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July 04 2008 - Emergency Response
American Red Cross: Make Blood Donation Part of Holiday Plans
With the Fourth of July weekend here, the American Red Cross is urging everyone to make giving blood part of their holiday plans.
- 7/4/2008 CPSC Offers Fourth of July Fireworks Safety Tips
- 7/4/2008 Experts Offer Ways to Make Independence Day Safer
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The Crane Safety Imperative
An average of 22 construction workers died in crane-related incidents per year from 1992 to 2006, according to a report released June 17 by the Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), which derived the number from BLS data. The "Crane-Related Deaths in Construction and Recommendations for Their Prevention" report, spurred by tower crane collapses in New York City and Miami that killed 10 workers and one bystander this spring, listed eight recommendations. Certification of operators, inspectors, riggers, and signalpersons are the top three.
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Guidelines for a Quality Program
That’s a clever use of duct tape, I thought, but it’s not reasonable for work boots. The employee wore a pair of dry, rotted-leather safety shoes that were being held together with duct tape, and he was trying to make it to payday. I’ve seen other employees who have purchased used safety shoes that had been worn down, causing uneven foot surfaces or treads that could potentially cause a fall. I’ve also seen the super-discount safety shoes, which are hard to walk in and extremely heavy.
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