How can business owners do their part to help protect workers while on the job? Great American offers resources that can help identify and address potential workplace exposures before accidents happen, assisting in protecting them from potential risk.
Employees should apply sound ergonomic principles, even when they are not in a traditional office environment. Whether working at home or while traveling, musculoskeletal injury risk from working at a computer can be reduced with proper posture, good work habits and appropriately adjusted equipment.
Whether or not to install surveillance cameras is a question many organizations face, but the answer can sometimes be confusing. Although there are many benefits to installing a surveillance camera system, there are also many legal liabilities and pitfalls that should be considered.
Understanding the data, such as demographics and characteristics of local jail suicides can help identify those at risk.
Is an employer responsible for the health and safety of an employee working from home? Learn how to help protect your business and most importantly, your employees.
Workplace sexual harassment often begins privately, and it can take different forms, so it can be difficult to recognize. As a result, there is increased complexity around an organizational response when workplace harassment is reported or witnessed.
Abuse can happen in predictable patterns and places. Assessing staff behaviors and their environment is critical when working with employees and volunteers.
Due to the nature of computers and paper files, using a standard water sprinkler system may not be a feasible method to protecting your organizations data.
Gas cylinders present a unique risk for organizations. When gas leaks from cylinders, it is often impossible to see or hear.
Safety committees can play an effective role in any organizational risk management effort.
As technology improves, the ability for burglars to infiltrate buildings is becoming more advanced and harder to detect.
Commercial cooking can pose significant risks, which can cause fires that could burn entire buildings.
Use this document to assist your community association in developing a plan to mitigate the damage caused by storms as well as to protect people and property.
This assessment is a tool that can help your institution identify areas of strength in your overall security and areas that may need some improvement.
Commercial water inflatables and lake-based swimming pose a possible drowning risk. These tips can help you take corrective action right away.
Every employee should receive a copy of the company-wide substance abuse policy and sign a consent form to test. Retain the form in the employee’s personnel file. At least a 30-day notice should be given to employees prior to adopting drug testing.
As industrial and infrastructure needs increase, employees will be expected to work around more heavy machinery and construction zones in large cities, which will result in higher noise pollution. Employers should review the ‘Hierarchy of Controls’ established by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to reduce employees' exposure to harmful noise.
During the winter months, your vehicle should be routinely inspected due to the dangerous driving conditions, and you should be sure to follow all state and local weather warnings when in effect.
Many organizations rely on vehicles each day to carry out their operations. Unfortunately, vehicle theft and vandalism have become increasingly common.
As a school bus driver, you should make sure that students behave well to avoid becoming distracted while driving.
Hot work, such as welding, cutting, brazing and/or grinding can present a significant opportunity for fire and/or injury. The purpose of this guide is to help ensure a safe and healthy environment exists whenever hot work is conducted.
Bullying and harassment can be traumatic for people of all ages. In recent years, cyberbullying has become especially concerning. Cyberbullying can be defined in two different manners
Perhaps the question to ask is not whether the rapid development has positive benefits, but rather if the use of a specific type of technology is a good fit for your agency?
Adequate planning and execution can help protect life and property during times of civil unrest.
Ask anyone in your organization and likely everyone would tell you that they did not show up to have an accident. So, if no one wants to have an accident, why do they still happen?
As a law enforcement and public safety professional, you should consider the following information and resources to help understand drone safety practices and regulations.
If your organizational safety manager is not actively involved, then you are missing out on a great opportunity to help protect your assets and control your insurance expenses.
Staff and volunteers are the face of your organization. It’s crucial they’re informed of potential risks, curating a culture of safety and trained to handle sensitive circumstances appropriately.
Building alarm and suppression systems should be inspected by a certified third party on an annual basis. Use this form to record the inspection of the building’s fire protection equipment.
All companies are responsible for hiring competent and qualified employees. If a company has no formal hiring policy, the legal theory of negligent entrustment suggests that the company could be exposed to serious liability for acts of its employees.
All companies are responsible for hiring competent and qualified employees. If a company has no formal hiring policy, the legal theory of negligent entrustment suggests that the company could be exposed to serious liability for acts of its employees.
Based on the characteristics of your organizational vehicles and their use, your organization may be subject to regulations at both the state and federal levels.
When inspecting a property, there are several factors that risk managers and facilities employees should consider. Review this Safety Inspection Checklist to help ensure that risk factors have been thoroughly considered, and that your people and property are protected.
Different types of violence can occur in many workplaces. To help prevent workplace violence, management must provide visible support for a violence prevention program and communicate that there is zero tolerance for violence.
When using a portable heater, carefully follow these guidelines to help prevent a fire.
Make roadways safer by practicing these measures while operating a 15-passenger van.
When an accident occurs in your department, it is an indication that something has gone wrong. Accidents don’t just happen, they are caused.
Each year, hand tools are a significant source of compensable injuries in the workplace. Many of these injuries can be prevented through the use of proper technique and equipment.
Resiliency and adaptability are necessities in today’s quickly evolving world.
Great American’s Loss Control team offers Automatic Sprinkler & Life Safety Plan Reviews as part of its service offerings to agents appointed with Great American, as well as policyholders.
Anyone who spends much of their time sitting at a computer can feel better and work smarter by following the guidelines of a structured Ergonomic Program.
To reduce physical stress from prolonged standing on the job, ergonomic control measures should be implemented.
Safety concerns from an office in the home can be addressed through adjustments to lighting, equipment and procedures.
The principle advantage of sitting over standing while at a task is the reduced static loading on postural muscles.
Your business may be at risk of loss as the result of the actions of contractors, subcontractors, vendors, or manufacturers with whom you conduct business.
To prepare for winter weather, property owners should take the precautionary steps and procedures necessary to protect their property.
If you own or lease a commercial property that has a porch, deck or balcony, there are certain precautions you can take to avoid a tragic accident.
Distracted driving accidents are on the rise. While overall vehicle accidents are decreasing, 20% of all injury crashes are related to distracted driving.
Avoiding Dangers Associated with Cleanup and Recovery from Hurricanes is accomplished by adhering to appropriate safety measures.
Here are some tips to reduce the risk of electric shock drowning and common boat electrical hazards.
In recent years, organizations have evolved their active shooting response from the popular “Run, Hide, Fight” to ALICE.
This winter, our loss prevention consultants have seen increased damage due to frozen pipes.
Nearly $400 million was lost in 2015 due to electrical malfunction fires. Electrical fires are one of the most costly type of fires in nonresidential buildings.
In 2019, nearly 50,000 people died from overdoses involving opioids. As opioid abuse increases, public health officials have pushed to make Naloxone more widely available.
Protect your employees, clients, volunteers and property this winter by taking precautionary measures to reduce the likelihood of damage caused by common winter hazards such as freezing pipes or icy parking lots.
For too many years the standard response to a violent incident has been to lock down and wait for the authorities to arrive. This leaves people hiding in rooms with no other response. It is time to change our actions.
Mosquitoes spread many types of viruses and parasites that can cause diseases like chikungunya, dengue, Zika, and malaria. If you are traveling to an area where malaria is found, talk to your healthcare provider about malaria prevention medication that may be available.
Many materials are prone to spontaneous ignition such as linseed oil, oil-based paints and stains, varnishes and polyurethane, and paint thinners.
Portable generators can be not only a convenience but a necessity during a power outage. However, portable generators can also be dangerous if used incorrectly.
Protection against avoidable breakdowns and crashes, improved vehicle handling, better fuel economy, and increased tire life – these are just a few of the reasons to take five minutes every month to check a vehicle’s tires. Simply follow the procedures outlined below to check a vehicle’s tires.
A robot is a mechanism, guided by automatic controls, which performs repetitive work such as moving portable tooling into position, moving workpieces from one location to another, and/or assembling one or more workpieces.
At Great American, not only do we take loss control seriously, we try to make it easier for our customers to operate in a safer environment. From thermal imaging, various training sessions, and educational information such as our Safety Topics, we provide specialized services to reduce loss potential, loss costs, and control unsafe acts and conditions.
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