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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

Safety Sunday: Real men do wear gloves

Growing up, one of my dad’s favorite sayings was that; “Real men don’t wear gloves.” Of course, when I went off logging with my grandpa, splitting wood, etc… the first thing he handed me were a pair of leather / cowhide gloves. Well as the saying goes – with age comes wisdom and yes folks, […]

Filed Under: Tool & Shop Safety Tagged With: PPE, Safety Sunday February 13, 2011 By SLS

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