June 02, 2025
National Safety Month: Why Roadway Safety Is Everyone’s Business
Creating a Culture of Care, On and Off the Job June is National Safety Month—a time to take a step back and think about what it really means to be safe. Not just within the four walls of a jobs...
May 16, 2025
Mental Health Awareness Month: Elevating Mental Health in the Workplace
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time for us to reflect on the importance of mental health and the vital role it plays in both our personal and professional lives. It’s essential to hire...
June 13, 2024
Preventing Falls in Aging Services: A Comprehensive Approach
Preventing resident falls in aging services settings is a complex challenge, requiring a multifaceted approach tailored to each individual's needs. Falls can lead to severe injuries and a decline in t...
April 23, 2024
Safeguarding Lives: Strategies to Prevent Choking Risks in Health and Human Services Settings
Choking is a serious and potentially life-threatening issue that demands careful attention, especially in health and human services settings where vulnerable individuals may be at higher risk. Underst...
April 19, 2024
Safeguarding Vulnerable Individuals: A Comprehensive Approach to Elopement Prevention in Care Facilities
Elopement, the unsupervised departure of individuals with cognitive, physical, mental, emotional, or chemical impairments from caregiving facilities, poses a significant risk to resident safety and we...
June 08, 2023
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Protecting Outdoor Workers and Mitigating Health Risks
We’re certainly in an unusual situation given the impact from the Canadian wildfires. Here’s some information you should consider if you have employees working outdoors. Ch...
March 17, 2022
NYCIRB Announces Withdrawal from the NCCI Experience Rating Plan
The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board will now stand completely on its own just like NJ, CA, PA, DE, MI and all the monopolistic states. It was recently announced that they are withdr...
March 30, 2021
Federal OSHA COVID-19 related Complaints and Inspections
OSHA has published statistics on their response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. According to the OSHA COVID-19 Response summary, between February 1, 2020 and March 7, 2021 Federal OSHA has received at total...
February 08, 2021
Do I need to report work-related COVID-19 hospitalizations or deaths?
On January 1, 2015, OSHA established the latest requirements for reporting work-related deaths and work-related hospitalizations. The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed any of those requirements. Accor...
October 27, 2020
CDC Redefines “Close Contact”
What changed? The CDC updated the guidance on how COVID-19 may be spread to uninfected people based on recent study findings. The CDC changed the definition of “close contact” as it relate...
August 31, 2020
A Strategic Approach to Recover and Recapture Your Work Culture
We have all now felt, and continue to feel, the impact of the first modern age global health crisis. The unprecedented disruption to the way the world literally “works” now carries with it a...
July 29, 2020
Humantech – Ergonomics Evaluation Tool
Background Manual material handling (MMH) type incidents impact 72% of Graham clients. In the last 5 years, MMH is the 2nd leading cause of incidents for Graham clients in terms of frequen...
April 29, 2020
COVID-19: Temperature Screening of Personnel
As organizations implement protocols for personnel to safely return to work, one of the protocols may be temperature screening. One of the symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) listed on the CD...
April 27, 2020
COVID-19: Work Protocols Needed
Workers compensation insurance carriers are experiencing a significant number of COVID-19-related workers compensation claims. As a result, at least one insurance carrier is requiring confer...