MY AUGUST column about winterizing plumbing systems (pg. 44) generated a number of e-mails. Several questions were asked on using electric heat tapes. A memory long tucked away in the back recesses of ...

Moral hazard exists when a party to a transaction has an incentive to take unusual business risks because they are unlikely ...

This Common Power Strip Habit Is a Serious Fire Hazard. Here's What to Do Instead ...

A Hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm, injuries, accidents or other undesirable effects. A Risk is the possibility that a personal injury, property loss or environmental harm will ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of five articles on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points sponsored by PAR Technologies. There are seven HACCP principles outlined by the FDA to serve as a guideline ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- One of the root causes of workplace injuries, illnesses and incidents is the failure to identify or recognize hazards which are present or could have been anticipated in ...

Any practice or situation that occurs in an occupational setting and has the potential to cause bodily or mental harm or poses any other risks to the health of one or more workers constitutes as a ...

A new law took effect last year requiring the seller of a home located in a “very high fire hazard severity zone” to provide the buyer with what’s called a “defensible space inspection." If you’re a ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

Restaurants have proverbially high staff turnover, and are almost always short-staffed in the kitchen, so losing staff-hours to injury is the last thing you need. Unfortunately cooks are especially ...