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		<title>Materials Handling Best Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a SafetyXChange member asked about the safest way for workers to carry long materials.
He wrote:
We feel it is unsafe to carry long material on your shoulder as you cannot see the back (head height) end and it may come into contact with people or equipment. 
Our suggestion was to carry long material at [...]


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		<title>Materials Handling Best Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Safety Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials Handling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A SafetyXChange member is looking for information on the safest way for workers to carry long materials. He writes:
We feel it is unsafe to carry long material on your shoulder as you cannot see the back (head height) end and it may come into contact with people or equipment. 
Our suggestion was to carry long [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/training-and-leadership/hazardous-materials-handling-part-2-of-3-hmmt' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hazardous Materials Handling, Part 2 of 3: HMMT'>Hazardous Materials Handling, Part 2 of 3: HMMT</a></li>
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		<title>How to Determine Safe Stacking Heights</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/how-to-determine-safe-stacking-heights</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/how-to-determine-safe-stacking-heights#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BarryWeissman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hillmann Group]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Asia Food Journal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Catherine Jones, editor of SafetyXChange, received the following question from a SafetyXChange member in response to her article on stacking mismatched items:
"I enjoyed reading your article about stacking oddball sized materials. I have a question. In the article you mentioned that materials should be stacked to a safe height. Is there any guidance [...]


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		<title>How to Stack Oddballs</title>
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		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/how-to-stack-oddballs#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Safety Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials Handling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[material and metal bars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Proper stacking in the workplace ensures that materials are accessible when needed; it keeps the stacked materials in proper condition; and most important of all, it prevents injuries. Stacking materials works best when all of the stacked items are of equal or proportional configuration, size and weight. Unfortunately, this isn't always the case. Your stockrooms, [...]


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		<title>Is It Ever Safe to Pull a Pallet Jack?</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/is-it-ever-safe-to-pull-a-pallet-jack</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/is-it-ever-safe-to-pull-a-pallet-jack#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SafetyXChange Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Laval]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oberto Sausage Company]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ralph B. White]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor's Note: Last week, I received the following question from a SafetyXChange member:
I've looked everywhere on the net to try to answer my question. We have several employees who move pallet jacks by pulling with both arms behind their backs. It looks like this could strain the back much easier than pulling with one arm. [...]


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		<title>Why Home Is Not Always a Safe Haven</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/why-home-is-not-always-a-safe-haven</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/why-home-is-not-always-a-safe-haven#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bruce, HEI, AHC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Safety Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials Handling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appropriate personal protective equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Safety Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Off-the-Job Injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power  tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[powered yard care equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protective equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Think of the one place where you feel safe, a place you  consider your refuge. For most people that safe haven is home. For example, in  a recent National Safety Council survey, 93 percent of respondents said they  felt at least as safe if not safer at home than they do at [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/home-safe-vacation' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Is Your Home Safe When You Go on Vacation?'>Is Your Home Safe When You Go on Vacation?</a></li>
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		<title>Training and Leadership from the Hawk&#8217;s Eye View</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/training-and-leadership/training-leadership-from-the-hawks-eye-view</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/training-and-leadership/training-leadership-from-the-hawks-eye-view#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Hawk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Materials Handling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training and Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Kirwan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sacramento]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we invited you to submit your questions to  international speaker, trainer, consultant and author Richard Hawk. Richard is  not only an experienced safety professional who has been in the field for more  than 20 years but, so he claims, an accomplished guitarist, singer and  songwriter. Richard will now make [...]


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		<title>How to Prevent Pallet Jacks from Causing Injury</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/how-to-prevent-them-from-causing-injury</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/how-to-prevent-them-from-causing-injury#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyonel Doherty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[appropriate personal protective equipment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[commonplace tools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pallet jack may not be the most hazardous piece of equipment in your workplace. But its simple appearance can be dangerously
deceiving. Manual pallet jacks have been the culprit behind crushed toes, scraped knuckles and pulled backs. Improperly stored and these devices also pose tripping hazards. If your facility uses pallet jacks, share these safety [...]


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		<title>A General Safety Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/a-general-safety-guide</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/a-general-safety-guide#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec Dewdney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Safety Best Practices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[company products]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lift trucks are handy tools found on the sites of many businesses. Although essential to the conduct of day-to-day business, lift trucks generally don't add any value to the company's product. Handled improperly, though, they can add cost. This article will explain what you can do to reduce the risk of a lift truck incident. [...]


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		<title>Provide Basic Lifting Instructions to Prevent Back Injuries</title>
		<link>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/provide-basic-lifting-instructions-to-prevent-back-injuries</link>
		<comments>http://www.safetyxchange.org/health-safety/provide-basic-lifting-instructions-to-prevent-back-injuries#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Demby, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back injuries are a common form of workplace injury. Improper lifting techniques are a leading cause of back injuries. Showing your employees the right way to lift loads is thus a key to preventing injuries. Here's how to create a form for doing that. There's also a model memo, written for an eighth-grade reading level, [...]


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