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MAY DAY QUIZ
Question: Why is “May Day” the international signal of distress?
Answer: “May Day” is the anglicized version of the French phrase “M’aidez,” which means “Help me.”
The Right & Wrong Way to Dress
It might be unfair, but how you look has a lot to do with the impression you make during an interview. And how you dress has a major impact on how you look. Dressing properly for the interview won’t win the job; but dressing improperly can lose it.
Before you show up [...]
The 7 Words Not to Say in a Job Interview
The late George Carlin did a famous routine about the 7 words you can’t say on TV. I have my own version of the routine: the 7 words you can’t—or at least, you shouldn’t—say during a job interview.
Some Clarification
My version is a lot less risqué, than Mr. Carlin’s. It won’t get [...]
Stage a Phony Death to Prevent a Real One
Talking to your workers about safety isn’t always enough to prevent illness and injury. You must also ensure that workers talk to each other when they’re on the job. After all, if workers don’t look out for their co-workers, who will? Unfortunately, many companies have a hard time convincing their workers that the need to [...]
Spring Cleaning Safety Tips for Work
Now that we’ve finished our OSHA, EPA and internal end-of-year reports, let’s do some cleaning! Here are a few spring safety cleaning tips for our plants, offices and grounds. (Note: You can share many of these ideas with your fellow employees in your next in-house newsletters. There are things we do in [...]
Inspections in Canada
Nick’s moral applies equally to Canadian employers: You should have somebody at your company follow the OHS inspector and take photos, notes and measurements.
There is one aspect of the story that doesn’t perfectly fit the Canadian context. Unlike in the U.S., all Canadian employers aren’t necessarily guaranteed the right to [...]
The Value of a Daily Safety Sweep
Most safety professionals know that they are far more effective when they can be “out on the floor” a “good percentage of the time” (whatever that is). For me, I have found that I can get more bang out of my buck (and the company’s) by being sure to also be out there during the [...]
April 20, 1999
11th Anniversary of the Columbine Massacre
Adolf Hitler was born on this date in 1889. Eleven years ago, to “celebrate” the occasion, two teenage students from Littleton, CO—Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold—showed up at school armed with bombs, sawed-off shotguns and semi-automatic weapons. At 11:20 AM, they opened fire on their [...]
Showing How Training You Saves Your Company Money
OSHA and OHS laws specifically require companies to provide safety training to workers and supervisors. But they don’t say anything about training you, the company’s safety director. So persuading senior management to pony up the dollars to train you can be tricky. After all, aren’t you already supposed to be the [...]
Work Zone Safety
Work Zone Safety
What does this number represent?
3,000
Answer: It’s the approximate number of work zones that are expected to be present on the U.S. National Highway System during peak construction season this year.
Here are some other work zone statistics:
1,010 persons were killed in motor vehicle crashes in work zones in 2006
85% of those killed in a [...]
