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Never leave a wet floor unattended or unmarked

By agent, customer, employee, fall, food, guard, ice, independent, injure, injury, Insurance, locations, Loss Control, mark, mud, objects, planning, premises, prevent, procedure, protect, protocol, safe, Safety Tips, signs, slip, snow, staged, strategic, supplies, training, water, workers
wet-floor

When unexpected spills, tracked-in snow or rain, leaking appliances or other sources lead to floor contamination, your employees’ response can easily be the difference between a slip and fall, prompting a potential injury claim, or it being a non-event.  

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Consider safety before taking your restaurant outdoors

By agent, business, Business Insurance, COVID-19, customer, diner, eat, electricity, fire, food, health, heat, heater, independent, Insurance, liability, Loss Control, outdoor, Pandemic, patron, property, safe, safety, shanty, staff, structure, temperature, temporary, tent, transport, trip, waiter, waitress, wind, yurt
restaurant-outdoors

Restaurants seeking new ways to stay operational during the pandemic are constructing temporary structures to extend the outdoor dining season. Use of these structures without proper safety precautions and adequate protections for customers and employees could lead to unforeseen legal and safety consequences.

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Reducing fires and burns in the kitchen

By agent, alarm, baking, burner, burns, carbon monoxide, children, cooking, cooktop, detector, electric, extinguisher, fire, Fire Prevention, flame, food, frying, gas, grease, grill, independent, Insurance, Loss Control, microwave, oil, oven, Pandemic, prevent, protect, range, Risk Management, roasting, smoke, stove
cooking-fires

With the dine-in restaurant world shut down, we are cooking more at home – and we have the grocery bills to prove it. But with more cooking and more time being spent at home comes the very real potential for kitchen-related fires and burns, including to children.

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Avoid hairy situations with dogs at your brewery

By agent, animal, animals, beer, beverage, bite, brewery, brewpub, cleaning, craft, Craft Beverage, customer, dog, dogs, drink, employee, food, furniture, independent, inside, Insurance, law, laws, leash, legal, legislative, liability, patio, prevent, protect, regulations, responsibility, safe, safety, sanitation, signage, state, taproom, training, visitor, water, worker
dogs-on-patio

Today more than ever, our furry best friends are taking their seats next to us for rides in the car, trips on airplanes – and drinks on the patio at the local craft brewery. Brewpub operators should review and understand state and local regulations regarding food service establishments and animals.

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Tasting rooms and tours: Consider guest safety first

By agent, alcohol, beer, beverage, brewery, cafe, claim, craft, Craft Beverage, distillery, drink, drinks, eat, eating, flow, food, gear, glasses, guest, guide, handrail, hazard, hearing, independent, Insurance, manufacturing, nonskid, patron, physical, prevent, protect, restaurant, room, safe, safety, slip-and-fall, spill, spills, stairs, storage, store, taproom, tasting, tour, tours, vineyard, wine
tasting-room-tours

Most breweries, wineries or distilleries offer tours and a tasting room where guests can enjoy a sample of the product or purchase drinks made on-site. These operations present a different set of exposures than a typical beverage manufacturing facility. If you own a beverage business, closely evaluate your operation to ensure guest safety.

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Outdoor gatherings: Making memories, not regrets

By adults, agent, alcohol, celebration, children, damage, food, gathering, guest, homeowner, homeowner's, host, hurt, independent, injured, injury, Insurance, liability, liable, liquor, location, outdoor, party, Personal Insurance, play, play equipment, playground, policy, pool, prevent, property, protect, reception, rent, rental, rented, tent, venue
outdoor-gathering

Block parties, wedding receptions, graduation celebrations, family reunions: These are just some of the events that are fun to take outdoors. But when you’re the host, your concerns need to extend beyond hoping for cooperative weather and stocking snacks.

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