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In The Winery

BOT TLED UP!

Customers Need Wine, You Deliver.

T he coronavirus is changing how, when, and Risks of Home Delivery

where you do business. Your customers
are staying home, and governments are
placing restrictions on opening your tasting rooms, It is important to understand that delivering food
is a hazardous job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics
restaurants, and stores. Fortunately, many govern- (BLS) puts food delivery drivers in the category of
ments are now allowing restaurants, wineries, and “drivers-sales workers” which ranks 6th on the top
“other establishments with appropriate license” to ten list of occupations with high fatal injury rates.
deliver alcohol directly to our customers’ homes. For perspective, food delivery is in a category high-
Many of you responded and quickly modified busi- er on the list than that of agricultural workers and
ness models to offer home delivery services. While steel workers. (source: https://www.bls.gov/charts/
this is a lifeline for everything you have worked so census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/civilian-occu-
hard to build, what you and your employees do pations-with-high-fatal-work-injury-rates.htm )
each day is different and this brings a new set of
risks for you to manage. Delivery drivers have a physically demanding job.

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