Did you know that your hands and fingers are the body parts most frequently injured at work? According to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, nearly 2/3 of those injuries were lacerations that could have been prevented by using the correct gloves. To...
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, motor vehicle crashes are now the leading cause of work-related death, comprising 25% of the total. Did you ever stop to consider that the most dangerous part of your day would be your commute? To...
For the past 13 years The Branch Group and it’s companies have spent time during June reinforcing an important safety message and 2019 will be no different. Our theme this year is HOME SAFE: Get back to what matters most. Your days begin at home and when you stay safe...
The Branch Group recently established a new record of hours worked without a lost time injury…4.9 million. When it comes to safety, we place our primary focus on leading indicators (those that indicate progress) like minor incidents, near misses and project-level...
Our all employee Branch Group meeting was held at The Maridor in Roanoke and facilitated by Jeff Smith, CEO, Voltage Leadership Consulting. The foundation of our meeting was based on the theories from the book, The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves by The...
The Branch Group and operating companies are now Virginia Values Veterans V3-Certified. We will be focusing our hiring and retention efforts to specifically hire and retain veterans. “We believe that veterans, including guardsmen and reservists, do and will continue...