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Tips for Towing a Boat Trailer to Reduce Accidents and Insurance Claims

Owning a boat can make weekends and vacations fun and memorable. Follow these tips to help ensure that when you’re towing your boat you’re being as safe as possible to lower the risk of accidents and unwanted insurance...

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Tips to Help Protect Your Business From Online Fraud

With the increase in online business operations and employees working from home, companies are at greater risk of internet fraud. To help keep your business from what could be a potentially ruinous incident, follow...

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Preparing Your Teen Driver for Different Road Conditions and Situations

If you have a young driver in your home, you may be fearful about them driving on their own, especially in bad weather or road construction. Here are some tips to share with them to improve safety by adapting their...

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Save Money With These Smart Home Devices That Make Your Home Safer

Homeowners today have never had more ways to save money through technology. Here are five smart home devices that will help you cut down on your bills and improve your home’s safety. Better safety can mean fewer...

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OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Violations for 2022

- Each year, OSHA compiles a list of the 10 most cited standard violations from the previous fiscal year. The 2022 report shows some slight changes from 2021. Hazard Communication moved to the No. 2 spot, and OSHA added...

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Your Guide to Fire Extinguisher Types

Fires are not created equal. That’s why not all fire extinguishers are the same-and why it’s important for employees to know which type is needed for any fire that flares up in your workplace. What Are the Classes of...

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Storm Season Prep: Hailstorms and Tornadoes

Through the spring, summer and fall, thunderstorms pose a frequent danger in many parts of the country. While thunder and lightning are common during thunderstorms, other by-products of those storms can be hail or...

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What to Look for When Hiring Safe Drivers

If you’re hiring someone who will be doing a lot of driving for your business, you want to find someone who will maintain a stellar safety record. Avoiding accidents is essential, as it may reduce your risk of liability...

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Loss Control Insights for Contractors Excavation Safety Questions and Answers

With a fatality rate that is 112% higher than the rate for general construction, excavation is among the most hazardous construction operations you can undertake this spring. Cave-ins pose the greatest risk, with other...

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Keep Your Home Safe While on Vacation

Whether you’re just getting away for a long weekend or spending a few weeks out of the house, it’s important to ensure your home is safe while you’re gone. Follow these tips to help prevent break-ins, fires, and water...

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Tips for winter weather driving

These tips can help your family stay safe. - - Be careful not to underestimate the danger of driving in winter weather. These tips can help your family stay safe. Tweet It - Go slow, accelerate slowly and don't use...

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Family Emergency Preparedness Checklist

It seems like every day on the news that we hear stories about a hurricane, flood, or wildfire creating massive damage in the U.S. and putting people out of their homes. Have you thought about how your family would...

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Commercial Building Fire Safety Checklist

As the owner or property manager of a commercial building, your fire safety protocols can mean the difference between life and death. Here’s a checklist to help you ensure your commercial property stays safe for...

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Should I Notify My Insurance Company About a New Puppy?

Having a new puppy join your household can change your life. The snuggles and kisses make getting up in the middle of the night for potty breaks worth it, but in the whirlwind of change, it’s easy to forget some...

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How to Choose the Right Smart Security Camera

A security camera can help protect your property against intruders or provide evidence in the event of a break-in. But with all the technology available today, it can be tough to figure out which smart security camera...

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Grill Safely With These Outdoor Cooking Tips

Grilling food is a fun pastime, and it’s ideal on those summer days when you don’t want to heat up the kitchen. But every year, there are accidents and home fires because people don’t grill safely. Follow these tips to...

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Brewery Safety 101: The Top 5 Hazards

weetThe number of craft breweries has exploded in recent years, accounting for about 24% of the U.S. beer market. And with that growth, the industry has seen a rise in injuries. Many breweries start as a hobby, in a...

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OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Violations for 2021 + Safety Resources (Updated in 2022)

weet Every year, OSHA compiles a list of the 10 most-cited standard violations from the previous fiscal year. The list was recently revealed during a virtual presentation with Safety + Health magazine, where Patrick...

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Loss Control Insights for Contractors

Beat the Heat With These Safety Tips - Share Like Tweet Summer is a great time for outdoor work, but it can be a challenging-sometimes even life-threatening-time for contractors. Excessive heat, high humidity and sun...

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Avoiding Water Issues in Your Home

Water damage is one of the worst problems that homeowners can run into. Not only can it be incredibly expensive to repair, depending on the extent of the damage, but it can also create the potential for mold and mildew...

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Safety Tips for Company Vehicles

Whether you have one company car or an entire fleet of vans, you want to make sure you’re taking the right safety steps. Follow these tips to reduce accidents, keep employees safe, and protect your business vehicles. ...

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Upgrading Your Windows - How to Choose What's Best for Your House

You may not give the windows on your home much thought, but they can actually make a big difference not just in your comfort level, but also in the value of your home. You'll have a wide range of options to choose from,...

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Driver Qualification Checklist

Your business depends on your drivers and the decisions they make on the road. Make sure you’re hiring safe drivers with this free driver qualification checklist from EMC Insurance Companies https://bit.ly/2VNy3lt #...

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How to Choose Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are essential for any home, so you should ensure that your house is equipped with them. You should have detectors in the main living areas on each floor, including in every bedroom...

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How to Make a Fire Safety Plan

No one likes to think about the possibility of a fire in their home, but this is one situation where it definitely pays to be prepared. This is especially true if you have children or pets in your home. Read on to learn...

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5 Safety Tips to Reduce Workplace-Related Injuries

As a business owner and employer, it is your moral and legal obligation to keep your employees safe and healthy at all times. Despite your intentional efforts to keep their work environment as safe as possible,...

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7 Common Workplace Safety Hazards

The consultants at the National Safety Council have identified seven common safety hazards. How many are in your workplace-and what can you do about it? https://bit.ly/2YUlYXM - - National Safety Council consultants...

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Do you know your pictograms?

Test your knowledge with this pictogram chart: https://bit.ly/3izZRmy There's a secret weapon in the chemical safety industry: Pictograms. While the use of pictograms on labels was adopted by OSHA in 2015, the uptake of...

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Benefits of Using a Dash Cam

More and more people these days are choosing to add dash cams to their vehicles, and for good reason. These small cameras can be highly useful to you, especially in the event that you get a traffic ticket or are...

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Swimming Safety: 10 Tips for Summer

Summer is here and people are flocking to the water — whether it’s the beach, a lake, a river or a backyard pool. But, wherever there’s water, there’s also danger. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

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Your Guide to Fire Extinguisher Types

k - eetAll fires are not created equal. That’s why not all fire extinguishers are the same-and why it’s important for employees to know which type is needed for any fire that flares up in your workplace. What Are the...

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Walking (and driving) in a winter wonderland

I don’t know about you, but I have noticed many more people out and about as the coronavirus pandemic lingers. In my neighborhood, people are jogging, pushing baby carriages, chasing toddlers, walking dogs and riding...

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Porch Safety: Should You Leave the Lights On?

It seems like a no-brainer to leave the lights on outside your home to deter burglars while you’re away (or even while you’re asleep). But does that really work? Or is it just a waste of electricity — particularly this...

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The cold is setting in; 5 tips to keep warm

Keep your home and family safe and warm by preparing for winter weather. As temperatures drop and winter takes hold in many parts of the country, now is a good time to prepare for the winter chill and to be reminded of...

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10 Things to do to Prepare Your Home for Fall

Fall is a wonderful time - if your home is ready for it. So enjoy the last few weeks of warmer weather, but do a little preventative maintenance while you’re at it. You’ll fix small problems before they become big, and...

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Tips for Power Tool Safety

What would you do without power tools? Well, you’d probably take on fewer home-improvement projects — and probably have a lot more calluses on your hands. Thankfully, you don’t have to do without. But you do have to use...

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Keep Your Pets Safe in a Disaster

A safe home, a regular routine, a soft bed – the things that bring you comfort bring your pet comfort, too. It’s so important to give some advance thought to how you’d handle your pet responsibilities during and after a...

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5 Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips

Every year, unintentional carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning (not linked to fires) sends 20,000 people to the emergency room and causes more than 4,000 hospitalizations. And, you might consider them the fortunate ones. CO...

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