Nov 7, 2023 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention and Safety Manager Last weekend Nebraska experienced its first snow fall of the season with reports of 2 – 3 inches in the panhandle area and flurries throughout the rest of the state. I hate to say it, but old man winter is here....
Nov 7, 2023 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist I’m writing this about two weeks after a local (to where I live) NDOT employee was fatally injured by a vehicle while responding to a call which involved cleaning some corn gluten off a State highway. County...
Sep 27, 2023 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention Manager and Safety Specialist NIRMA’s Best Practice for Safety Members # 8. Perform regular documented inspections of all workplace sites. To assist our members with this best practice NIRMA created the Property/Building Inspection...
Sep 27, 2023 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist While being a highway superintendent or even just a road crew employee I rarely took the time to step outside my little box I was living in to see a larger picture. I would get so focused on the tasks at hand...
Sep 27, 2023 | Law Safety, Safety Shorts
By Todd Duncan, Law Enforcement and Safety Specialist It’s a clear, crisp fall morning, and you just started your shift. You’re trying out the new moving radar unit that was recently installed in your patrol vehicle as you cruise down the two-lane black top highway...
Sep 5, 2023 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist I believe we can all agree that convenience comes with a cost. It might be microwave food that may or may not be good for us. Maybe it’s the fast-food restaurants seemingly on every corner in town, or even the...
