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COVID-19: Healthcare Workers are at Significant Risk

COVID-19: Healthcare Workers are at Significant Risk

During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses and doctors across the United States are being exposed to people that have contracted the coronavirus, causing many of these healthcare workers to become sickened.  ...
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Tips to Stay Safe during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tips to Stay Safe during the COVID-19 Pandemic

This is a stressful time throughout the entire world right now, and people want to know what they can do to best protect themselves and their families. We will be...
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Mexican Women Protest Femicide as part of Women's History Month

Mexican Women Protest Femicide as part of Women's History Month

On average, ten women are killed every day in Mexico. Before the growing concern over COVID-19 throughout the world and the cancelling of large-scale events, on March 8th and 9th,...
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Commuter Safety Tips

Commuter Safety Tips

Many people commute long distances for their job, and it is common to also utilize public transit. When using public transportation, it is important to be aware of your surroundings...
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Safety of Nurses in the Workplace

Safety of Nurses in the Workplace

The safety of nurses from workplace-related injuries and illnesses is important to nurses themselves as well as to the patients they serve. Many nurses also face a growing problem across...
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Why Safety Should be the Top Priority for Realtors

Why Safety Should be the Top Priority for Realtors

Most people would not rank being a real estate agent at the top of the list of dangerous careers. However, every day real estate agents risk their own personal safety...
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The Legislative Map for Hospitality Safety Laws

The Legislative Map for Hospitality Safety Laws

Workplace safety is an issue that has become an increasingly prominent focus in recent years. Legislators, unions, workers, and safety organizations are focusing on enacting positive changes to hospitality safety across the...
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What Factors put Social Workers at an Increased Risk of Verbal and Physical Violence?

What Factors put Social Workers at an Increased Risk of Verbal and Physical Violence?

Every day, social workers all around the United States provide a wide range of services in extremely complex environments including child protective services and welfare agencies, schools, mental health centers...
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The Risks and Dangers of Workplace Fatigue

The Risks and Dangers of Workplace Fatigue

Fatigue can increase the risk of injuries or other accidents.  As an employer, it is important to make sure your workers are not experiencing signs or effects of fatigue while...
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Why More and More States are Mandating 'Safety Wearables' in their Hotels

Why More and More States are Mandating 'Safety Wearables' in their Hotels

Hotel housekeeping staff can face many different kinds of risks, including repetitive motion injuries and exposure to bacterial infections, but some people may not realize housekeeping staff can also be...
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6 Common Myths about Workplace Violence

6 Common Myths about Workplace Violence

It is very important to be aware of the many risks employees can face in the workplace.  Some people may think to themselves: “There’s no way there could be a...
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Why Workers’ Compensation Departments will Appreciate Safety Innovation

Why Workers’ Compensation Departments will Appreciate Safety Innovation

Every week, over $1 billion is paid out in workers’ compensation claims across the United States alone — and the reality is that with the right approach, many of the...
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Workplace Violence - What is it and how can it be prevented?

Workplace Violence - What is it and how can it be prevented?

The potential for violence—or threats of violence—is present in just about every workplace setting.  It is important to be aware of factors that increase the risk of work-related violence.   So...
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EMS helping a construction worker after an accident

Why Safety Innovation is Becoming Increasingly Important

Roughly 1 out of 7 Americans do not feel safe at work, according to a 2019 study done by SHRM—the Society for Human Resource Management.  The same study concluded that...
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Why is it important to care about your personal safety?

Why is it important to care about your personal safety?

With our mission to build safer communities at Kwema we have talked to experts in security and safety such as Lauren Roselle, who is one of the most sought experts...
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Denuncias contra taxis privados aumentaron en 2018

Denuncias contra taxis privados aumentaron en 2018

El día que "Javier" resultó no ser "Javier, " porque el sistema de la app había sido hackeado, valió madres saber el nombre, yo solo quería que quitaran los seguros...
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Como Kwema puede ayudar a combatir la trata de personas

Como Kwema puede ayudar a combatir la trata de personas

Cuando  iba en la secundaria todos los días solía regresar de la escuela caminando, siempre me regresaba con dos amigas mientras que mi hermana, quien es tres años menor que...
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¿Por qué es importante aprender defensa personal?

¿Por qué es importante aprender defensa personal?

Con el propósito de crear comunidades más seguras, en Kwema hemos acudido a expertos en temas de seguridad como Lauren Roselle, quien es una de las expertas más buscadas en Estados Unidos ...
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