hi my name is Adam Grant with bner Henry Insurance Group before joining the insurance industry I spent over 20 years in retail management I learned a few things today I want to talk to you about the leading causes of accidents in a retail location the first one is slip trip and fall this can happen anytime that an employee or especially a customer has a slip trip or fall in your location it could be because of water on the floor debris on the floor or tripping over a rack of clothes or a cart th
at you're using to restock your shelves slip trips and falls are the leading cause of accidents in a retail location the second one primarily involves your staff and that is Material Handling anytime you operate a retail location you've got to move merchandise got to move it from the stock room to the sales floor you got to move it from an Overstock area maybe on a top shelf down to a lower area where the customers can shop it that is m Material Handling there are several ways that you can avoid
material handling accidents teaching your team to lift in the green zone keeping that box that merchandise close to your body not overextending another way is to use a team lift if you have large or awkwardly shaped items that you're trying to move around grab a partner and have them help you lift it so that you don't overextend and then using your legs and not your back your legs are a lot stronger than your back and you should always lift with your legs the third leading cause of accident in
the retail establishment is due to ladders you've got to move merchandise up and down from top areas down to the lower areas of your store so customers have access I couldn't tell you how many times in 20 years I missed the bottom step missing the bottom step of a ladder on your way down causes a lot of pain to shoot up your back really fast but sometimes the worst part is Yet to Come and takes a few hours to feel the real pain and discomfort from missing the bottom step of the ladder is your cu
rrent insurance broker helping you to identify the leading leading causes of accidents in your retail establishment are they working to help craft a risk management strategy or a safety plan to help you operate safely for your customers and for your employees if any of these things has you thinking about your relationship with your broker or about the insurance program that you have for your retail establishment check us out www.b henry.com my name is Adam Grant with Bitner Henry insurance and w
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