Candle fires start small. The FDNY urges you to to follow these simple tips:
If you burn candles for any reason, make sure they are: Extinguished before you leave the room; NEVER left unattended; located at least 4 feet from anything that could catch fire, like curtains, decorations, blinds, and bedding; out of reach of small children and pets; not allowed in teens' or children's bedrooms; and extinguished and discarded when they burn within 2 inches of the holder.
When buying candles, make sure they are in a sturdy metal, glass, or ceramic candle holder; are not embedded combustible decorative items; and do not have a decorative or floral candle ring.
During power outages, DO NOT use candles for light when the power is out; instead, have flashlights and batteries available in your home and car and always carry a small light with you.
Check out this 2015 Oshkosh Corporation video showing how its products help to Move the World at Work.
The 1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health found that smoking causes lung cancer. Today, we know the impact of smoking on health and well-being is far worse. This 2014 CDC video, titled "Worse Than We Thought," explores the staggering health effects of smoking that were outlined in that year's 50th anniversary Surgeon General's Report: 20 million people have died from smoking in the last half century, including 2.5 million nonsmokers who died from diseases caused by exposure to secondhand smoke.
Cancer caused by work claims the lives of 666,000 people a year worldwide. In this 2014 IOSH video, Dr. Lesley Rushton discusses work-related cancer in the United Kingdom. The video features people affected by carcinogenic exposures and explains the goals of IOSH’s No Time to Lose campaign. For more information, visit http://www.notimetolose.org.uk/.
Many dental hygienists work in pain or know others suffering from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), such as tendonitis, tennis elbow, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Dental hygienists and their employers can prevent MSDs by paying attention to ergonomics. This means taking simple and practical steps to design or arrange the workplace for safe and efficient work. This first video in a five-video series provides an introduction to work-related MSDs and how to prevent them.
The video was produced by the Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep) in the Occupational Health Branch of the California Department of Public Health. OHB partnered with the University of California, Berkeley, Ergonomics Program and the California Dental Hygienists' Association to create videos on ergonomics by and for dental hygienists.
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FEMA Region 1 Insurance Specialist Robert Desaulniers offers tips that may help make filing an insurance claim easier. For additional flood claim tips, visit www.floodsmart.gov and navigate to "File your claim" under the resources column.
Dr. Fidelma Fitzpatrick is a Consultant Microbiologist from Beaumont Hospital and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and an expert on “bugs” and infections. She explains in this 2014 HSE Ireland video how bugs can become resistant to antibiotics and why we should use antibiotics only when we really need them. For more information on how to treat common complaints with common sense, visit www.undertheweather.ie.
DARPA revealed upgrades to its Atlas robot on Jan. 20, 2015. The robot was redesigned for DARPA by Boston Dynamics with the goal of improving power efficiency to better support battery operation. Approximately 75 percent of the robot was rebuilt; only the lower legs and feet were carried over from the original design. The upgraded robot will be used by up to seven teams competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, which will take place June 5-6, 2015, at Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. Admission to the event is free and open to the public.
Visit www.theroboticschallenge.org for more information.
The Wireless Industry Safety Task Force released the third in a series of public service announcements (PSA) as part of the 100% Tie-Off 24/7 Awareness Campaign. This PSA entitled “Working Together” was unveiled before the task force met in Dallas on Nov. 13, 2014.
"This PSA highlights the unprecedented collaboration that has occurred over the course of the last year between the carriers, tower owners, turnkey/construction management firms, OEMs, and the National Association of Tower Erectors in order to achieve sustainable safety solutions in the industry," said Task Force member Don Doty from Velocitel. "Every entity in the wireless industry chain has a role to play when it comes to safety, and the efforts and initiatives of the Wireless Industry Safety Task Force have reinforced that reality."
The Task Force’s 100% Tie-Off 24/7 Awareness Campaign was launched in February 2014 and continues to utilize a comprehensive grassroots approach that includes public service announcement videos, paid advertising, earned media efforts, a social media component and collaborating with State Wireless Associations in order to expand the campaign's reach.