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Is Your Facility Prepared For A Disaster?

Dave Weber — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:41:14 +0000

Is your property constructed to withstand the following natural disasters:

Click on any of the above risks to see free how-to articles that have tips on how to reduce the risk of damage to your property during a disaster. Each article contains – diagrams, recommended materials, construction advice, and references to applicable standards.

These articles have been developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS). They are a research organization whose mission is to “conduct objective, scientific research to identify and promote effective actions that strengthen homes, businesses, and communities against natural disasters and other causes of loss”.

Also, the IBHS has a Disaster Safety Blog that has timely articles on recent disasters. Many of these blog topics would make excellent seasonal tool box training topics.

The time to prepare your business or home for a natural disaster risk is before the calamity strikes. Check out the above links to audit how prepared you are!

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Safety Tips Archive

Dave Weber — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:00:53 +0000

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:

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Top 10 Most Deadly Industrial Accidents

Dave Weber — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 03:27:28 +0000

Here’ a list of the top 10 most deadly industrial accidents in U.S. history. Many occurred a long time ago, however three happened within the last 25 years – can you name them?

The single worst disaster (pictured above) killed 1,000 workers, and was twice as deadly as the second worst catastrophe. . I had not heard of it before, and I bet that many of you have not either.

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Flood preparedness

Dave Weber — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:19:37 +0000

Each year floods kill around 100 people and cause over four billion dollars in property damages. Here are two links to US government sites that have lots of great free data on floods and flood safety awareness -

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2012 Emergency Response Guidebook Just Released

Dave Weber — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:46:22 +0000

The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) is developed jointly by the US Department of Transportation (DOT), Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico (SCT). The ERG is intended to be used by firefighters, police, and other emergency services personnel who may be the first to arrive at the scene of a transportation incident involving hazardous material. It is primarily a guide to aid first responders in (1) quickly identifying the specific or generic classification of the material(s) involved in an incident, and (2) protecting themselves and the general public during the initial response phase of the incident. The ERG is updated every four years to accommodate new products and technology. The latest version is just out.

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100 Safety and Health Resource Links

Dave Weber — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:31:43 +0000

The Texas Department of Insurance has a web-page that lists over 100 occupational safety and health links. Their links (below) are organized by subject, and include websites that provide free safety references and resources on -

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