May 5, 2023 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist Most of our road department activity planning is really dictated by the weather and the weather forecast. This time of year, daily and weekly workloads are planned with priority projects. The one-and-six-year...
Mar 29, 2023 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist The National Safety Council sent an email notification that April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. I thought, hey, this is a great topic for my safety short article this month! But . . . okay, I’ll...
Mar 1, 2023 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist I’ve recently read a couple of articles about machinery-related fatalities. The first article addressed an accident that occurred when a second rider was on an industrial forklift. The second rider was thrown...
Feb 2, 2023 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist I was once told by one of my former bosses/mentors, that when it comes to employees “you will always have the same personalities, just different names.” Let’s look at the definition of personality for just a...
Jan 17, 2023 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist I think we can all agree that our employees are the most valuable asset that we can have. Their abilities, knowledge, and experience are hard if not impossible in some cases to replace. These last few years...
Dec 2, 2022 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist When the weather outside is frightful, the road departments are sometimes given the opportunity to demonstrate their skills regarding snow and ice removal. I remember as new road department employee, being...
