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		<title>10 Spring Cleaning Safety Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poison Prevention at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Overview of Poison Prevention</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Manning Grimm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Common Mistakes to Avoid, Part 1 of 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Stewart, MSc.(A), ROH, CRSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first started writing this article, I was going to talk about common errors that employees make when dealing with hazardous chemicals. But then I paused and remembered something: Chemical safety in the workplace is a joint effort. It requires employees and employers to work together. So I crumpled up the original piece and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Common Hazardous Chemical Errors to Avoid, Part 2 of 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Stewart, MSc.(A), ROH, CRSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we looked at the first four of the seven common mistakes made by both employers and employees when dealing with hazardous chemicals:
1.    Relying too heavily on MSDS information for hazard communication;
2.    Not reviewing the MSDS before using the chemical;
3.    Not having the proper PPE for chemicals used in the workplace; and
4.    Overlooking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal to Add MSD Info to 300 Log</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Demby, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, OSHA wants to make  employers list specific musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) information on the OSHA  Form 300. 
A little background. On Jan. 19, 2001, in  the final days of the Clinton Administration, OSHA published a Recordkeeping  rule that would have created a new column on the Form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Free Online Measuring Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adopting a healthy lifestyle is key to battling cardiovascular diseases. Before you begin, though, it’s important to know where you’re starting from. These three measuring tools can help.
1. Measure Your Body Mass Index
Being overweight or obese puts you at risk for developing many diseases, including heart disease. So how do you determine if you’re overweight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Safety Quotes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What's the secret to safety leadership? The heart! If you  can reach the trainee's heart, you can reach the trainee. Consider the  following quotes:
Get right to the heart of matters. It's the heart that  matters more.
Adam Duritz, Musician
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and  empty hearts can do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to Prevent Painful Burn Injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 7 to 13 is National Burn Awareness  Week, which is recognized each year during the first full week in February.
According to the American Burn Association,  every year:

500,000 burn injury victims receive medical treatment
40,000 burn injury victims are hospitalized
4,000 fire and burn injury victims die

Between 1995 and 2005:

70% of patients admitted to burn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Plugged in to Kids&#8217; Electrical Hazards?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Duncan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year across the United States approximately 2,400 children go to hospital emergency wards with injuries associated with plugging foreign objects into electrical receptacles. That works out to seven children each day, with 95 percent of their injuries involving electrical burns.
According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 70 percent of these potentially [...]]]></description>
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