Everyone knows the old joke about North Dakota’s two seasons, right? We’ve got winter and we’ve got road construction. When highway construction takes roadways down to one lane, the zipper merge can keep traffic moving while keeping you and road workers safe.

If your business needs company vehicles to do business, you pay the price. The cost to your business for a single driving incident could easily exceed $1.4 million. Yep, MILLION. You need to protect your employees and the company.

The CDC reports that three industries with the highest numbers of drug overdoses are Construction, Transportation & Warehousing and Healthcare. Drug abuse can also happen at home. You can help prevent overdoses.

Due to their devastating impact, school shootings are what first come to mind when school safety is discussed. While the school safety plans the NDSC develops with school districts address worst-case scenarios, they also are vital in managing the ongoing, inevitable daily incidences schools face.

While students will be in the classroom this fall how do we ensure schools are safe — physically, hygienically and emotionally? Building design and adequate staffing are part of the equation but planning and training are the key to safety.