Click the links below to access safety checklists, information bulletins and loss control information, selected especially for public and private schools, and private colleges.

Loss Control Topics

1. Loss Control Topics provide meaningful safety and loss control information to help you reduce loss exposures and improve management controls.
2. 'Top 10' List For Schools
3. Bleacher Retrofit Guidelines
4. CPSC Safety Alert - Stadium Lighting Poles
5. Critical Incident Management
6. Managing Athletes' Risk to Hot Weather
7. New National Crib Standards
8. Playground Inspection Checklist
9. View More
• A Guide to Hiring Charter Transportation
• Field Trip Safety Checklist
• Guidelines for Lightning Safety
• Inspection of School Buses
• School Fire Alarm/Evacuation Plan Checklist
• School Kitchen Safety Checklist
• School Safety Checklist
• Science Lab Safety
• Sexual Misconduct
• Shop Safety Rules and Practices
• Certificates of Insurance
• Introduction To Certificates of Insurance
• Reviewing Certificates of Insurance
• Contract Management
• Contract Management: Help Improve Your Risk
• Crime Prevention
• Catalytic Converter Theft
• Check Fraud Prevention Checklist
• Evaluating the Physical Protection Afforded by a Building
• Honeywell Alarmnet - M Service Changes
• Metal Theft
• Parking Lot Safety
• What is Line Security?
• Cyber Security
• Avoiding Phishing Scams
• Basic Computer Security Tips for Small Business
• Cyber Security Checklist
• Databreach Calculator - Estimate Your Risk Exposure
• Dealing With Internet Fraud
• Digital Copiers Could Be an Identity Theft Threat
• Laptop Security on the Road
• OnGuard Online.gov
• Reducing Your Risk of Identity Theft
• Responding to a Phishing Attack
• What is PCI?
• Wireless Network Security
• Electrical Preventative Maintenance
• Electrical Preventive Maintenance for Small Businesses
• How to Prevent Costly Electrical System Problems
• Should You Be Doing Electrical Preventive Maintenance? You Bet!
• Thermographic Testing of Electrical Equipment
• Environment-Green Issues
• Fluorescent and Other Mercury-Containing Lamps
• Reducing Pesticide Exposures
• Solar Panel Installations
• Ergonomics
• Ergonomic Solutions - Computer Users
• Ergonomic Solutions - Safe Lifting
• Ergonomic Solutions - Standing
• NIOSH - Ergo. Guidelines for Manual Material Handling
• Fire Safety
• Candle Safety Tips
• Fire Door Inspection Programs
• Fire Protection Impairment Management Checklist
• Fire Protection System Testing
• Preventing Clothes Dryer Fires
• Safety For Staff and Students
• Fall Prevention
• Walking and Working Surfaces Self-Inspection Checklist
• Forklift Safety
• Forklift Hazard Control Checklist
• Forklift - Self Inspection Checklist
• Hand & Power Tools
• Hand and Power Tool Safety
• Portable Electric Drill Safety Checklist
• Screwdriver Safety
• Selecting Hand Tools
• Kitchen Safety
• Restaurant Kitchen Equipment
• Ladder Safety
• Fixed Ladder Safety Checklist
• Portable, Fixed and Job-Made Ladders
• Portable Ladder Safety Checklist
• Landscapers
• Tree Cutting Safety
• Occupational Disease
• Flu - Reducing the Risk of Exposure in the Workplace
• Heat Stress
• Lyme Disease
• Preventing Staph/MRSA Infections
• Timely Accident Reporting
• Rapid Reporting Cuts Workers' Comp. Claim Cost
• Timely Accident Reporting Employee Fact Sheet
• Timely Accident Reporting Employee Fact Sheet - Spanish
• Timely Accident Reporting Supervisor Fact Sheet
• Safety Programs
• Sample Safety Program: Non-regulated Fleets
• Severe Weather
• Freeze-up of Fire Protection Systems
• Hurricane Preparedness for Business
• Ice Dam Alert
• Protect Your Property from Severe Winter Weather
• Snow and Ice Control Record
• Snow Load Alert - Protect Your Roof
• Vehicle Safety
• 15 Passenger Van Safety
• Backing School Buses - NSC
• Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs)
• Distracted Driving
• Driver Owned/Leased Vehicles Used For Business Purposes
• Motor Vehicle Records - MVRs
• Planning School Sites for School Bus Safety - NSC
• School Bus Fleets Recommended Emergency Plans - NSC
• School Bus Loading and Unloading - NSC
• School Bus Recommended Procedures for Drivers at Railroad Crossings - NSC
• School Bus Safety - Infants Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers - NSC
• School Bus Safety Rules - NSC
• Standees on the School Bus - NSC
• Water Damage Prevention
• Emergency Management Checklist for Floods and Flash Floods
• Water Damage: Grounds Maintenance and Landscaping
• Water Damage: HVAC Systems
• Water Damage: The Building Envelope
• Water Damage Prevention Checklist

Web Links

2. Cell Phone Ban for Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles
3. Know What to Do About the Flu
4. National School Safety Center
5. Occupational Safety and Health Curriculum
6. Safer Schools Resource Site - USDOJ
7. School Bus Information Council
8. School Bus Transportation News
9. School Safety Programs and Resources
10. View More
• Aquatic Safety Research Group (Tom Griffiths)
• Caterpillar Safety Videos and Literature
• CEC Combustion Services Group
• Drainsafe® - Hazards of Child Suction Entrapment
• Earthquake Preparedness at School
• FEMA Flood Maps
• FM Global Data Sheets
• National School Safety and Security Services
• National Swimming Pool Foundation
• OSHA eTools and Resources
• OSHA - Portland Cement - Health and Safety Guide
• OSHA Publications Home Page
• OSHA - Spanish Resource Site for English-Speakers
• PoolSafely.gov
• Pool Safety Council
• RETA Security Inc
• Safety Related Websites on Hanover.com
• State Laws on Difibrillators
• Texas Dept. of Insurance Safety Video Library
• Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety (P&SS) Act resource site
• Visitor tracking solutions - KeepnTrack.com
• Visitor tracking solutions - Raptorware.com
• Youth@Work - Talking Safety - NIOSH

Training Slides

2. Managing Bullying and Hazing Risks In Your School
3. Playground Safety
4. Preventing Fires in Schools
5. Reducing the Risk of a Liability Claim In Your School
6. Reducing Your School's Workers' Compensation Insurance Cost
7. School Security
8. Sexual Abuse and Molestation

Government Publications

2. CPSC: Tips For Public Playground Safety
3. CPSC - Public Playground Safety Handbook
4. FEMA - University Housing Fires
5. HHS - Stop Bullying Now! Activities Guide
6. NIOSH: School Chemistry Lab Safety Guide
7. NIOSH-Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-Serving Organizations
8. USDOJ: Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence

Webinars

2. Asbestos Awareness
3. Learning From Our Losses - How to Keep Your School from Suffering a Large Claim
4. Managing Bullying & Hazing Risks in Your School
5. Playgrounds
6. Preventing Fires In Schools
7. Reducing the Risk of a Liability Claim In Your School
8. Reducing Your School's Workers Compensation Insurance Cost
9. School Security
10. Sexual Abuse and Molestation

FAQs on School Safety

1. Actual questions posed by Hanover policyholders, answered by senior-level Loss Control Specialist for Educational Institutions, Steve Benway.
2. Athletic Fields - Codes or Specifications
3. PCBs in Caulking - Should I Be Concerned?
4. Segways Used by School Security Officers
5. Swimming Pool - Does It Meet Applicable Codes?
6. Training for Responding to 'Active Shooter' Situations