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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Safety Tip: Jump Starting Batteries
It may seem like a simple task, but many people do not know how to properly jump start a battery. The short answer is positive to positive, negative to ground. Continue reading
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Tagged batteries, battery safety, CHESS, jump start batteries, safety
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Safety Tip: Travel Safe
If you, a family member or friend are traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday, make sure you stay safe. If driving, have you winter survival kit including blanket, a flash light, some high energy food, a full tank of gas, and … Continue reading
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Tagged CHESS, driving, holiday, safety, Safety tip, survival kit, Thanksgiving, travel safe, winter
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Winter Hazard Awareness Week in Minnesota
This time of year is notorious for winter storms (Armistice Day blizzard of 1940, the Edmund Fitzgerald storm in 1975, among others). The National Weather Service has posted winter hazard tips on their website. A couple of highlights: Be prepared … Continue reading
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Tagged CHESS, cold weather, safety, snowplows, weather hazards, winter, winter survival, winter tips
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Safety Tip: Winter Survival Kit
As the Twin Cities found out this weekend, winter is upon us. A good holiday gift, and what everyone should have in their car, is a winter survival kit. Wisconsin DOT has information on making them.
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Tagged blizzard, CHESS, cold weather, DOT, safety, survival kit, winter, winter survival
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Carbon Monoxide Monitors
Every year we read about someone, or a whole family, dying from carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless, tasteless gas that basically pushes oxygen out of the bloodstream. Initial symptoms are often headache, sleepiness and flu-like symptoms, … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide detectors, carbon monoxide poisoning, MN OSHA, OSHA, safety
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Safety Tip: Get a Flu Shot
Whether we want it to or not, the flu shows up every year, peaking in January or February. According to a recent NIOSH publication, the CDC estimates there are over 23,600 deaths associated with seasonal flu every year. Develop a … Continue reading
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Tagged CHESS, deaths, flu, flu shot, NIOSH, OSHA, safety, seasonal flu, seasonal flu deaths
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Safety training must be understood
As written in a recent OSHA Update: OSHA will require safety training to be offered in a language workers understand “OSHA issued an enforcement memorandum directed at protecting Latino and other non-English speaking workers from workplace hazards. It directs compliance … Continue reading
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Tagged bilingual, CHESS, foreign language, OSHA, safety, safety training
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Safety Tip: Time to check smoke detectors
Daylight savings time ends on Sunday, Nov 7. This is a great time to check your fire extinguishers and smoke detectors. Make sure they work, change the batteries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has more information on their website.
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