How I Do It: BrightView Steps Up Safety with Work Boot Initiative
The right pair of work boots is an underappreciated but vital part of a landscape employee’s personal protective equipment. This year, BrightView, headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, recognized...
View ArticleHigh Standards, High Rewards: Creating a Drug-Free Workplace at Your...
Adding a drug-free workplace policy to your lawn or landscape company can be intimidating if you’re afraid you’ll lose your employees. Rob Ambler, president of Ambler Industries, based in Furlong,...
View ArticleHow I Do It: Creating a Safety Champion Program
Environmental Management, Inc. (EMI), based in Plain City, Ohio, recently created a safety champion program in an effort to increase their team’s engagement and focus on safety. “It’s hard to have...
View ArticleHow I Do It: Improving My Fleet Safety Program
Michael Hatcher & Associates, based in Olive Branch, Mississippi, has a fleet of over 70 vehicles on the road every day. They have achieved an average annual reduction of 95% in the cost of their...
View ArticleSafety Culture: Protect Your Team From Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is the most common occupational disease in the U.S., and often, people don’t realize it is happening until it is too late. October is National Protect Your Hearing Month and a great time...
View ArticleSafety Culture: Mitigate Drowsy Driving After the Time Change
Daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday in November at 2 a.m. and while ‘falling back’ technically provides an extra hour of sleep, it can also throw off people’s circadian rhythm, resulting in...
View ArticleHow To Deck The Halls Safely: Essential Ladder Safety Practices
If your landscape company offers holiday decor services, chances are you’ve been installing lights for a while already if you have commercial clients and probably some eager residential clients as...
View ArticleHow I Do It: Increasing Fleet Safety with AI-Powered Dashcams
As adding GPS tracking to landscape fleets becomes more commonplace, an additional piece of hardware that is rising in popularity are dashcams.These cameras can have road-facing and/or in-cab lenses...
View ArticleSafety Culture: Equipping Your Snow Plow Crews for the Worst
When clients are counting on your team to clear snow so they can continue to operate without disruptions, it can be easy to assume those equipped with a plow won’t be affected by the snow themselves....
View ArticleSafety Culture: Having The Right Safety Attitude
Is ‘safety first’ just a motto at your organization, or is it a belief lived out on a daily basis? When your crews are out completing jobs, it can be easy to forget about safe practices and the...
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