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5 Ways to Winterize Your Workplace
Housekeeping can become routine to the point of going unnoticed. So a good safety plan should build in regular reviews of housekeeping procedures during the course of the year. The arrival of cold weather is …
What Would You Do?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a safety manager of a building materials supplier who needs some advice.
He says that while falls from scaffolds and ladders might be the number one injury in …
Don’t Blow Off Snowblower Hazards
If you have snow on your driveway, you might want to say a little thank you to the late Arthur Sicard. Who’s Arthur Sicard? He’s the inventor of the snowblower. And while he’s dead now, …
3 Quick Quotes
New Year’s eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be …
A Safety Checklist for Holiday Hosting, Part 2 of 2
Hosting the family for the holidays is a lot of work. And I’m sure that the last thing you hosts out there want or need is one more item to add to your to-do checklist. …
Preparing for Winter Storms
Are your workers ready for ice storms and other severe winter weather? Preparedness is key to getting through a winter storm with minimum danger and discomfort. To help your workers plan for winter weather emergencies, …
What Would You Do?
I got a phone call the other day from the safety manager of a building materials supplier. He says that falls from scaffolds and ladders might be the number one injury in most construction companies, …
Talk to Me about Your Safety Awareness Programs
Thank you very much to the many SafetyXChange members who volunteered to discuss their safety awareness programs with me. The response has been overwhelming. If I haven’t contacted you yet, I will soon.
Talk to Me about Your Safety Awareness Programs
I’m doing some research about how companies distribute health and safety information to their workers (beyond their safety talks). If any of you members of SafetyXChange would be willing to spend about 20 minutes on …
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 …