Safety Prescriptions Newsletter
www.TheSafetyDoctor.com
Dr. Isabel Perry, Publisher,
Isabel@TheSafetyDoctor.com
In this issue ...
1 | What's New at the "Safety Doctor?"
2 | Personal Safety Tip
3 | Workplace Safety Tip
4 | Safety Humor
5 | Safety Observances (Feb 9 - 15 National Child Passenger Safety Week)
6 | Safety Products on Sale
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WHAT'S NEW AT THE "SAFETY DOCTOR?"
Hi friends and
colleagues,
Hope your safety program has a positive start in 2004 with no recordable
injuries. Things are pretty busy here in Orlando. In my “spare time” I’ve
been writing safety articles for publication and drafting a book.
Speaking of publication, would you like to have your favorite safety
story published? If so, write a 600-800 word article (in Word) and I’ll
publish the “best of the best” with your by-line. If you have any questions,
contact me at 407-291-1209.
Plus, I would like to launch some free 30-60 minute safety tele-seminars
soon. Your suggestions and input would be greatly appreciated. Please take a
few moments to complete the survey on our website at
http://www.TheSafetyDoctor.com/survey.html for suggested topics, convenient times,
etc. Hopefully, with your input we can begin the tele-seminars in the second
quarter of 2004. Your only cost is the long distance charges on your
telephone. Please take the time to complete the survey today.
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| PERSONAL SAFETY TIP
When you valet your
car, hide the garage door opener (usually kept on the visor). With your
automobile registration with your home address in the glove compartment, the
garage door opener provides easy access to your home. You don’t want to come
home to a burglarized house after that big banquet, do you?
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WORKPLACE SAFETY TIP
Before buying a
“boat-load” of safety glasses, request samples from your suppliers and have
employees try on the glasses for comfort. Too often, safety glasses are
purchased with cost being the only factor. What value are they if they are
cheap and no one will wear them?
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SAFETY HUMOR
Top 10 Reasons To Buckle Up!
10 - My car doesn't have an ejectable canopy.
9 - Lying in a hospital for months is not my idea of a
vacation.
8 - Steering wheels don't make good pillows.
7 - I never aspired to be a hood ornament.
6 - A wheelchair is not my idea of a hot set of wheels.
5 - I always wanted to fly, but not into a tree.
4 - Tombstones are not the best way to get the last word.
3 - I always hated statistics. The last thing I'd want is to be one.
2 - I faint at the sight of blood, especially my own.
And the #1 reason to buckle up ...
1 - My family needs me.
(Traffic Safety humor courtesy of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.)
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SAFETY OBSERVANCES
February 9 - 15 is National Child Passenger
Safety Week!
Motor vehicle crashes
are the leading cause of death among children in the United States. In the
United States during 2001, 1579 children ages 14 years and younger died as
occupants in motor vehicle crashes, and approximately 228,000 were injured.
That’s an average of 30 deaths and more than 4,300 injuries each week (NHTSA
2002).
Kids in the
Back for a Safer Ride
All children ages 12 years and younger should ride in the back seat, the
safest part of a vehicle in the event of a crash. This is especially
important for vehicles with front passenger-side airbags. Riding in the
back seat is associated with at least a 30% reduction in the risk of fatal
injury in cars without front passenger side airbags. Placing
children in the back seat of vehicles with front passenger side airbags
reduces this risk by 46%. Infants in rear-facing child safety seats should
never be placed in a seat in front of an airbag. About one-third of
children ages 12 years and younger who were killed in 2000 were riding in
the front seat.
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SALE!
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Did you know that Bloodborne Pathogen training is required on an
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According to OSHA code:
29 CFR OSHA 1910.1030,(g)(2)
Employers must ensure that all employees with occupational exposure
participate in a training program at the time of initial assignment to
tasks where occupational exposure may take place (and at least
annually thereafter).
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association.
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clients saying about Dr. Perry?
"You made the information
come alive with the examples you used. You provided solutions to the same
problems I deal with at work."
--G. Creek, Branch Manager, Charles Schwab
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