As stay-at-home orders steadily fall away and states reopen, “occupational violence” is top of mind for most employers. Keeping your staff safe can be tricky. On the one hand, most economically motivated crime is extremely responsive to many forms of deterrence. Armed guards, better lights, conspicuous video cameras—all can send …
Workplace safety has taken on a whole new dimension since early spring. Every day brings new ways to decrease risk and increase (if not assure) worker, client, and customer safety—homemade masks and face shields, UV lights and micro-brewery hand sanitizer and remdesivir. But each new solution seems to come with its …
An increasing number of businesses and organizations are worrying about how they’ll manage their reopening. As we’ve explored in past articles, the “new normal” for workplace security and safety is complicated by the broader pressures straining our economy and country over the last several months. “We’ve always believed in helping …
OSHA is highlighting installing “sneeze guards” as the key to returning to normal business operations in the United States. In their Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration listed “clear plastic sneeze guards” among the key Engineering Controls they believe can aid in curbing workplace …
Workplaces across the United States begin to reopen this month. There are four factors that are likely to have a disproportionate impact on the “new normal” for workplace safety: economic distress domestic violence increased gun sales the virus itself Total Security Solutions CEO Jim Richards points out that the stress …
“Security theater” is a phrase that security experts coined to denote measures they believe give the feeling of safety without providing actual security improvements. Initially, it was applied to the slapdash security screenings at airports in the early 2000s. The term has since spread more widely, as public security …