It has come to my attention that there is a company out there that is piggy packing on well-known thermometer technology to prevent injuries related to lack of knowledge of slippery surfaces and the consequences there in of walking on them.  The company is called IceAlert, and they have developed a pedestrian warning system that helps alert your customers to the potential for ice on your walkways and parking lots.  It’s such a simple solution to an all too common general liability claim that occurs anywhere there is foot traffic and the potential for the temperature to dip below freezing, that I can’t believe no one had thought of it prior to now!  The beauty of Icealert’s system lies in its simplicity.  All you as a business or property owner, have to do is install about 10 of their signs/alert systems, and you are essentially warning your customers and employees that dangerous and slippery conditions exist, and that they need to slow down and walk more carefully.  Then if they slip and fall because of their own clumsiness or lack of attention to the conditions around them, they have no one to blame but themselves for not heeding the warnings that you as the business owner have provided for them.  Another upside to this system, is that any members of your staff doing salting or de-icing know when the temperature has slipped into the danger zone, and can appropriately react and prevent ice buildup on road and walkways on your property.  Since no one has invented a cure for lack of common sense when ice exists, check out Icealert to winterize your cold weather risk management program.