Welcome to another edition of the Alandale Advisor!  As always, the Advisor is our effort to make you and your company aware of current insurance industry trends to help with your planning and budgeting throughout the year.  We also include our monthly Safety Spotlight to help with your Injury and Illness Prevention Programs.

      This month the Advisor focuses on the importance of a proper "Lockout/Tagout Program" for your machines while they are being repaired, check out the quick quiz to make sure you are operating in a safe manner.  With the recent heat wave throughout California, Cal/OSHA has adopted new standards for heal illness prevention, please review and confirm you are in compliance.  As Workers Compensation premiums continue to dip, read this quick article regards the employee injury statistics and how they can be prevented.  Retaliation based claims under employment practices are on the rise, please read a this short article on a recent Supreme Court ruling.  Finally, in our Safety Spotlight, our partner Travelers Insurance, presents nine links to help with your safety planning.

Thank you for your time, we appreciate being a small part of your monthly risk management.