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		<title>How to Handle a Heart Attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re ever going to have to deal with a  serious medical emergency, chances are pretty good that it will be a heart  attack. Heart attacks are a leading cause of death among North Americans. They  can occur anywhere, and that includes the workplace.
Because heart attacks are so common, it’s  important [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/animal-attack-statistics' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Animal Attack Statistics'>Animal Attack Statistics</a></li>
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		<title>Missing the Signs of a Heart Attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Lou Kirasic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In August of 2009, the employees of our  facility watched in horror as one of our own lay on the floor unable to move. Our  colleague (we’ll call him “A.L.”) had fallen and hit his head. He was bleeding  and semi conscious. No one knew to what extent his injuries were. 
Several [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/review-knowledge-work-zone-signs' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Review Your Knowledge of Work Zone Signs'>Review Your Knowledge of Work Zone Signs</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/tools/review-knowledge-work-zone-signs-2' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Review Your Knowledge of Work Zone Signs'>Review Your Knowledge of Work Zone Signs</a></li>
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		<title>5 Ways to Help Workers Cope With Winter Blues</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/5-ways-workers-cope</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cold, gloomy weather. Holiday bills arriving in the mail. New Year’s resolutions that are starting to fray. These are just some of the factors cited by mental health associations in pronouncing January 19 the most depressing day of the year.
The Canadian Mental Health Association offers 5 simple ways that employers can help their workers counter [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/dozen-ways-workers-avoid-nail-gun-injuries' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: A Dozen Ways to Help Workers Avoid Nail Gun Injuries'>A Dozen Ways to Help Workers Avoid Nail Gun Injuries</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/hot-topics/emergency-preparedness-hot-topics/prepare-winter-driving' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How to Prepare for Winter Driving'>How to Prepare for Winter Driving</a></li>
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		<title>How to Engage Those Working in Remote Sites</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/engage-working-remote-sites</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I received the following question from a SafetyXChange member, who, due to the sensitive issue, wishes to remain anonymous.
“I have found workers to be non-compliant when it comes to working in remote sites. Managers are never around to find out how poorly, and displaced workers often miss out on mentoring to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/maintain-safety-layoffs' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How to Maintain Safety During Layoffs'>How to Maintain Safety During Layoffs</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/compliance-risk-management/osha-targets-companies-sites' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: OSHA Targets Whole Companies, Not Just Particular Sites'>OSHA Targets Whole Companies, Not Just Particular Sites</a></li>
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		<title>The Ten Most Important Safety Lessons I Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Walaski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safety is simple, isn’t it? No one wants someone else to get hurt. Everyone should go home at the end of the day the same way they came in. Why isn’t it that simple?
According to Albert Einstein, “It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/5-thanksgiving-safety-lessons-holiday-hosts' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 5 Thanksgiving Safety Lessons for Holiday Hosts'>5 Thanksgiving Safety Lessons for Holiday Hosts</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/9-important-words' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The 9 Most Important Words'>The 9 Most Important Words</a></li>
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		<title>Blips on the 2012 Work Comp Radar</title>
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		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/blips-2012-work-comp-radar#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Preston Diamond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, Steve Klingel, NCCI President &#38; CEO, described the state of the workers’ compensation industry as “precarious,” while adding that the industry faces “a number of difficulties that will confront market stakeholders in the weeks and months to come.”
Here are a few areas that should be given attention as we head into the New [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/uncategorized/how-to-prevent-false-workers-comp-claims-2' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How to Prevent False Workers Comp Claims'>How to Prevent False Workers Comp Claims</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/financing-safety/the-secret-weapon-in-return-to-work-part-3-of-4' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Secret Weapon in Return-to-Work, Part 3 of 4'>The Secret Weapon in Return-to-Work, Part 3 of 4</a></li>
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		<title>It’s Time to Renew Our Commitment to Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/time-renew-commitment-safety</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/time-renew-commitment-safety#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Newport</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the holiday season well behind us, I took some time recently to reflect on the year that’s passed, appreciating especially the times spent with family and friends.
But as I was thinking about how much I enjoyed the holidays, I also thought about my friends and colleagues not so fortunate. Unfortunately, we all know someone [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/the-safety-profession-and-your-career/delivering-on-my-commitment-to-safety' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Delivering on My Commitment to Safety'>Delivering on My Commitment to Safety</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/training-and-leadership/gaining-commitment-to-safety' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gaining Commitment to Safety'>Gaining Commitment to Safety</a></li>
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		<title>2011 Word of the Year</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/2011-word-year</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/2011-word-year#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s time once again to look at what wordsmiths have chosen as the word that defines the events of 2011.
Merriam-Webster: “Pragmatic.” The adjective that means practical and logical was looked up so often on Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary that the publisher’s choice for word of the year was a “pragmatic” one.
Global Language Monitor: GLM tracks words [...]


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		<title>2011 Articles Index</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/2011-articles-index</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/2011-articles-index#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to sum up 2011? Well, it wasn’t as dramatic as, say, 2009, but it did have some interesting events that could be considered aftershocks from that year, such as the Occupy movement, Arab Spring and the Eurozone debt crisis. Osama Bin Laden was caught and killed, as was Muammar Gaddafi, and three governments were [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/the-safety-profession-and-your-career/2009-articles-index' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2009 Articles Index'>2009 Articles Index</a></li>
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		<title>Why You Should Hydrate Your Christmas Trees</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/hydrate-christmas-trees</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BarryWeissman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, you know about keeping hydrated during the summer months while you exercise and work outdoors but did you know that you need to keep your Christmas trees hydrated also?
NIST, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, has done extensive work on this subject. Check out their videos (which you can download) at http://www.fire.nist.gov/tree_fire.htm or [...]


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