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Tag Archives: worker safety
Safe Driving Benefits Your Brewery & Your Workers
Beall Brewery Insurance reports that work injuries involving transportation incidents remained the most common fatal event in 2020 (the most recent year for which data is available). They accounted for more than 37 percent of work-related deaths.
Get Organized at Your Brewery for a Great New Year
January is Get Organized Month. It’s an ideal time to look back at your brewery’s last year, and look ahead to determine how you will accomplish this year’s goals. These suggestions can help you start 2023 off on the right foot. Read More…
Your Brewery’s Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday Celebration
Tis the season. What does your brewery have planned to capitalize on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday? Read More…
Care About Your Brewery Air Quality
Did you know your brewery air quality is very important to the health and safety of its workers, and to the longevity of the brewery itself? Read More…
Lightning Safety & the Craft Brewery
Beall Brewery Insurance reports that, according to the National Lightning Safety Institute, one of the most common troubles facing US businesses today are problems resulting from lightning. A Carnegie-Mellon study found that lightning affects a full third of all US businesses—more than are affected by lightning than by flood, fire, explosion, hurricane, earthquake, or violence. Read More…
Quiet Down!
Beall Brewery Insurance reports that about 30 million workers are exposed to hazardous sound levels on the job, according to data from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Read More…
Mental Health Awareness at Your Brewery
When you think about worker health and safety, you probably focus on avoiding the pinch points on your canning line or making sure your team follows all the safety procedures when working in confined spaces. And, of course, your workers’ physical safety is very important! But mental health is also important—and a bigger issue than you may realize. Read More…
Focus on the Forklift
Beall Brewery Insurance reports that, according to OSHA, forklifts cause an estimated 85 fatal accidents per year. That’s in addition to 34,900 accidents that result in serious injury and 61,800 that are non-serious. Read More…
Brewery Safety: Managing Hazardous Chemicals
Breweries don’t require large supplies or varieties of chemicals in order to function. But they do use cleaners and sanitizers to keep brewery equipment safe to operate. Those materials can cause serious injury if they come in contact with skin and are not immediately washed off. Similarly, breweries may keep some flammable liquids on hand (for instance, blends of isopropyl alcohol for sanitizing brewery equipment). Read More…
