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5 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Toy
Question: What does this figure represent?
152,400
Answer: It’s the estimated number of children under 15 who were treated for toy-related injuries in US hospital emergency rooms in 2005.
To keep kids safe during the holidays – and at any time of the year – ask yourself these 5 questions before buying a toy:
1. Is the toy age-appropriate? [...]
A Safety Checklist for Holiday Travel, Part 1 of 2
The holidays are about being together with loved ones. For some of your workers, that means hosting the family gathering. For others it means traveling to the homes of relatives. This week’s SafetyXChange is dedicated to the latter – the holiday travelers.
Make a Checklist
Holiday travel takes a lot of preparation. Shopping for gifts, packing suitcases, [...]
Don’t Forget Your Part-Time Workers
The holidays are a time when many companies hire part time workers. Many of these workers are students who are young and inexperienced. In short, they’re especially vulnerable to injury and illness. But instead of going out of their way to protect their part-time workers, companies tend to overlook them.
Company Liable for Not Protecting Part-Time [...]
Are Safety Directors Liable for Company’s Violations?
Remember the scene in Casablanca? Rick (Humphrey Bogart) has just shot the evil Major Strasser. Louis (Claude Raines), who was standing just a few feet away, blows his whistle to summon his Vichy police henchmen. When the agents arrive, Louis informs them that “Major Strasser has been shot.” After a dramatic pause and a menacing [...]
The Holiday Suicide Phenomenon
The public perception is that the suicide rate increases every year at this time. Holiday depression is real. But the theory that the holidays are peak suicide season is a myth. In fact, just the opposite is true. According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics, since 2005, the suicide rate in the [...]
Moving Up the Ladder
It’s the classic Catch 22. You want a promotion or higher position with another company but lack experience. The only way to get the experience is to get the position. But the company won’t give you the position because you don’t have the experience. Here’s a question I recently received from one of my ExecuNet [...]
