Summer weather Driving Tips
Whether cruising on four wheels or eighteen ….. to the corner store or cross-county, the following summer weather, safe driving tips from The Hartford ring true no matter where in the USA you may be traversing.
Loss Control Resource available Online
Work-related motor vehicle accidents can happen in any industry – lumber and wood operations are by no means exempt. And while no “silver bullet” exists to lessen commercial mishaps, it is prudent for businesses to embrace a safety culture to better the odds of reducing fleet incidents.
Daily Checklist
As part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “ongoing effort to assist employers and employees in ensuring that a safe and healthful workplace is provided,” sample daily checklists for powered industrial trucks have been made available at www.osha.gov.
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
The National Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety (THATS) Foundation, administered by the Forest Resources Association, works to provide operator and equipment safety information to a huge number of industry workers. To that end, The Forest Resources Association’s Southwide Safety Committee developed the following as a guide to safety and as general information on accident prevention in timber harvesting with ground-based logging systems.
An online resource for OSHA’s Forklift training?
What sawmill doesn’t utilize a variety of powered industrial trucks? They’re part and parcel to daily operations and a commonplace site at every facility. But there’s nothing commonplace or ‘run-of-the-mill’ when forklift safety is at issue.
4 Tips to Keep Employee Drivers Distraction-Free
As part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, Travelers offers a few tips for employers to help safeguard employee drivers against distracted driving. According to the National Safety Council, the average work-related motor vehicle injury claim costs $69,206—twice as much as other work-related injuries.
Working in High Temperatures
Excessive heat can kill! To raise awareness among outdoor workers and their employers, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has embarked on a nationwide outreach campaign designed to prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths.
The A-B-C’s for all ‘wood niche’ businesses – Common Hazards Review
All too often business owners, along with their managers, spend time reviewing “new” operations, machinery, equipment, and products while inadvertently overlooking the everyday or “common” hazards that can also pose danger.
Reminders for keeping cool in summer extremes
Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States, on average claiming more lives each year than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and lightening combined. And North American summers are hot, especially East of the Rockies where high temperatures coupled with high humidity pose a potentially deadly situation.
Mother Nature can be full of surprises – How to stay grounded
Each year, thousands of buildings and properties in the United States are damaged or destroyed by lightning. This magnificent electrical discharge accounts for more than a quarter billion dollars in property damage annually, and is responsible for more deaths and property loss than tornadoes, hurricanes and floods combined. But of these violent forces of nature, lightning is one that business owners can economically afford to protect against.