Money for Minutes Deadline, January 31, 2020

By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention and Safety Specialist

Please remember to submit your safety committee minutes if you would like to be considered for 2019’s Money for Minutes program. The submission deadline is 5:00 pm, January 31st, 2020.

To qualify for one of two $500 awards your safety committee will have had to have met at least four times during 2019, once per quarter, and submit the meeting minutes to me for review. The minutes must contain discussion of how the committee recommends reducing the reoccurrence of all incidents that member experienced during the year. This includes worker’s compensation, liability and property claims. If it was on your quarterly incident report, it needs to have been discussed.

Once all the minutes are submitted, I will verify the members met the requirements and draw our two $500 winners.

Winter Related Slip and Fall Injuries

Each Monday I receive a list of all the Workers’ Compensation claims that were reported the previous week. Much to my dismay last week’s report consisted of 50% ice related slip and fall injuries. I’d like to ask everyone from board chair all the way to part-time employees to please keep an eye on parking lots, sidewalks and entrances. If they need work let maintenance know. Follow up snow removal and ice melt are so important when trying to prevent falls, that we all need to keep an eye out for problem areas.

In addition, we all need to be personally accountable for our own wellbeing. Watch where you are walking, keep an eye out for ice and snow. Take the long way if you need to. Is your choice of footwear the best possible option given the weather conditions? These falls are preventable, I hate to think of someone getting seriously injured when it could have been prevented.

I hope everyone’s holidays were joyous, here’s to a healthy and prosperous 2020!

Please contact me at chad@nirma.info or 1.800.640.6671 if you have any questions or would like to arrange for a training session.