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Nice article on ladder safety
According to the American Academy of Orthopedic surgeons, every year an average of 500,000 people end up in the emergency room because of ladder accidents. No one knows how many others are injured but don’t seek medical attention for their injuries. In the United States about 300 people die every year from ladder related accidents. The cost of ladder related injuries in the US is about $11 billion annually. We can’t work without using ladders but we can avoid becoming a statistic by learning to use ladders safely and by practicing ladder safety faithfully.
The home handy person’s guide to ladder safety | Factoidz
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From Liberty Mutual’s Research Institute for Safety
Safety warnings are everywhere – on machinery, road signs, medication bottles, electronics, cleaning solutions, and food items…the list goes on. In the workplace, safety warnings are meant to help workers make decisions to avoid actions that could lead to injury, illness, or even death. They are an important, and often required, part of a company’s overall safety strategy. But are workplace safety warnings effective in mitigating risk? Not always. Studies suggest that warning compliance rates are low, ranging anywhere from 17 to 37 percent. “There are many possible reasons for this,” says Mary Lesch, Ph.D., cognitive researcher at the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. “The warnings may be improperly designed or placed, or they can become overly familiar, such that they are no longer noticed or thought about. Or, despite the warnings, some people may simply choose to engage in risky behaviors.” Lesch also notes that workplace factors such as time pressures, distractions, and cultural differences may hamper a worker’s ability to process a warning, which may contribute to noncompliance (see chart right). Traditionally, safety warning research has examined how warning variables (such as font size, color, and use of symbols) and receiver characteristics (such as age, gender, and risk-taking behavior) impact warning effectiveness. “These studies provide good information for the design and implementation of more effective warnings,” Lesch explains. “However, at the Research Institute, we take the issue a step further by investigating the cognitive processes that underlie the effects of these variables.” This is a FREE and OUTSTANDING read for all safety professionals around the world and I highly recommend it, as well as all the other great studies that Liberty Mutual does for our profession. Click Here to read the entire article/study.
This is an email that I received from The Career News, April 20, 2009, Vol. 9, Issue 16. You can
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CHICAGO, IL — Even in decent economic times, you need to double your efforts if you want to stand out. But the best advice is that in these times you’ll need to triple it. The more you put into something, the better it tends to work out. If you’re looking for a job, you want to send out as many signals as possible that show that not only are you not afraid of hard work, but you’re actually turned on by it.
The best way to signal that you’re hardworking is to explain your routine and method for working explicitly to the employer. As someone who does a couple of hundred interviews a year, I can tell you I almost never get a proactive candidate who does this! Now, I’m not saying folks should work so hard that they can’t have a life and family–but in a market like this, people seriously are going to need to sacrifice.
Bottom line: Employers are going to hire the hardest-working people and lay off the clock punchers first. If you want to get employed, your best strategy is to put yourself into the hardest-working bucket. Given a climate where no one is able to look ahead and everyone is reacting, such a point of view would stand head and shoulders above the competition.
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