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Child Passenger Safety & What You Need To Know
Every day across America, parents and caregivers drive young children to and from school, daycare, the store, and around town in car seats and boosters. Yet ...
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4 Reasons Why ForkLift Checklists Are Critical
OSHA requires forklift trucks to be inspected at least once per day, or after every shift if in constant use (Powered Industrial Truck OSHA Standard 29 ...
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Y employees use AED to save life
Critical seconds tick away. Training takes over. Josh Eckstein, a lifeguard at the Southeastern Indiana YMCA, knew what to do while on duty one morning in ...
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How To Maintain & Clean Your Emergency Eyewash Stations
Emergency Eyewash Station Maintenance In this guide, we’ll walk you through some best practices on how to keep your eyewash units in tip-top condition, so that ...
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Attorneys: Lockout/tag-out violations are costly OSHA violations
Columbus, Ohio — OSHA is hitting hard at the issue of lockout/tag-out and machine safety guarding and putting a laser focus on amputations that could result from ...
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Man makes ‘miracle’ recovery from heart attack after strangers perform CPR
On July 23, building contractor Brian Boos, JDW, Inc. service repair supervisor Darren Ebaugh and FerrelGas technician Shawn Kainz were all called to a home in ...
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Can You Find The Defibrillator At Work?
About 10,000 cardiac arrests happen in workplaces each year, according to the American Heart Association. Using an automatic external defibrillator can increase the chance of survival. ...
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“Second chance at life:” Daughter uses CPR to save life of father in cardiac arrest
A 26-year-old lifeguard trained in CPR saved her father’s life A 59-year-old Town of Farmington man was hosting a family gathering at his Green Lake home ...
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‘Couldn’t let him go:’ Washington County woman saved stepfathers life with CPR
A Washington County woman jumped into action to save her stepfather’s life. The 26-year-old performed CPR until first responders arrived to help. “I mean, it was ...
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5 Forklift Safety Elements – Part 5 “Know About Load Basics”
Forklift Safety Elements – Know About Load Basics OSHA advises operators to check loads before picking them up with the forks, ensuring the load’s stability and ...
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5 Forklift Safety Elements – Part 4 “Understand The Stability Triangle”
Understand the ‘stability triangle’ An unloaded lift truck’s center of gravity – where the weight has equal concentration – typically is higher than that of a ...
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13-Year-Old Scientists Research Shows Hand Dryers Can Hurt Kids Ears
Nora Keegan takes measurements in 2016. Hand dryers are ubiquitous in public restrooms, the noise they make may be harmful to children’s ears. According to research ...
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5 Forklift Safety Elements – Part 3 (Know The Machinery & Rules)
Know the machinery – and the rules Although lift trucks and personal vehicles share some similarities, they ultimately are quite different. Among the differences: Open structure; ...
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Less Than 20% Of Americans Are CPR Certified – Is Your Team Ready To Save A Life?
CPR/First Aid Training – Corporate and Group Classes UniFirst First Aid + Safety offers weekly CPR classes for companies and groups, UniFirst First Aid + Safety’s ...
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Bucket Truck Inspection Checklists. What should you do…
It seems there is little known about what’s required when checking bucket trucks and so we thought we’d share the consensus of findings… The main OSHA ...
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