Ladders — including step ladders, extension ladders, and attached climbing ladders — are an essential tool in most organizations. For such a simple staple, ladders have a deadly reputation, with more than 20,000 ladder-related, on-the-job injuries and 150 worker fatalities in 2015. EMC Senior Risk Improvement Representative Case Doorn lays the blame on common mistakes that many ladder-climbers make. Click here for the rest of the story from EMC’s Lost Control Insights e-newsletter.

Your organization may have a well-developed safety committee that performs accident investigations, or you may pull together a group including management, human resources, and department managers to tackle the “what happened and why?” questions about incidents. However you choose to proceed, taking these steps will help you find the answers you need to help prevent similar accidents. For more on conducting a smart accident investigation, check out this article in EMC’s Loss Control Insights newsletter.

Contrary to popular belief, winter ice and snow with the accompanying slipping and sliding on roadways, don’t lead to the largest number of traffic accidents. Surprisingly, more fatal driving accidents occur in the summer months than in any other season, says EMC Senior Risk Improvement Specialist Scott Peterson. In fact, the three deadliest holiday weekends — Memorial Day, July 4, and Labor Day weekends — fall within the 101 most deadly days on the road, the dates between late May and early September.

To learn more about summer driving hazards, check out the article in EMC Insights.