Safety First

Intervention Letters

April 2011

Stuff That Baffles Me

August 2010

Every morning as I shower and brush my teeth, I watch/listen to the cheerful, well-coiffed network newscasters as they present what passes for news these days. This morning, wedged between reports of the latest celebrity marriage and the reasons why diets fail, my network of choice presented an in depth interview with a "courageous" young man—a "hero" no less—who had to cut off his own arm because he reached into his furnace to retrieve a tool, and he couldn't pull the arm out again through the louvers.

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Are You Ready for What's Coming?

February 2010

By all estimations, interesting times lie ahead as the Obama administration gets serious about its occupational safety and health agenda. Gone, it seems, are the emphases on alliances and consultations, set aside in favor of an increased focus on enforcement and higher fines.

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A Fire Is Coming

January 2010

Although fire is not a big source of employee injury in the recycling business, it is a huge source of property losses. Emphasis on huge.

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Anger Management

December 2009

It happens with disturbing frequency, yet each time, it manages to shock us: in a pique of emotion, someone walks into a workplace or a church or a school and starts shooting.

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423930

October 2009

423930... does this look familiar?

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Highway Torpedos

September 2009

A year and a half after the incident, it's still hard to imagine the carnage...

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It's Been a Tough Few Weeks

August 2009

The last six weeks have been tough for our industry, seeing three major fires and a fatality involving a worker run over by a 30-ton loader. The fatality is still under investigation, but the facts are fairly self-evident: The operator didn't see the man who was crossing behind the loader.

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