Halloween Safety and You
Every so often a tool-box-talk is written with your family’s safety in mind. Here is one of those talks from “ChildrenSafetyZone.com”. Note that a lot of the suggestions also apply to the workplace...
View ArticleEditor’s Letter: Thank You Goes a Long Way
By Suzanne Breistol This month in the US, we celebrate on the 4th Thursday of the month the holiday Thanksgiving. The event that Americans commonly call the “First Thanksgiving” was celebrated to give...
View ArticleBucket Trucks and Sir Isaac Newton – A Practical Lesson in Physics
Everyone knows Bucket Lifts or any type of aerial lifts in fact, are not to be used as cranes right?? As I was writing a Safety Simplifed© Tool Box Talk titled “Aerial Lift Safety I had a flashback of...
View ArticleAerial Lifts Safety
Before you operate an aerial lift you need to be qualified. Qualification can accomplished through classroom and hands-on training with the type of aerial lift that will be used. Do not operate or...
View ArticlePresident Calvin Coolidge and Safety — Really????
I’ve always admired Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929. He was an honest man with strong convictions and was intellectual and logical in this thought process. OK...
View ArticleYou May be Insane if…
As I travel around the country, I always have to slow down, and most likely stop, when I come upon a project under construction. It’s just one of those things we contractors have to do. It doesn’t...
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