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Improve Your Safety Effectiveness – By Judy Kerry State Compensation Insurance Fund
Want to increase your company’s safety effectiveness? There are some simple things you can do so that workers will care about working safely and following proper work procedures to reduce the frequency and severity of workplace injuries and illnesses.
Take Precautions to Prevent Heat Illness - By Judy Kerry State Compensation Insurance Fund
Heat illness is a silent hazard. Heat illness victims may not realize they’re in trouble until the symptoms are advanced. If left unattended, heat illness could lead to heat stroke, a condition that is life-threatening. Construction worker employers should be familiar with Cal/OSHA’s heat illness prevention regulation to prevent possible heat-related illness or death. The main points of the regulation include training, water, shade and planning.
Step Ladder Safety - Falls from ladders are all too common. If you are lucky, you end up with little else but a bruise. Many people are injured very seriously from falls from ladders. Follow the link for tips to keep in mind when using ladders.
Handwashing and Infection Control
October 16, 2007
Barbara Manning Grimm
The first safety talks we ever heard came from our moms and dads. Look both ways before you cross the street, don't take candy from strangers, etc. Chances are, the topics of one of those early talks also included the importance of washing our hands. My mother was particularly fond of this one. She probably reminded me to wash my hands about 25 times a day.
But for many, that lesson still hasn't sunk in. At least that's the inevitable conclusion I draw from all those infection control reports I read citing lack of handwashing as a major problem. To address this issue and commemorate Infection Control Week, I'd like to present the following safety talk for you to share with your workers.
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