Nationwide launches safety training app for grain cooperatives
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Nationwide said Monday it has launched Hazard Spotter, a safety training app for smartphone devices targeted at the grain industry.
The app will provide safety training to workers in grain cooperatives as an alternative to training videos, Nationwide said in a statement.
The app allows users to receive work assignment scenarios, including housekeeping, preventative maintenance and hot work. It tests users’ ability to identify hazards and properly use equipment, according to the statement.
Nationwide said it saw a need for better training of employees who handle grain, “especially since the company’s gross incurred losses for workers compensation claims stemming from grain elevators has doubled from about $10 million in 2009 to almost $20 million in 2016. Property gross incurred losses from grain elevators have also risen from roughly $24 million in 2009 to more than $34 million in 2016,” according to the statement.
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