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Safety Sunday: Fall Protection

“If you fall, you are fired before you hit the ground. If you are ok and can climb back up the ladder you are rehired.” Thus started another day working for a roofing contractor who loved to use this line to basically say – think about what you are doing. Needless to say things have […]

Filed Under: Working Outside Tagged With: Safety Sunday July 8, 2012 By SLS Leave a Comment

25 ways to keep your cool during a heat wave & beyond

Welcome to the dog days of summer with what appears to be a bumper crop of “Excessive Heat Warnings” this year. In just this last week, I got to enjoy a nice balmy 105° in St Louis as I was heading home, Vermont hit 97°, and Norton Dam Kansas managed to take the title from […]

Filed Under: Working Outside Tagged With: Heat, Safety Sunday July 1, 2012 By SLS 15 Comments

Severe Weather Awareness Week: Lightning

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley declared Feb. 19-24 as Severe Weather Awareness Week to encourage people to make their own personal preparations long before severe weather strikes. On average each year in the US there are 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods, 1,000 tornadoes, and an average of 2 hurricanes making landfall. “The key is readiness,” Governor […]

Filed Under: Boating Safety, Disaster Preparation, Working Outside February 21, 2012 By SLS 2 Comments

Severe Weather Awareness Week: Thunderstorms

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley declared Feb. 19-24 as Severe Weather Awareness Week to encourage people to make their own personal preparations long before severe weather strikes. On average each year in the US there are 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods, 1,000 tornadoes, and an average of 2 hurricanes making landfall. “The key is readiness,” Governor […]

Filed Under: Boating Safety, Disaster Preparation, Working Outside February 20, 2012 By SLS 4 Comments

Safety Sunday: 5 Tips for Staying Healthy During Changing Seasons & Wild Temperature Swings

In the last few weeks, it sure has been interesting – here in Alabama we would go from freezing temps in the morning with highs in the 70’s later that day. In Denver, they had the opposite issue when they went from T-Shirt weather in the morning to a blizzard by that afternoon. Not only […]

Filed Under: Working Outside Tagged With: Safety Sunday November 6, 2011 By SLS Leave a Comment

Safety Sunday: Heat Stress

From one contractor “We’ve had too many injuries lately…” to it “has been in the hundreds for about 3 weeks now. I collapsed on the jobsite… I always thought it was dudes being babies, but when you can’t lift a hammer out of your pouch and your legs fold up like noodles then you know […]

Filed Under: Working Outside July 11, 2011 By SLS Leave a Comment

Safety Sunday: The Right Steps for Ladder Safety

For this week’s Safety Sunday Article, I am turning the reigns over to Paul Hamtil of Hamtil Construction located in St. Louis. Hamtil Construction is also a family owned business that believes “Building a Tradition of Quality“and it shows (Portfolio). Now if your asking why is he discussing ladders, I encourage you to read on… […]

Filed Under: Tool & Shop Safety, Working Outside July 3, 2011 By SLS Leave a Comment

Safety Sunday: The Sun and You

Ahhh, Memorial Day is generally seen as the start of Summer Break & Vacations. For many that means plenty of hiking, kayaking, cycling, tubing down the river, going to the beach, visiting new places, and lots of travel. This also generally means a lot of sunburns which to put it mildly – generally hurt like […]

Filed Under: Around the home, Working Outside Tagged With: Picnic Safety, Safety Sunday May 29, 2011 By SLS Leave a Comment

Safety Sunday: Dig safely

Last Sunday as I was driving into town – there sat the water company fixing a water main break on one of the back roads. At the time I didn’t think much about it (except for feeling a little sorry for them), until this ad ran in the local papers not 3 days later. It […]

Filed Under: Working Outside Tagged With: Safety Sunday March 6, 2011 By SLS 2 Comments

Safety Sunday: Top Ten Tips for Using Power Tools to Trim Shrubs & Trees

As we mentioned in our February Homeowner Maintenance article, “Many plants are now dormant which makes this the best time to plant new ones or trim existing ones.” While it appeared that no one in the country would be doing that this earlier this month, Punxsutawney Phil got it right this year, when he predicted […]

Filed Under: Working Outside Tagged With: PPE, Safety Sunday February 20, 2011 By SLS Leave a Comment

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    As we mentioned in our February Homeowner Maintenance article, “Many plants are now dormant which makes this the best time to plant new ones or trim existing ones.” While it appeared that no one in the country would be doing that this earlier this month, Punxsutawney Phil got it right this year, when he predicted […]

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