Feb 3, 2025 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention and Safety Manager Within the last week the temperatures in Eastern Nebraska dipped to lows of -10 degrees while lows in the panhandle came in at -20 degrees. Severe freezing weather is dangerous to humans and animals, can cause...
Jan 2, 2025 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention and Safety Manager As an employer of Commercial Driver License (CDL) holders that operate DOT-regulated Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs), here are two annual tasks you are required to complete: Run a Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse query...
Dec 13, 2024 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention Manager and Safety Specialist Courts in Nebraska have found that claims resulting from water being tracked into buildings due to rain or snow are not considered “temporary conditions caused by weather.” The legal consequence of these...
Nov 7, 2024 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention Manager and Safety Specialist Last year, my November article focused on this same topic and while I am feeling a tinge of laziness, I am not going to apologize. Every time, and I am not exaggerating when I say every time, there is a...
Oct 16, 2024 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention Manager and Safety Specialist In the insurance industry, claims are presented all the time and insurance professionals know what to do and more importantly, what not to do. When someone comes to you, as a county official, and alleges...
Sep 12, 2024 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention Manager and Safety Specialist Recently, the loss prevention staff completed the final deliveries of the new NIRMA Safety Committee Resource Handbooks, so all members should now have their paper copies in hand. In addition to the paper...
