Please enter your login details below.
 |
||||
|
||||
In This Issue:
|
A Message from the CEO
It has been a busy season for Safety Unlimited, Inc. Over the past few months we have worked on and completed our application for OSHA approval to offer online Outreach Training. A special thanks goes to all those who wrote in requesting that we offer this training. Now it is time for us to sit back and wait. We have also been busy developing new courses, teaching classroom training, and adding new corporate users. Finally, more and more of our customers are finding additional cost savings on our already low prices through advance purchases. If you have not already looked into this, please do so by going here. Sincerely,
Julius P. Griggs Course Spotlight Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Program Selection
Safety Unlimited, Inc.'s Personal Protective (PPE) Program and Selection Training course provides information on when you need PPE, the value of a PPE Program, and general instructions on PPE selection, use, and care. You should receive this training when you are hired, when changes in the workplace or equipment render previous training obsolete, or when your employer determines you lack the necessary knowledge to use PPE properly. Because this course provides general rather than workplace-specific instruction, it should be taken in combination with company-specific training that provides information on the particular types of PPE used at your workplace. Safety Matters The NIOSH Total Worker Health Program
In order to counter the degradation of the American workforce, NIOSH has developed the Total Worker Health program (formerly the WorkLife program). This program has studied the effects of combining traditional safety and health protection efforts, such as inspections and safety training, with health promotion. The goal is to encourage healthier choices within the workplace through workplace policies and interventions and outside the workplace. Over the past 5 years, NIOSH has gathered information to reduce absenteeism and improve worker safety and health inside and outside the workplace—all of which reduce health care costs. Given the rising cost of health care, employers are increasingly receptive to the practice of addressing health promotion in conjunction with efforts to create safe and healthy workplaces through engineering and administrative controls. With this in mind, you should be aware of, and receptive to, any safety and health programs implemented at your workplace that encourage healthy living, including stress reduction and workplace wellness. These programs will not only improve the quality of your life, but they will also, in consequence, save you and your company money. Carbon Monoxide Detectors
The gas is most often produced by heaters, fireplaces, furnaces, and cooking devices. Although CO poisoning can be reversed if caught in time, acute poisoning may result in permanent damage to the parts of your body that require a lot of oxygen, such as the heart and brain. One way to help prevent carbon monoxide poisoning is to install a carbon monoxide detector in your home or residence. This is a small investment that can help to save lives. Furthermore, starting this July, all California homeowners will be required to install carbon monoxide detectors. This new law will apply to all single-family homes, while apartment owners will have until 2013 to comply. Even if you do not live in California, now would be a good time to install a carbon monoxide detector in your home. Please go to the CDC website for more information on carbon monoxide and carbon monoxide detectors. Cyber Safety
Be very careful about what you receive in your e-mail inbox, and check to make sure that each e-mail is legitimate, even those from a friend or your financial institution. Be especially careful in clicking any links within e-mails. Many cyber thieves will use these links to record your keystrokes, giving them access to your personal information, account numbers, and passwords. If you do need to reach a website, type the correct web address into your browser instead. Another way to keep safe on the internet is to always make sure you're running the latest version of your browser. In earlier newsletters we've discussed how having the latest browser and other software will maximize your online training experience; in addition, it should be noted, it will also keep you safe. The latest browser will frequently include the best security features. This holds true with software. If a software company tells you they have updated their software, it would be wise to run the update and install the software. Although there are numerous others, following these two tips should immediately make you safer on the web. |
|||
Hello and welcome to another newsletter. Thank you for reading.
Personal protective equipment is any equipment that protects you from workplace hazards. This can include respirators, hard hats, steel-toed boots, and earplugs, to name a few examples. If you use personal protective equipment at your workplace, it's important that you understand the value and purpose of the equipment you use, PPE limitations, proper storage methods used to maximize PPE life and effectiveness, and when PPE needs to be replaced.
In order to maintain a strong economy, it is imperative that the US has an able, productive workforce. The health issues that face workers today—including age, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, and even early onset of these diseases in middle-age and young workers—make this necessity increasingly problematic.
Did you know that about 500 people die from carbon monoxide poisoning each year? Additionally, another 20,000 visit emergency rooms. Carbon monoxide, or CO, is a poisonous, colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas. It is harmful when breathed because it displaces oxygen in the blood and deprives the heart, brain, and other vital organs of oxygen. Large amounts of CO can overcome you in minutes without warning—causing you to lose consciousness and suffocate.
Advances in technology, including the internet, bring new benefits along with corresponding dangers. These dangers require you to constantly be alert and aware of what is going on, for criminal activity is just as common in the cyber world as it is in the real world. Being alert to these activities will keep you and your information safe. Here are two quick tips you can try.
Share
This