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Preparing for a Flood
Do you know the flood risk of where you work or live? If you live on a flood plain, you’re probably aware of the risks. A flood plain is an area near a body of water, such as a river, that floods periodically. It may not flood every year, but it will flood some years.
If [...]
After the Flood
Floods are once again taking a toll on North America. We all know that floods are dangerous. What’s less well known is that many flood-related injuries and fatalities occur during clean-up. Here’s some safety information to share with your workers, especially if they live in low-lying areas or flood zones.
Clean-Up May Be More Dangerous than [...]
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SPECIAL ISSUE
Most of the things we write about for SafetyXChange apply equally to a US and Canadian—and indeed a global audience. But today’s feature story is about a US law. So we’ve divided the issue and added separate materials on a topic of Canadian law. Both stories deal with the same theme: [...]
OHS Law Requirements & How to Comply with Them
EPCRA is a US law. So, in the interest of equal time, here’s an article on a parallel topic for our Canadian members. It’s an overview of fire preparedness and response requirements in the OHS laws. There’s also a chart that summarizes the general fire protection requirements in each jurisdiction’s OHS law. [...]
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA)
The recent winter storms are a reminder of just how important it is to prepare for natural disasters. But let’s not forget about the disasters of the man-made variety. This article is about a federal law called the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) which is designed to deal with [...]
A Crossword Puzzle for Workers
Puzzled by Emergency Preparedness?
Looking for a fun way to increase your workers’ safety awareness? Test how much they know about emergency preparedness with this safety puzzle.
For more puzzles like this, go to www.safetysmartonline.com and click on the “Puzzles and Games” in the Training Tools Section. If you’re a subscriber to Safety Smart! Online, you’ll get [...]
Staying Safe During a Power Outage
We’re in peak hurricane season and one of the problems faced by people in the path of such storms is the loss of electricity. Many businesses and homes have back-up generators at the ready, not just for hurricane season but year-round. But these machines are not without their hazards. So here’s a Safety Talk to [...]
Hurricane Preparedness is in Your Hands
Hurricanes can cause substantial property damage, not to mention the injuries and loss of life that accompany the huge storms. This devastation can be caused by high winds, tornadoes, storms surges and inland flooding. There are many steps that you and your workers can take to reduce the effects of a hurricane, both at home [...]
Using the Lessons of BP to Improve Your Own Accident Response Plan
BP is hardly the first company to face the challenge of accident response. We’ve all had our own “spills.” An avoidable injury, a leaking 55 gallon drum. These things happen all the time and demand an effective response. The only real difference between us and BP is scale—and the fact that [...]
You Can’t Predict an Earthquake, But You Can Prepare for One
As the recent disaster in Haiti has shown, earthquakes leave a path of destruction and chaos in their wakes. The US Geological Survey says an earthquake strikes somewhere on Earth every 11 seconds and an estimated 10,000 earthquake-related deaths occur worldwide every year.
Most earthquake deaths involve victims being crushed under [...]
