding which on-the-job incidents are recordable and which are not can be confusing – and getting it wrong […]
3 Ways Pre-Employment Abilities Testing Helps You Hire the Right Warehouse Associate
Hiring new employees is always risky, and the stakes are high for any business. The hiring process can be especially challenging for employers in physically demanding industries like warehousing, and the stakes for these employers can be much higher. Getting it right the first time means gaining a new worker who will be an asset […]
How to Reduce Shoulder Injury Workers’ Comp Claims
Employers who invest in workplace health and safety programs are seeing measurable results in the reductions in workers’ comp injuries, and as the numbers of employers making those investments has risen in recent years, nationwide rates of many common types of on-the-job injuries have fallen. However, according to an article published by Risk & Insurance Magazine, shoulder […]
Lower Your Mod Rate: 3 Tips to Prevent Strains, Sprains, and Exertion Injuries
Working to reduce your workers’ comp insurance mod rate – and therefore your premiums – means working to reduce your injury rate. Targeting injury types with the highest incidence rates is the most sensible place to start. Sprains, strains ,and exertion injuries rank high on that list, accounting for about one third of the top […]
“But THEY Said…” Who Says What Your OSHA Requirements Are?
Ensuring compliance with occupational safety and health regulations is an essential element of business success, given the legal hassles and steep fines that can come with failing to meet those expectations. One of the more confusing aspects of compliance is that health and safety regulations are imposed by both the federal government and state governments. Many […]
