Avoid
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Aggressive driving is responsible for 1,500 deaths each year. Give your
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You and your employees will watch as the five main characters are egged
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Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis has outlined President
Obama’s FY 2010 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) budget, which she said
will begin to restore worker protection programs and revitalize
employment opportunities for the American workforce.
A new study of five U.S. corporations shows that the
companies saved nearly $3 billion annually on health care costs
associated with the treatment of chronic diseases detectable via an eye
examination.
As we focus on National Electrical Safety Month, it is
important that we pause for a moment not only to recognize how far we
have come in saving lives through safer work practices and enhanced
equipment, but also to remember there is still much we can
do.
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Respiratory protection is provided to employees when a hazard
can not be eliminated or effectively minimized with engineering
controls. Selecting a respirator is an important task that requires
weighing many factors before making the final decision.
In a new report, former EPA official J. Clarence (Terry)
Davies suggests existing health and safety agencies are unable to cope
with the risk assessment, standard setting and oversight challenges of
advancing nanotechnology. He stresses that a new agency is needed to
address current forms of pollution and to deal with the health and
environmental impacts of the technically complex products promised by
rapid 21st century scientific advances.
Drivers tend to overestimate their driving skills and
underestimate their distraction caused by other activities while they
drive, and engage in distracting activities because they don't
accurately perceive the danger of doing so, suggests a new study in the
National Safety Council's (NSC) Journal of Safety
Research.
Welcome to Coastal's Hazard Recognition
Challenge! How many hazards do you miss in a day? If
you’ve been on the job a while, it’s probably more than
you think. Sharpen up your hazard recognition skills with this short
quiz. We’ll have a drawing of everyone who scores 100% and give
one lucky winner a free copy of our new DVD hazard recognition training
program Just Another Day.
Just Another Day is Coastal’s newest
hazard recognition training DVD developed especially for the
experienced worker. Here's a sneak peek at questions
3&4.
3. Climbing on a desk to replace a light bulb is
a. Risky
b. Safe
4. An experienced forklift driver can drive and shout orders
to his crew at the same time.
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Arc Flash Safety Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Time: 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT Sponsored by:Aramark Do you want your employees to be safe from injuries caused by
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