Step Down Safely: The Overlooked Risk of Forklift Egress

This article explores the critical importance of safe forklift egress and shares practical tips and best practices to prevent injuries.

Treating Snow and Ice

As the temperatures start to drop, it is once again time to think about snow control and removal. Snow covered surfaces can be hazardous, especially when on an incline. Ice covered surfaces are potentially more hazardous than snow; not only can ice have a lower coefficient of friction than snow, but slippery patches of ice […]

Summer Time Slips and Trips

When we think of slips and falls, we often think about hazardous winter weather. However, slips, trips and falls aren’t only a problem in the winter. Have you ever considered the danger of walking on your wood deck, through a grassy field, or even wearing flip flops? This post will address each of these issues […]

Why Jumping from a Vehicle is a Bad Idea

Jumping out of a work vehicle. We see people do it from time to time, and we’ve probably done it ourselves more than once. I know I have jumped off the bed of a pickup truck before, simply because it was the easiest (and quickest) way to get down. The increased risk of spraining an […]

Don’t Walk Like a Penguin

Debunking the Penguin Walk A common theme we have heard across the country with our Slip Simulator™ is that people have been told to walk like a penguin on slippery surfaces. Walking like a penguin on ice seems like perfectly fine advice, after all penguins thrive in icy environments. However, we have found this advice […]

Slip, Trip and Fall Safety Webinar

We conducted a webinar on Slip, Trips and Falls with our friends at the Public Employer Risk Management Association (PERMA) based in New York state. Typical causes and solutions of STF’s are discussed, and how including Slip Simulator training can be another important tool in injury prevention.

Vehicle Egress Training Webinar

We recently recorded an online webinar on Reducing Injuries from Improper Vehicle Egress with the Public Employer Risk Management Association (PERMA) out of New York. We discussed proper and improper vehicle egress techniques and highlighted the positive impact of proper technique on your body using our Egress Training System to record egress forces of participants.

Meet Jim Kleinsteuber

Many of you may know Jim through your on-site training events or from the certification of your Slip Simulator™ trainers. We thought that we would give you a look into what makes Jim the face of training and why he is the Master Trainer at INBIODYN. What is Jim’s background in safety training specifially? Jim […]