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FEMA to award grants to Iowa fire depatments - SW Iowa News


FEMA to award grants to Iowa fire depatments
SW Iowa News
The operations and safety program supplements training, equipment, personal protective equipment, wellness and fitness, and health and safety modifications ...
Mount Calvary Fire Department gets grant

Lion Apparel Launches Lion Connects - Firefighter Hourly


Lion Apparel Launches Lion Connects
Firefighter Hourly
Who: Lion Apparel, the world's largest supplier of firefighter protective clothing, serves the uniform and personal protective equipment (PPE) and logistics ...

Fire companies to receive shares of federal grant - TheDay.com


Fire companies to receive shares of federal grant
TheDay.com
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the money may be used to purchase emergency response equipment, personal protective equipment, ...
$40K grant benefits Bell Township VFD
S. ZANESVILLE FIRE DEPT. TO GET FEMA GRANT
Fire departments get grants
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Grant will protect Lake Park firefighters - istockAnalyst.com (press release)


Grant will protect Lake Park firefighters
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
"The City of Lake Park was awarded a 2009 FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant for Equipment and Personal Protective Equipment," Devane said. ...

Bluffton Receives Federal Firefighter Grant - Firefighter Hourly


Bluffton Receives Federal Firefighter Grant
Firefighter Hourly
The money goes toward personal protective equipment and other equipment to assist in the operations portion of departmental spending. ...

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Carla Saavedra

Watch the Game—and the Sausage


Latest Blog Entry:
Watch the Game—and the Sausage

By Jerry Laws


Federal food safety gurus say people throwing or attending a Super Bowl party should make sure none of the recently recalled Italian sausage or salami is on the menu for the big game.


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Posted by Carla Saavedra on February 8, 2010 at 11:07am

Malcolm Tullett

An organisation divided by a common language

When it comes to risk and safety there is common legislation, but everyone seems to have their own ’spin’ on it.


Even within a single organisation people read the same instructions and interpret them differently. It’s hardly surprising that different organisations have completely different ideas about what a complex set
of legislation and guidance actually means.


When you take the next step and take the risk and safety issues global, there’s even more diversity in the interpreta

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Posted by Malcolm Tullett on February 7, 2010 at 6:28pm

Stephanie Wu

Do you have what it takes to become US government contractor?

Do you have what it takes to become US government contractor?


Whether or not you are self-certified or having some professional firm like us combined 40 years of Federal business experiences to assist with your 8A application; you might want to think about the followings;

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Posted by Stephanie Wu on February 6, 2010 at 4:23pm

Safetyguy08

The Basics of Forklift Safety (Part 2)

Understanding the basics of forklift stability



  1. Forklifts are designed to carry loads. When a forklift moves without a load it is much more unstable than one with a load carried low to the ground.

  2. Because loads are not fastened down, applying the brakes often causes the load to shift, causing additional instability.

  3. Loads are intended to be carried low. When a load is raised the stability of the forklift drops substantially. This becomes even more dangerous if

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Posted by Safetyguy08 on February 5, 2010 at 10:05am

Safetyguy08

The Basics of Forklift Safety (Part 1)

Do you remember the movie "Christine", the 1958 Plymouth fury with attitude based on a book by Stephen King?


You may not have a killer car in your warehouse out for revenge but chances are you've got one or more forklifts in it with the same destructive power. The fact is that the average forklift weighs as much as a medium-sized dump truck and, because it's small and most often a lot quieter than a dump truck, it can become a very real source of danger to your employees. Additionally,

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Posted by Safetyguy08 on February 4, 2010 at 11:21am

Safetyguy08

Free Beta Software for Calculating Arc Flash

If you are involved with electrical work you need to check out the arcadvisor.com blog at http://arcadvisor.blogspot.com/


It focuses exclusively on arc flash, its dangers, prevention, etc… Additionally, they've got a free beta version of an arc flash calculation software that you can download free in exchange for feedback.


Arcad, the company that provides this blog and free software "helps facilities create safer working environments

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Posted by Safetyguy08 on February 3, 2010 at 10:00am

Ken Oswald

Super Bowl Food and Party Safety Tips

As millions of Americans mark Super Bowl Sunday with friends and family, making it the second highest day of food consumption in the United States after Thanksgiving, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service is offering some practical food safety tips to help prevent food borne illnesses.
A FOOTBALL FAN'S GUIDE TO FOOD SAFETY Here are some tips to help you score a "touchdown" with your Super Bowl party:

Personal Foul In food safety, this penalty occurs when the health of your gue… Continue

Posted by Ken Oswald on February 3, 2010 at 9:57am

pat griswold

Hiring General Contractors

We are running into a problem hiring contractors to do on-site precision machining lately. Many do not have individual health insurance for themselves or their workers. For a couple of projects, we took out short term health policies to protect our busin… Continue

Posted by pat griswold on February 3, 2010 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

Oliver Bojarski

Mitigate the Risk of Accidents due to Hazardous Energy throughout the Infrastructure

Hazardous energy is present throughout the infrastructure in many different forms of equipment within the workplace. Establishing a comprehensive Lockout/Tagout program that can handle this dangerous energy is not only mandatory in order to comply with OSHA regulations, but also a socially responsible approach that employers should take part in so as to provide employees a workplace that is free of recognized hazards.
OSHA’s 29 CFR 1910.147 standard, “The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout /Ta… Continue

Posted by Oliver Bojarski on February 3, 2010 at 9:20am

Safetyguy08

FR clothing… all the way or not at all!

You'd have to be living somewhere in upper Mongolia in a cave for the past decade not to know about the new standards and safety measures concerning Flame Retardant clothing that have been enacted and which are still in the works.


Being aware of the changes and standards is one thing, understanding them properly is quite another. I'm referring specifically to the issue of FR underclothing.


Many people don't realize that, when dealing with arc flash, it isn't enough to wear FR ou

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Posted by Safetyguy08 on February 2, 2010 at 10:04am — 2 Comments

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Cristine Fargo

Reviewers Needed for Proposed Revision to Hand Protection Selection Standard

The voluntary consensus standard, ANSI/ISEA 105 American National Standard for Hand Protection Selection Criteria is scheduled to be revised by the end of the year.  As part of the development proces…

Started by Cristine Fargo Feb 6.

Dawn Eichenlaub

Question of STB 7 Replies

Is the Composite Toed shoes/boots acceptable when steel toed shoes/boots are required?

Tagged: PPE

Started by Dawn Eichenlaub. Last reply by Omar Fundora Feb 4.

Dawn Eichenlaub

Office Water Coolers 15 Replies

Here's my concern -> Aside from taking some samples over to a lab or buying something online to check it mysefl, I have a good, hard feeling that some employees are getting "upset" stomachs from…

Tagged: illness, coolers, water, bacteria

Started by Dawn Eichenlaub. Last reply by John Richardson Feb 4.

Jamey

Eye Protection Policy on Construction Site 5 Replies

Experiencing several minor eye injuries due to simply being on the jobsite (i.e., dust in eye). Is it unreasonable to have a policy that requires eye protection on jobsite at all time, regardless of…

Started by Jamey. Last reply by Rick Holm Feb 3.

Dawn Eichenlaub

Fire Extinguishers 12 Replies

What is the distance that has to be cleared in front of a fire extinguisher in a manufacturing facility? And it should be painted "striped yellow", correct?

Tagged: extinguishers, fire

Started by Dawn Eichenlaub. Last reply by Kevin T. Salzman Feb 2.

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OSHA News

Farmington worker's close cal has OSHA putting renewed emphasis on grain bin ... - Pioneer Press


Farmington worker's close cal has OSHA putting renewed emphasis on grain bin ...
Pioneer Press
"We have OSHA coming in tomorrow." Authorities are investigating reports that Malecha was not wearing a safety harness when, while attempting to unclog ...

Worker fell to his death at Palm Coast, FL construction site - Justice News Flash


Worker fell to his death at Palm Coast, FL construction site
Justice News Flash
Florida construction accident lawyer alerts- OSHA notified of fatal fall that killed construction worker. Palm Coast, FL—A fatal workplace accident occurred ...

WH, Chamber at odds on OSHA - Politico


WH, Chamber at odds on OSHA
Politico
Currently, these injuries are recorded in the same category as problems like hearing loss, making it difficult for OSHA to collect accurate data. ...

 

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