Winter safety tips for small business: 11 ways to reduce cold-weather risk [Video]

As temperatures drop, small business owners need to assess their cold weather safety. If you work in cold and wet conditions, snowstorms, freezing temperatures, ice dams, sleet, or burst pipes can pose a significant damage risk to your business. Replacement or repairs for commercial roofs, interior fixtures, and plumbing are time-consuming projects that can be costly to fix.

NEXT shares 11 workplace winter safety tips to help you take preventative steps for winter preparedness and minimize the risk of damage to your business property and its contents.

11 Tips to Protect Your Business for Cold Weather Safety

NEXT helps keep 1,300+ types of small businesses nationwide safe from a wide range of events that can threaten a business, including winter weather. 

Here are some of the most common insurance claims of the season:

1. Fire sprinkler pipes bursting and leaking water.
2. Boiler or HVAC failure.
3. Roof damage caused by ice.
4. Burst water pipes.
5. A small issue, such as a leak, was …