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Drowning Risks

Our Human Resources Director at Sunbelt sends out a daily safety note. Today’s concerned drowning risk: Stay Safe in the Water The Problem Every day, about ten people die from unintentional drowning. Of these, two are children aged 14 or younger. Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes of unintentional injury death in the United […]

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Fatigue causes mistakes.

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” General George Patton. The next eight weeks are hot! Every year we see the heat sneak up a few of us. While the response isn’t cowardly, people fall out with heat exhaustion. Worse are the errors in judgment that can occur. Short cuts are taken. Procedures break down. Discipline […]

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An alert driver can avoid a car crash

“An alert driver can avoid a car crash.” That message was displayed on signs up and down the interstate highways in Florida this holiday weekend. The signs were every few miles. They were the informational signs that change to report conditions ahead. You develop the habit of glancing at them so you can know what […]

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Do You Know What’s Expected Of You?

One question on our annual engagement survey is “Do you know what’s expected of you?” At the top of everyone’s job expectations is the task of being safe and promoting safety every day, every moment you are working. One key to “being” safe is intentional about safe behavior. You wear the safety equipment. You snap […]

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