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Topic: SAFETY TALKS
An Overview of Poison Prevention
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 [...]
Topic: QUESTION OF THE DAY
Mobile Cranes and ANSI
A SafetyXChange member asks:
Must all Mobile Cranes being imported into the USA meet with all applicable ANSI Standards?
Bryan Cronie
Emailbalneil@btinternet.com
Topic: SEASONAL SAFETY
10 Spring Cleaning Safety Tips
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 [...]
Topic: GO FIGURE
Poison Prevention at Home
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 [...]
OSHA News
News on OSHA continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Serious lab accident at UCLA in 2007 was not reported Sunday, 14 March 2010, 2:02 pm
[ full article ]Report: UCLA failed to report lab accident Saturday, 13 March 2010, 1:49 pm
[ full article ]US Labor Department's OSHA finds Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. railroad violated federal whistleblower law Saturday, 13 March 2010, 5:44 am
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