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Topic: SAFETY TALKS

An Overview of Poison Prevention

Barbara Manning Grimm

Next week is National Poison Prevention Week in the United States. If you plan to discuss poison prevention with your workers, here’s a safety talk that provides a good overview of the subject.
SAFETY TALK: POISON PREVENTION
What is a poison? Answer: A poison is any substance that causes harm to the human body – it can [...]


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Topic: QUESTION OF THE DAY

Mobile Cranes and ANSI

A SafetyXChange Member

A SafetyXChange member asks:
Must all Mobile Cranes being imported into the USA meet with all applicable ANSI Standards?
Bryan Cronie
Emailbalneil@btinternet.com


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Topic: SEASONAL SAFETY

10 Spring Cleaning Safety Tips

Catherine Jones

With National Poison Prevention Week (March 16 to 22) and the first day of Spring coinciding, it’s important to note that household cleaning substances are among the most common poison exposures for children. So, here are 10 tips to prevent poison exposures during Spring cleaning:
1. Never mix household and chemical products together; this may create a [...]


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Topic: GO FIGURE

Poison Prevention at Home

Catherine Jones

What does this number represent?
$26 billion
It’s what poisonings cost the United States in 2000 in medical expenses. Here are a few other poisoning statistics for you:
75% of the total costs of poisoning injuries ($19 billion) were incurred by males
703,702 emergency department visits in 2006 were due to unintentional poisonings
23,618 people died in 2005 [...]


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