Be Careful Out There! Safety in the Cold
How to keep safe during the cold weather season.
Via EHS Today:
This time of year, I know better than to leave the house unprepared for cold weather and icy road conditions, but are we ever truly prepared for that first blast of winter weather? Last year, our first major snowstorm fell long before the official start of winter.
Lovell Safety Group Earns Dividends
Lovell Safety Management Co., LLC, announced the 2010 – 2011 dividend earnings of another of its Safety Groups:
Master Painters and Decorators, Safety Group #135 paid a 32.5 percent dividend. Qualifying members received an advance discount of 20 percent.
Save Energy Over the Holidays!
Via the CDC:
Make “green” holiday choices when you are shopping, traveling, decorating, sending cards, and choosing gifts.. When you save energy and resources, you protect the environment and safeguard health both now and for the future.
Keep Fit at the Office
How to Stay Active When You Work Behind a Desk All Day
From our good friends at EHS Today:
A lack of physical activity, particularly if it’s combined with work-related stress, can threaten your overall health. According to physician members of the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED), building fitness and healthy food choices into your daily office routine can make a big difference in your physical and mental well-being.
Read more about Staying active at work.
Be Safe During the Holidays
Important Holiday safety news via EHS Today:
Electrical accidents typically increase during the holiday season. The U.S. Consumer and Product Safety Commission reports that during the 2 months surrounding the holiday season, more than 14,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms due to injuries related to holiday decorating. In 2010, the National Fire Protection Association stated that holiday lights were involved in an average of 150 reported home structure fires per year during 2004-2008. Those fires caused an average of eight civilian deaths, 16 civilian injuries, and $8.9 million in direct property damage per year.
Exposure for Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure
Via the CDC:
A dedicated and hard-working nurse is going through a normal shift. Checking vital signs, updating medical records, administering medications, comforting patients, drawing blood samples, inserting IVs, and then OUCH! What just happened? Is that a red dot underneath the glove? This can’t be right…
Another Cintas Worker Dies In Incident Related to Industrial Dryer
Tragic. Via EHS Today:
A second Cintas employee in less than 5 years has been killed in an incident involving an industrial dryer. Kevin Burgess of Louisville, Ky., was killed Oct. 28 while servicing an industrial dryer at the company’s facility in the Louisville area. The local coroner has ruled that Burgess died of blunt force trauma.
Welcome, New Staff Members!
Please join us in welcoming our wonderful new Lovell Safety Management staff people:
Charles Brodus, Underwriter
Charles has worked on behalf of his clients’ success as an underwriter, handling all procedures and compliance issues, staying current on all underwriting criteria. He is an authority on workers’ compensation, and is skilled and knowledgeable in workers’ comp endorsements such as sole proprietorships, LLCs, and PSLCs, and is an expert in loss history and experience ratings. A former crisis worker for Covenant House, Charles is a graduate of the State University at Stony Brook.
James Dunscomb, Safety & Health Consultant
A former Navy electrician, NYC police officer and firefighter, James brings immeasurable experience to his role as Safety and Health Consultant. James has formulated and authored Fire Safety Manuals and Plans, and led inspections pertaining to fire, life, environmental safety, and building code compliance. He insures compliance with federal, state, and local safety regulations, conducts statistical analysis on incident data, and prepares reports and projections on accident statistics, loss-control operations and corrective actions.
New Chairman at OSHA
From OSHA: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced that Erich J. (Pete) Stafford has been appointed as the new chair of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH).
“Pete’s wealth of knowledge and experience on a wide range of construction health and safety matters makes him an ideal choice to chair this important committee,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels. “We appreciate his commitment to protect the welfare of our nation’s construction workers and look forward to his leadership.”
Read the full article here.
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