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National Flood Safety Awareness Week
This week is National Flood Safety Awareness Week and if you live in a flood plain or an area that is prone to catastrophic weather events, US Flood Control can provide industrial and homeowners with Tiger Dams™ that can save your home, business and property from any event. Don’t wait we have Tiger Dams™ in stock now! Every year, more occur from flooding than from any other ...
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Crane Safety: awareness raising resources
Construction accidents are far more frequent than people use to think. Large numbers of all reported incidents are crane-related and therefore, raising awareness is fundamental to prevention of future injuries and fatalities in the construction sector. Find here some good resources on crane safety: An extensive guide and infographic with some vital information on crane safety In-depth safety ...
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Free health and safety workshops
Brush up your health and safety skills or educate new staff on a range of issues thanks to free health and safety seminars from the Working Well Together Campaign. This is a great opportunity to ensure your business is compliant and that all staff, especially new starters are health and safety aware. Further information: ...
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Aftermath of Sandy, OSHA awareness tool, Tokelau goes fully solar and more on EHS This Week
On this week's edition of EHS This Week we've got the week's top stories in environment, health and safety news: OSHA guidance on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. A new anonymous safety awareness tool. Alarming dollar stats on construction injuries and fatalities in Washington. A South Pacific nation's incredible progress in going solar and a whole lot more. Remember to write us with ...
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Don’t miss free health and safety courses
The Working Well Together Campaign runs numerous free and subsidised courses in all areas of health and safety. Courses available include: general health and safety, dust awareness, asbestos awareness, preparing risk assessments and method statements, working at height and manual handling. This is a fantastic opportunity to make sure your business is compliant and that all staff, especially ...
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Register for free health and safety courses nationwide
Free and heavily subsidised courses in many aspects of health and safety are available from the Working Well Together Campaign. The courses include general health and safety, asbestos awareness, preparing risk assessments and method statements, working at height and manual handling. This is a great opportunity to ensure new starters are health and safety aware, and that your business is fully ...
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EHS This Week: Mental Health Month, New BSEE Regulations, California GHG Reduction and More!
On this week’s edition of EHS This Week we’ve got the week’s top stories in environment, health and safety news: Mental Health Month Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month New BSEE Regulations for U.S. Offshore Oil California Green House Gas Emissions Cuts Listen to the full podcast ...
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Owner and Charter of MV Wakashio issue reports of their findings following separate investigations into her grounding on 25 July and subsequent loss
If you want to exercise your corporate responsibility news but manage its negative impact, then send the bad news out on Friday, also why not do it when people are leaving work for their Xmas holidays when you may escape the negative publicity you expect from the announcement. So as this is MV Wakashio, whatever the truth happens to be, it is going to be bad news if it has to do with its ...
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Health and Safety Awareness Training Now Available for Ontario Supervisors
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has developed an e-course to help Ontario supervisors learn about Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act and how it affects their role as a supervisor. Under the new Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training regulation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which comes into force on July 1, 2014, all ...
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Workplace Safety Training – A Double-Edged Sword
Building workplace safety awareness on the job can be an application of two extreme views of managing people. The first would be analogous to the army first sergeant, who might tell his troops, “What I’m about to teach you will save your life, because if you don’t learn it I will kill you!” Or there’s the less threatening approach that employs posters with clever and ...
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Louisiana Flooding Prompts Safety Awareness
Following the recent Louisiana Flooding, emergency workers, various employers, and countless public volunteers have begun the massive task of cleanup and recovery throughout the state. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun an effort to raise awareness and maintain compliance with national safety and regulation standards in the undertaking of ...
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Get fit for 2014 with free health and safety seminars
Once again in 2014, the Working Well Together Campaign is running free health and safety seminars across the country. Seminars include: Asbestos Awareness, Dust Awareness, Face Fit Testing, Hand Arm & Whole Body Vibration, Noise in Construction, Rescue Plans, Working at Height and Manual Handling. This is a great opportunity to ensure your business is compliant and that all staff, ...
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Synergi - now a DNV product
This is very good news for all new and existing Synergi clients, since more resources will be put into further development of the system’s functions and modules. This work also has a high priority at DNV. Expertise on our solutions is now available globally from all DNV Software’s offices – including competence on support, product and sales. This big story naturally features in ...
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Flood Control America Celebrates and Supports NOAA´s Flood Safety Awareness Week
“NOAA’s National Weather Service does so much to promote flood safety, and Flood Safety Awareness Week is a shining example of that,” said FCA spokesman Bryan Fryklund, CFM. “We’re promoting this week on social media and our flood control blog to try to help get the word out about the importance of flood preparedness.” He said there is important information ...
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The National Weather Service Encourages the Public to Learn More About the Importance of Lightning Safety Awareness Through New Campaign and Public Service Announcement
Summer is time for backyard barbeques, trips to the beach and lots of outdoor fun, but it's also a time when the atmosphere heats up and dangerous thunderstorms become more frequent. Did you know lightning is the third highest storm-related killer, following floods and tornadoes? That's why the National Weather Service (NWS) and its lightning safety partners are working to stress the importance ...
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It`s spring: Safety first, says AEM, as it supports national construction safety initiatives
Safety is a priority focus for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and its member companies: AEM supports and encourages industry participation in safety awareness outreach, including three events during the beginning of May: National Safety Stand-down (fall protection) - May 4 – 15 Construction Safety Week – May 3 – 9 North American Occupational Safety and ...
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Giving back to the small business community, one safety course at a time
SafetySkills™ Direct allows small businesses to experience the benefit online safety training and a learning management system without having to purchase or install software. “Consumers have smartened up. Whether you’re looking for online safety training or music for your iPhone, there are a million companies that all claim to be your end-all solution,” said Trey Greene, CEO of ...
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Sandy cleanup, Bangladesh garment factory fire, Institute for Policy Integrity`s harsh words for EPA and more on one-year anniversary edition of EHS This Week
Welcome to the one-year anniversary of EHS This Week! For 52 full weeks we've been bringing you essential news on all aspects of workplace health and safety, EHS legislation and regulation, and environmental and climate issues from around the world, not to mention developments in renewable energy. We've been blown away by all the feedback we've received over the course of the past year and want ...
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Temperature monitoring is necessary to protect your employees from heat exposure
This week, we are celebrating National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) Heat Safety Awareness Week. The World Health Organization estimates that heat exposure contributes to over 150,000 deaths annually worldwide. Currently, heatwaves in Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Spain, and parts of the U.S. are threatening people, property and productivity. Extreme heat can have severe ...
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12 Chemifloc Employees Complete Occupational First Aid Course
12 Chemifloc employees have become qualified ‘first responders’ after successfully completing specialist training in Occupational First Aid as part of the company’s health and safety programme. The Chemifloc first responders team received comprehensive training in workplace first aid including cardiac response and the use of defibrillators. Fergal Gallagher, Health and Safety ...
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