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Beat the Heat – Preventing heat illness at work

by Alyssa Anderson | Jul 5, 2022 | Beyond Insuring. Ensuring, Client Focus, Commercial, Construction, Customers, Emergency Preparedness, ensure, FB Risk Advisor, Food for Thought, Health, Heat Stroke, Helpful Tips, OSHA, Safety, Safety Tips, Seasonal Preparedness, Summer Safety

It’s best not to work outside in high temperatures – that is a fact – but the nature of certain jobs, such as construction, forestry, manufacturing or landscaping sometimes make this unavoidable. When this happens, a worker’s body temperature...

Hand tool safety at home and at work

by Alyssa Anderson | Mar 4, 2022 | Beyond Insuring. Ensuring, Business Risk, Client Focus, Commercial, Construction, Customers, FB Team, FBinsure, Food for Thought, Helpful Tips, Home Dangers, Home Maintenance, Home Tips, Insurance, Insurance Claims, Office Safety, OSHA, Personal Injury Insurance, Personal Risk, preparing your home, Safety, Safety Tips, Summer Safety

March is creeping in slowly and the winter weather is finally (sort of) starting to break. The snow is beginning to melt which means that we all have a few projects we’d like to get done before the sweltering summer heat begins. Additionally, quite a few professions...

Documentation is a Contractor’s Best Friend

by Jared Perkoski | Sep 25, 2020 | Business Risk, Claims, Commercial Insurance, Construction, Contracts, Risk Advisor Insights, Risk Management, Snow and Ice Management

From an insurance and risk management standpoint, what snow and ice contractors cannot do enough of is document, document, and document. This unexpected, yet critical contractor tool In this highly litigious society we are living in it has never been more important to...

The Dangers of Job Site Cell Phone Use

by Jared Perkoski | Nov 15, 2018 | Business Risk, Commercial Insurance, Construction, Employee Handbook, Risk Management, Safety

According to a recent study, the average person checks their cell phone 100 times a day. While there is a time and a place for cell phones, job site cell phone use can be extremely dangerous. If you’re distracted for just a second while operating a power tool,...

Be Prepared for an OSHA Inspection

by Nikki Hughes | Nov 9, 2017 | Business, Business Insurance, Business Risk, Commercial Insurance, Construction, Experience Mod, FBinsure, Insurance Claims, Insurance Coverage, OSHA, Risk Management, Safety

Employers Subject to OSHA Most private sector employers in the United States, the District of Columbia and other U.S. jurisdictions are subject to the OSH Act, either directly or through an OSHA-approved state program. State plans are OSHA-approved job safety and...