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Repeat Offenders: Commonly Cited OSHA Standards in the Hospitality Industry & How to Avoid Them

by in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management. Posted June 29, 2019
The law has always been clear that there is no statutory limitation on the length of time that a prior OSHA citation may serve as the basis for a Repeat violation. OSHA historically looked back only three years for past violations, but the Obama Administration extended it to five years. However, the look back period ...
Tags Conn Maciel Carey Loss Prevention OSHA Workplace Safety
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Severe Weather Business Continuity Planning

by in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management. Posted June 15, 2019
Severe weather is usually associated with thunderstorms but can refer to any dangerous or destructive weather event. Thunderstorms form due to instability in the atmosphere, and generally require a humid air mass, sufficient daytime heating of the air, interactions between frontal systems, and wind shear (change in wind speed or direction with height). Severe Thunderstorm ...
Tags Business Continuity Business Management Loss Prevention Weather WorldAware
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Knowing Water Freezes Does NOT Mean Defendant Should Foresee that Water Will Freeze at a Certain Location

by in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal. Posted September 11, 2018
Businesses can control many factors on their property, but they cannot control the weather or alter the laws of physics. Water freezes at 32°F. Ice is slippery. Everybody knows the basic facts of the physical properties of water and ice. Among attorneys, there’s another equally well-known fact: Whenever a plaintiff slips and falls on ice—whether ...
Tags Hotels KPM Law Loss Prevention Slips & Falls
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The Unique Challenges of Data Security in the Hospitality Industry

by in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Lodging, Risk Management, Technology. Posted August 30, 2018
The hospitality industry has been in the news frequently over the past year as a result of multiple and significant data security incidents. Nationally recognized hotel and resort brands continue to suffer by cyber-attacks, including theft of payment card data from their retail and food/beverage outlets, and at times theft of guest data from reservations ...
Tags Cyber Security Data Security Eckert Seamans Hotels Loss Prevention
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Techniques to Reduce Security Claims; Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

by in Hotel Development, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted June 30, 2018
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) emphasizes using the structures, spaces, lighting and people around an area to prevent crime and to increase loss prevention. Accomplishing this task is not an easy one; architects attempt to beautify, and engineers attempt to increase efficiency. While all stakeholders must be responsive to meeting the objectives of the ...
Tags Hotels Loss Prevention Rimkus Consulting Group
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Flu Season: Is Your Workplace Prepared?

by in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention. Posted December 14, 2017
Influenza (or flu) season has begun in the Northern Hemisphere, where flu activity will continue to increase in the coming months. Even though the flu is a highly contagious and can cause potentially serious disease, many employers do not recognize it as a significant threat and likely suffer losses to their bottom line as a ...
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