Issue - July 2008

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Issue: July 2008 - Features

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Active Agenda: Incentives "Let their paychecks be their incentive!"
MSDS Gone Wild! Oh no! We have a serious problem. The plant office manager ran into my office with a frantic look of panic on her face. The company safety inspectors are here and they want to see an MSDS on the Wite-Out. What will we do?
Communication Strategies for Achieving a Total Safety Culture Employers need to overcome the perception that giving safety-related feedback creates interpersonal conflict.
Responder Safety: Traffic Is Hazardous to Firefighters' Health Recent studies show that more firefighters die in vehicle crashes on the way to or from a fire than die in the fires themselves.
Responder Safety: Drive It, Push It, Tow It or Drag It! All responders have safe practices in mind. But it’s not uncommon for a police officer to approach an accident scene differently from a firefighter, who was trained differently from a utility worker. The goal is the same, but a lack of cohesion and communication can prove to be deadly.
Surfing for Safety From standards and training to products and blogs, the Internet resources available to the safety community are growing, changing and becoming more sophisticated.
Defining First Aid The definition of appropriate first aid constantly is evolving and smart employers are updating the first aid training programs and services they offer in the workplace.
Editor's Notebook: Giving Locally, Acting Globally Kimberly-Clark Professional offers one example, among many, of the ways companies involved in the business of safety step up to the challenge when disaster strikes.

Active Agenda: Incentives
"Let their paychecks be their incentive!"

MSDS Gone Wild!
Oh no! We have a serious problem. The plant office manager ran into my office with a frantic look of panic on her face. The company safety inspectors are here and they want to see an MSDS on the Wite-Out. What will we do?

Communication Strategies for Achieving a Total Safety Culture
Employers need to overcome the perception that giving safety-related feedback creates interpersonal conflict.

Responder Safety: Traffic Is Hazardous to Firefighters' Health
Recent studies show that more firefighters die in vehicle crashes on the way to or from a fire than die in the fires themselves.

Responder Safety: Drive It, Push It, Tow It or Drag It!
All responders have safe practices in mind. But it’s not uncommon for a police officer to approach an accident scene differently from a firefighter, who was trained differently from a utility worker. The goal is the same, but a lack of cohesion and communication can prove to be deadly.

Surfing for Safety
From standards and training to products and blogs, the Internet resources available to the safety community are growing, changing and becoming more sophisticated.

Defining First Aid
The definition of appropriate first aid constantly is evolving and smart employers are updating the first aid training programs and services they offer in the workplace.

Editor's Notebook: Giving Locally, Acting Globally
Kimberly-Clark Professional offers one example, among many, of the ways companies involved in the business of safety step up to the challenge when disaster strikes.

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