A Technical Guide: Driving in Hazardous Conditions
Driving in hazardous conditions can be challenging and dangerous, but you can reduce the risks by practicing heightened safety awareness and technique.
Charlie Dankowski
When It's Hot, It's Hot
Heat isn’t the only hazard outdoor workers face. When working outside, on roadways, job sites, or at sites with woods, bushes, high grass, or leaf litter, workers may risk exposure to poisonous plants, insect bites, venomous snakes, and other potential hazards
Paying Attention On The Road
Driver safety is paramount at all times on the road. Regular vehicles often fail to recognize the spatial distance required by heavy-duty trucks and tractor trailers.
Step into Safety
There were 2,066 fatal injuries from transportation incidents in 2022, a 4.2- percent increase from 1,982 in 2021. (21.4 percent of total fatalities), up from 1,140 in 2021. Transportation incidents were the highest cause of fatalities for this age group (455), followed by falls,251).
You're On Candid Camera!
In Risk Management and more importantly the use of cameras and video is a very important loss prevention loss control tool from many perspectives, none of which is for “blissful entertainment”.
Reasonable Suspicion
One of the most confusing aspects of being an employer is when and where to apply reasonable suspicion. Its uncertain, challenging, and difficult to broach the subject.
This month Charter Partners will present a Webinar covering this topic in depth. Below is a snippet of what will be covered. We