You’re invited to our next Mission First: Employee Safety webinar, Step 4: Respond. Mission First: Employee Safety – Step 4: Respond Wednesday, April 11, 2012 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern This webinar is free and open to all staff. When an employee is injured, it’s important to act promptly and properly. Everyone needs to know what to do. We’ll discuss...
How prepared are you and your employees for the ice and snow that often accompany the winter weather? During these winter months, ice and snow place an additional risk to the daily operation of employees. You can protect yourself by abiding by a few safe practices. It is important that the areas in which employees...
This post is the first in a series about our new initiative, Mission First: Employee Safety. The purpose of this initiative is to re-frame the conversation about workplace safety to one about the important role of staff in pursuit of your mission and ultimately, reduce injuries by providing the resources and guidance to create...
Like you, The Redwoods Group believes that employees are our most important asset. Which is why we designed our newest leadership initiative, Mission First: Employee Safety, with a new perspective on the driving force for mission – employees. We know that YMCA, JCC and camp CEOs understand firsthand the effects on your mission when employees...
Kevin Trapani spoke on “Scaling Social Impact: Making the YMCA Case for Social Enterprise,” at the AYP (Association for YMCA Professionals) National Conference in Dallas, Texas. This is a message about how important it is for professionals to be powerful forces for transformational change. It’s not an insurance message —...
Preparing for obvious dangers is easy. It’s common sense to steer clear of an oncoming truck, or put up cones around a wet floor. The dangers from various chemical products, namely those that involve chlorine, are not as obvious. Many chemicals, like chlorine, come with attached warnings and usage guidance, called MSDS (Medical Safety Data...
We are turning the corner into the second half of the summer. It’s time to emphasize again the commitment we have to keeping kids safe. And we have three immense program environments that create great concerns to which we can never drop our guard. Safety of Kids It is fun to talk about...
Time for another Machine Safety Series post! We hope you’ll be able to use what you find here to check on the machines in your facilities and take proactive action before anyone gets hurt. For this post, we’ll look at the guards needed on a circular saw. Here’s how it should look: If any of the guards are...
We want to applaud our partner, The Hartford, for their recent grant to YMCA of the USA (imagine stadium applause in your mind’s ear). The Redwoods Group partners with The Hartford to offer workers compensation insurance and workplace safety guidance to our customers (YMCAs, Jewish Community Centers and Non-Profit Resident...
Time for another Machine Safety Series post! We hope you’ll be able to use what you find here to check on the machines in your facilities and take proactive action before anyone gets hurt. For this post, we’ll look at the guards needed on a table saw. Here’s how it should look: If any of the...