Conduct these Safety Checkups This Quarter
As your workers' compensation partner, we want to help ensure your workforce goes home safely at the end of the day. A safety program with regular inspections and observations...
Keep Workers On Their Feet With Commercial Kitchen Mats
Slips and falls are a leading driver of claims within the food service industry. When used properly, kitchen matting can be an effective solution for keeping people on their...
Review Your Safety Program During National Safety Month
June is National Safety Month! Established by the National Safety Council, National Safety Month is an annual observance designed to educate communities on how to help keep each other...
What’s Work-Life Integration and Why it’s Important
It’s an understatement to say that collectively, we’ve experienced substantial change in the past two years. Perhaps one of the most notable is the mobilization towards an "integrated life"...
PPE for Women: One Size Does Not Fit All
Years ago, the women trailblazers working in construction became aware that their Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) did not fit as it should have. Gloves, hard hats, vests, uniforms, masks,...
Drivers and Road Crews Can Stay Safe with These Work Zone Awareness Tips
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Americans make over one billion trips by car daily. And according to IBIS World, there are also over 300,000 road construction workers...
What Managers Need to Know to Run a Successful Risk Management Program
Recently ICW Group held symposiums with workers’ compensation policyholders to guide them on building a culture of safety in their respective organizations. The symposiums focused on the vital role...
Follow These Steps When Inspecting Self-Retracting Lifelines
As the days get longer and the weather warmer, construction activity increases. This is a common time for self-retracting lifelines (SRL) to come out of storage to prepare for...
Avoid These Top Workplace-Related Injury Risks
Take a look at ICW Group’s list of 2021 top-risk exposures that resulted in injuries on the job and workers’ compensation claims filed. As your partner in workers' compensation...
Warm Up and Stretch to Prevent Injury While Working in Cold Weather
Cold weather places an increased strain on your blood vessels and heart. Because of this, there is a 31% increase in heart-related deaths during winter months.1 Cold weather can...
