Conveyor Belt Safety
Conveyors are useful tools in production, but can be extremely hazardous if not used properly. Train your employees well, post the rules clearly and male sure that all workers who work with or near conveyor belts are well educated on using them safely. ClothingLoose clothing is a hazard around conveyer belts because it can become […]
Creating an Efficient E-Commerce Warehouse
E-commerce is growing at lightning speed at shows no sign of stopping. Anything customers need, from a loaf of bread to a piece of furniture, can be ordered online and shipped to their door. And warehouses have to react properly to this new reality to work efficiently. Organizing a warehouse for efficient shipping is very […]
Helping Your Workers Be Safe Drivers
If you’ve got employees who are driving as part of their day-to-day duties, the greatest likelihood is that they’ve been driving for a while now. However, the further removed your drivers are from driving school, the more they’ve probably forgotten about the actual rules of the road. Here’s a short refresher course for your driving employees […]
Keeping Forklifts Safe
Even those of us who don’t drive forklifts for a living know how important they are in factories and warehouses all over the world. And while anyone would — and should — approach a forklift with caution and a healthy respect for what it can do, most people probably aren’t aware that every year, more […]
Can Big Data Help Prevent Workers’ Comp Fraud?
For the past several years, standard insurance companies have been implementing innovative new technologies, including advanced analytics and big data, that can help detect and prevent fraud. But can these same ideas be used in Workers’ Compensation Fraud? The answer, in short, is yes – but it’s a rather complicated process and may take […]
Finding Talent Is Becoming a Challenge in Manufacturing
It would seem that as the members of the Baby Boomer generation continue to slip into retirement, they’re taking something with them that manufacturing companies hadn’t counted on… talent. Nearly half of the manufacturers who responded to the ASQ 2016 Manufacturing Outlook Survey said that finding qualified applicants was their greatest hurdle when filling vacant […]
Drones in the Workplace: Safety Advocate, Privacy Liability, or Both?
Thanks to early cases of misuse and privacy concerns, drones often get a bad rap as being a scary and dangerous new technology. However, one of the reasons for the explosive growth of drones is its promise of making work go faster, more easily, or more safely within a variety of industries. For example, there […]
Get Ahead on Sales with These Agency Marketing Tips
Running a successful independent insurance agency has always had many challenges: competing with direct writers, recruiting top talent, and adapting to ever-increasing regulation, to name a few. However, there are many things your agency can do to strengthen relationships and grow your business, even when times are tough. Here are a few: Know your customers. […]
The New Struggle: Finding Workers Who Can Pass a Drug Test
Company drug testing has been around for a long time now, but when it was first introduced, there was nowhere in the United States where recreational drug use was legal. Now four states and the District of Columbia have fully legalized marijuana, and 20 more have some form of legalized marijuana use. How does that […]
How to Fight Back Against Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Part 2
Part Two of Two on Fighting Fraud with Insured Solutions In our last blog, we told you a little about Workers’ Comp Fraud and how it can be committed, either knowingly or unknowingly, by both employees and health care providers. Today’s subject matter is a little brighter – we’ll explain Insured Solutions’ step-by-step plan to […]