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Your Maintenance Employees at Risk
Graphical analysis of maintenance employee injuries as compared to other classifications, and methods to reduce injury exposures to your maintenance employees.
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Graphical analysis of maintenance employee injuries as compared to other classifications, and methods to reduce injury exposures to your maintenance employees.
Video on how cameras in your stores can assist in accident investigation, fraud reduction, and other important aspects of restaurant safety and security.
Article outlining the 7 Day Rule in regards to Worker’s Compensation costs. In addition to various laws regarding reporting of injuries, returning employees to work after an injury, within 7 days, can reduce the hit to your insurance premiums.
A safety culture is the same as the culture of quality at McDonalds. Once in place, employees know what is expected of them, and work that way without being told. Article discusses ways to create an effective safety culture at your stores.
Article discussing burn injuries – one of the most costly and common injuries at McDonalds. Also reviews ways to prevent burns. In addition to burns by hot surfaces and hot liquids, chemical and electrical burns are also discussed.
Article on the importance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and where PPE is most important. Also discusses ways to ensure employees wear proper PPE when required.
Article on theft reduction, to include cash drawer and drops, plus review of Safes.
Review of innovative training system that can be taylored ot individual employees. Works by playing short videos while they wash their hands. Also logs when the employee has washed his or her hands, and what videos they have seen.
Program to assist in identifying light duty jobs for employees, after they are injured. Includes a list of jobs for virtually all types of doctor’s restrictions.
Burn prevention article, plus information on what to do for minor and major burns.
A ready to use accident investigation form, complete with instructions on helpful items to look for, to properly investigation the injury and prevent reoccurrance, as well as fraud prevention.
Claims management guide, to include investigation, how to interview witnesses, determining root cause, and other important items.
Short form that can be use for daily inspections. Form focuses on the most common areas where injuries occur, so you can fix hazards before they become injuries.
Ways to recognize fraud, and how to report to your insurance company so they can investigate the claim properly.
Review of an actual claim that is attributed to ‘horseplay,’ where improper supervision and unruly employees lead to a costly claim.
A review of why people have back injuries (hint – its not just the weight of the object lifted), and how to prevent back injuries. Note – in many areas, strains have now passed slips and falls as the number one employee injury type.
Review of ways to prevent slips and falls, one of the most costly and common injury types at restaurants.
Safety programs are designed to prevent injuries from occurring. Yet, no matter how detailed the program is, sometimes an injury may occur. When an injury