Best Practices for Cleaning Floors in Your Workplace
Slips and falls are common in all types of businesses, and it doesn’t take a lot to prevent these types of accidents. Watch our quick “Safety in Action” safety...
What You Need to Know About Eye and Face Protection
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is commonly one of OSHA’s Top Ten Most Frequently Cited Safety Violations. According to OSHA, thousands of employees are blinded each year from work-related eye injuries...
What is a Good Mat for Your Commercial Kitchen
Slips, trips, and falls are major safety concerns in commercial kitchens. An effective way to prevent these types of accidents is utilizing kitchen matting to keep people on their...
Stay Safe and Compliant With These Machine-Guarding Safety Tips
As a consultant in the field, it is common to encounter situations where employees are exposed to hazards that can result in injuries, amputation, or even loss of life....
The Importance of Safety Signs in the Workplace
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one worker died every 101 minutes from a work-related injury in 2021. That’s an 8.9 percent increase from 2020. This fatal...
Choose the Right Entrance Matting for Fall Prevention
Slips, trips, and falls are the second leading driver of claims costs for workers’ compensation policyholders and a major general liability risk. A simple way to reduce these types...
OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Safety Violations
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) shares its Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety standards with the public annually. In 2022, fall protection remained #1 for the...
What You Need to Know About Workplace Fatigue
Not too long ago, a new ICW Group workers' compensation policyholder asked me to provide fall prevention and ladder safety training to their three maintenance crews. During the first...
Build an Effective Safety Committee with These Tips
All employees are responsible for workplace health and safety. No work environment is immune from potentially hazardous conditions, incidents, or practices. Companies and their employees can benefit from an...
The ABCs of Chemical Safety
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), chemical exposures cause thousands of employees to become ill every year in the United States, and it is thought that...
