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    In some parts of the world insect-borne Lyme disease, malaria, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and West Nile disease are prevalent.  Many occupations like landscapers, loggers, farmers/ranchers, golf course grounds keepers, construction, surveyors, railroad, pest control, mining, and parks and recreation are at serious risk of having employees develop dangerous insect-borne diseases. A company called “Insect Shield” ...

    Crystalline silica is an abundant material found in several forms (rocks, sand, and stones) throughout the world.  The respirable fraction of silica dust is extremely hazardous and can cause a variety of lung diseases.  If your employees are exposed to this toxic dust, you need to read this article! The specific types of operations that may produce ...

  Below is our “Safety App of the Week”.  These weekly features are published every Monday.  New apps are tested on Apple iPads and rated from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥; with ♥♥♥♥♥ being the best.  Old app of the week articles are archived here.   iConstructSafe   Description    “iConstructSafe is a collection of 2-3 minute safety reminder videos for the construction ...

    The ASSE (American Society of Safety Engineers) is the largest society of safety professionals in the United States.  Periodically, they publish “safety tips”.   These tips are usually written by experts and are archived in the society’s safety tips archive.   The following are links to our favorite tips: Africanized Honeybee Safety Tips Bridge Safety ...

    Below are links to our favorite free safety and health resources for construction operations.  These best safety practices include: tool box talks, bulletins, fact sheets, safety rules, posters, checklists, model programs, videos and guidelines.  Please tell your friends in construction about these totally free safety and health resources. Most frequent construction injuries (poster) 20 Construction safety ...

  OSHA in the United States has recently updated their General Industry Digest.   This publication provides an overview of their General Industry safety and health standards.   This digest was last published in 2001 and was certainly in need of being updated with information from the latest standards. This booklet is intended to aid employers, supervisors, workers, health and safety committee members, ...

  Below are links to 12 of our favorite free aerial lift (e.g. scissors lift, boom lift) safety and health resources.  These  Aerial lift safety publications include: tool box talks, bulletins, fact sheets, posters, and guidelines. OSHA fact sheet: aerial lifts Aerial work platform standards Aerial lift safety How to operate an aerial lift NCDOL aerial lift safety ...

    Here’s a link to 150 high-quality construction safety resources from IHSA in Canada that you can download for free.  They include: posters, manuals, workbooks, bulletins, charts, alerts and case studies.   When buying safety products (or anything else) THANK YOU for using our links to Amazon.com  The use of this website constitutes your ...

    The construction industry is a risky business.  Different accidents occur and they vary depending on the type of job and equipment used.  A typical type of incidence is the use of faulty equipment.  Here is a check-list to make sure that safety is a priority when you are using many types of heavy machinery: ...

    I am often asked these four questions on hard hats:      1.  Are hard hats required for this job?      2.  What type of hard hat do I need?      3.  Are stickers & paint allowed on hard hats?      4.  Can hard hats be worn backwards? In the USA, OSHA’s General Industry standard uses vague and non-specific ...