Click here for the recent Hastings, Nebraska House Fire on January 16, 2017 If you are storing loose 9 volt or AA or other batteries in a kitchen drawer or a "junk" drawer in your home, watch how you store them. Above all don't store them loose and rolling around with other metal items, like small … Continue reading “Have Batteries At Home? Don’t Store Open Batteries In Junk Drawers” #HomeSafety
GRANDVIEW, MO (KCTV) - For the past week, one particular video has been lighting up social media, warning of improperly stored 9-volt batteries sparking devastating house fires. The clip, first posted on the website kidsandcharacter.com, recounts how a battery fire destroyed the home of Fort Collins, CO, resident Dave Miller. It begins with the dramatic … Continue reading KCTV5 Exposes The 9-Volt Battery Fire Danger
Name of product: Steel toe work boots Hazard: The steel toe cap in the boots could fail to protect the wearer’s feet in an impact. Units About 105,000 pairs in the United States and 9,000 in Canada Description This recall involves 45 styles of Red Wing men’s steel toe work boots in sizes 11 to … Continue reading Red Wing Shoes Recalls 105,000 Pairs Of Steel Toe Work Boots Due to Impact Hazard
Watch the video above that features the CEO of Coca Cola Bottling Co, of Santa Fe, NM discussing his company’s adoption of TruTouch. You will find that TruTouch resolved some really important issues and contributed to a much safer workplace. The webpage for TruTouch is http://www.tttinc.com. TruTouch Technologies is commercializing a novel, optically based, … Continue reading New Safety Product! – “TruTouch Alcohol Detection & Deterrent System
The Accident Report! I am writing in response to your request for “additional information.” In block number 30 of the accident report form, I put “poor planning” as the cause for my accident. You said in your last letter that I should explain more fully. I trust that the following detail will be sufficient. I … Continue reading Off Topic Fun – “Humorous Accident Report”
A June 2013 fire in New Hampshire sparked by a 9 volt battery in a junk drawer has fire safety officials warning of how to properly store them. The resident had just cleaned and organized a junk drawer in her kitchen and the fire was started by storing the 9 volt battery in the … Continue reading State Fire Marshal Warns of 9 Volt Battery Danger – The “Junk Drawer” Problem Continues to Grow!
09/17/12 What do you do after Halloween has come and gone, the costumes are put away, the kids have come down from their sugar high, and the jack-o-lantern is starting to wilt... and there are still pounds and pounds of candy all over the place? What do you do when the after-Halloween candy sales … Continue reading Send Halloween to America’s Heroes
No matter your language, this is certainly a bad example of hand tool safety! Construction Safety and Health Outreach Program U.S. Department of Labor OSHA Office of Training and Education HAZARD RECOGNITION Tools are such a common part of our lives that it is difficult to remember that they may pose hazards. All tools are … Continue reading OSHA Hand & Power Tool Safety Tips
Toolbox Talks General General safety toolbox topics. Behavioral Safety Toolbox topics on behavioral safety. Disease Prevention Toolbox talks related to disease prevention Electrical Hazards Toolbox topics associated with electrical hazards Ergonomics Ergonomic toolbox topics Fatigue Fatigue, shiftwork and related toolbox topics Fire Fire associated toolbox topics Forklifts Forklift and other powered industrial truck related toolbox … Continue reading Toolbox Talks Resource – Great Topics & Information
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 23, 2011 Release #12-068 Firm's Recall Hotline: (866) 236-5683 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 HC Media Contact: (613) 957-2983 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following … Continue reading Build-A-Bear Recalls 300,000 Colorful Hearts Teddy Bears Due to Choking Hazard in the US & Canada
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International Seat Belt Pledge “I pledge to wear my seat belt whenever I am riding in a Fire Department vehicle. I further pledge to insure that all my brother and sister firefighters riding with me wear their seat belts. I am making this pledge willingly; to honor Brian Hunton my brother firefighter because wearing seat … Continue reading Firefighter Safety – The Importance of Seatbelt Use
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