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Managing Winter Workplace Hazards
17 Nov 2024

Managing Winter Workplace Hazards

Planning for winter weather at the workplace includes more than just having a bag of rock salt on hand or hanging a poster in the employee breakroom. Looking around your facility (inside and outside) will help you identify the winter hazards you will need to mitigate.

Use It or Lose It

Use It or Lose It

Most of us remember hearing a series of bells or some other type of audible device signaling a fire drill while in grade school. I recall hoping the drill would lead to an unplanned recess and enjoyed getting a break from our classwork. At the time, I did not understand the importance of these drills in preparing me and my classmates on how to react to an emergency. Unknowingly, it created an environment that assisted our teachers and emergency responders in ensuring everyone made it out of the building quickly and safely.

  • 6 October 2024
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An Unsafe Space

An Unsafe Space

As panic set in, the worker ran to the nearby emergency phone to call for help. Their supervisor was the first one on the scene, running up seven flights of stairs, not knowing what he would encounter.

  • 29 September 2024
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Uncovering Hidden Hazards

Uncovering Hidden Hazards

Housekeeping — it’s a chore many of us would prefer to avoid. But did you know good housekeeping practices in the workplace can keep you safe?

  • 25 August 2024
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 390
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Is Your Refrigerator Running?

Is Your Refrigerator Running?

While the refrigerator power failure was unanticipated and unavoidable, this was a close call. There were several issues that could have gone better.

  • 28 July 2024
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 288
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Give Heat a Back Seat

Give Heat a Back Seat

Every year, dozens of workers die and thousands more become ill while working in extreme heat or humid conditions. More than 40 percent of heat-related worker deaths occur in the construction industry, but workers in every field are susceptible.

  • 14 July 2024
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 224
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