Welcome to the Sports & Fitness home page. Below you will find links to safety checklists, information bulletins and other information, selected especially for fitness centers, racquet clubs, youth and adult sports clubs.

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. Air Supported Structures
3. Health Club 'Top 10' List
4. Managing Athletes' Risk to Hot Weather
5. New National Crib Standards
6. Pool and Spa Drain Safety Requirements
7. Sauna Fire Safety Guidelines
8. The New Crib Standard - Questions and Answers
9. View More
• 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
• 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
• Solar Panel Installations
• Ergonomics
• Ergonomic Solutions - Computer Users
• Ergonomic Solutions - Safe Lifting
• Ergonomic Solutions - Standing
• NIOSH - Ergo. Guidelines for Manual Material Handling
• Fire Safety
• Fire Door Inspection Programs
• Fire Protection Impairment Management Checklist
• Fire Protection System Testing
• Preventing Clothes Dryer Fires
• 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
• Sidewalks
• Sidewalk Inspection Checklist
• Vehicle Safety
• 15 Passenger Van Safety
• Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs)
• Distracted Driving
• Driver Owned/Leased Vehicles Used For Business Purposes
• Look Before You Back
• Motor Vehicle Records - MVRs
• Personal Use of Organization Owned/Leased Vehicles
• Prevent Vehicle Backing Accidents
• 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
• Worker Safety
• Animal Care
• Animal Bites
• 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
• Preventing Restaurant Slips and Falls
• Restaurant Kitchen Equipment
• Ladder Safety
• Fixed Ladder Safety Checklist
• Portable, Fixed and Job-Made Ladders
• Portable Ladder Safety Checklist
• Landscapers
• Tree Cutting Safety
• Machine Shops
• Machine Shop Safety Checklist
• 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

Web Links

2. Aquatic Safety Research Group (Tom Griffiths)
3. Association of Pool & Spa Professionals
4. Cell Phone Ban for Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles
5. Club Industry`s Fitness Business Pro Magazine
6. Drainsafe® - Hazards of Child Suction Entrapment
7. National Swimming Pool Foundation
8. National Youth Sports Safety Foundation
9. NIOSH-Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-Serving Organizations
10. PoolSafely.gov
11. Pool Safety Council
12. The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association
13. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
14. Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety (P&SS) Act resource site
15. View More
• Caterpillar Safety Videos and Literature
• CEC Combustion Services Group
• FEMA Flood Maps
• FM Global Data Sheets
• OSHA eTools and Resources
• OSHA - Portland Cement - Health and Safety Guide
• OSHA Publications Home Page
• OSHA - Spanish Resource Site for English-Speakers
• Safety Related Websites on Hanover.com
• State Laws on Difibrillators
• Texas Dept. of Insurance Safety Video Library