Fencing and County Roads

By Tim Baxter, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist Fences are important to let cattle graze safely. But it is a problem for counties when fences are placed next to county roads on the county’s right-of-way, or worse yet, across a county road. Nebraska...

Safety Committee News

By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention and Safety Specialist I am pleased to report that NIRMA had 51 members submit safety committee minutes for the first quarter of 2020. That is excellent! If these members continue holding their meetings and submitting minutes, we could...

Bloodborne Pathogens

By Terry Baxter, Law Enforcement and Safety Specialist Within the workplace, bloodborne pathogens can be spread easily through a number of different ways. They can be transferred through blood or other infectious fluids, touching eyes, nose or mouth. They can be...

Utility Permits

By Tim Baxter, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist NIRMA continues to receive tens of thousands of dollars of claims from utility companies involving county maintenance and construction damage to underground utilities in county right-of-way. The recent NIRMA...

Policy and Procedure Training

By Terry Baxter, Law Enforcement and Safety Specialist When employees receive thorough policy training, they are prepared to successful complete their assigned job task. Using your adopted policies as part of your employee training will help ensure that there is...