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If your workplace contacts drivers on the road via hands-free cell phones and you believe doing so isn’t unsafe, a new study might change your mind.
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Seven statistics on overhead power lines, a worker with a loose grip on safety, in the courts and more in the May edition of Safe Supervisor.
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SEVEN FACTS: Highway work zone fatalities, by the numbers
PICTURE THIS: An ironic place for an unsafe act
EXPERT: Getting better safety buy-in from your workers
ICK SIX:The lowdown on lifting and back injuries
PICTURE THIS: A scaffold
waiting to fold
CAREER BOOSTER: 10 tips to running a successful meeting
FOCUS ON: Protective garments and heat stress
SAFETY TALKS
SCORECARD: The latest OSHA fines
POLICIES & PRACTICES: A workplace violence hazard assessment form
ASK THE EXPERT: New hire headaches
Three separate incidents, including two in which workers
suffered hand injuries, have resulted in both a company and one of its workers being fined in the Ontario Court of Justice.
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PICK SIX
The lowdown on cultural diversity in the workplace
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Spectacular roof collapse could have killed thousands
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How to hone your incident investigation skills
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Using your tablet correctly saves you from taking pain tablets
Not watching where one is walking is a common problem, as workers try to multitask by texting, reading or filling out paperwork while moving from one area of a worksite to another.
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Avalanches aren’t usually associated with worker fatalities, but that is what occurred recently in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. An early-season avalanche swept a 50-year-old gold surveyor at a minerals camp down a steep slope to his death.
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What is the common denominator between Bill Clinton, Tony Soprano and Kermit the Frog?
According to Sharone Bar-David, president of Bar-David Consulting, each person named above excelled at creating strong buy viagra onlineom/safetysmart/Article.aspx?id=1626&articleId=11334″>relationships with key stakeholders.
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