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Safety Sunday: 5 Common Sense Tips for Driving in the Rain

Ahhh Monday’s, so there I am trying to get a wall dried in on a day it wasn’t supposed to rain, and then trying to avoid getting creamed on the way home, what could be better? A little later on, and after participating in the following tweet stream “brendaslynn It is also #AlabamaLaw RT SLSconstruction […]

Filed Under: Safety Third? Tagged With: Safety Sunday October 2, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Top Ten Safety Tips for Air / Pneumatic Nailer

This last week, the alphabet soup of worker safety (NIOSH, OSHA, CDC, DOL, & DHHS) put out a new brochure on Nail Gun Safety . Overall they did a real nice job, especially describing the difference between the firing mechanisms, and an extensive list of do’s & don’ts. One of the most interesting items I […]

Filed Under: Tool & Shop Safety Tagged With: Safety Sunday September 25, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Those Pesky Spiders

In our next group of unwanted critters (Raccoons, Squirrels, and Mice to Snakes and Scorpions) we are going to introduce the next item which is those pesky spiders. For the most part, spiders are beneficial to keeping flying insects under control, but not all of them. In our state we have 4 poisonous versions which […]

Filed Under: Pesky Critters Tagged With: Safety Sunday September 18, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Top Ten Table Saw Safety Tips

Ahhh the table saw; a woodworker’s bread & butter, a carpenters best-friend (ok maybe 2nd), and a way for DIYers to show that they have made it and are serious… Ok I am slightly kidding on the last one, but one can’t argue with how popular the tool is. Of course with such popularity, accidents […]

Filed Under: Tool & Shop Safety Tagged With: Safety Sunday September 4, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Don’t be that Guy… & 4 tips for venturing out after the storm

Sorry but I need to rant for a second… What is up with some reporters – now folks don’t do this, if you see X do Y, and most importantly do as I say, not as I do… Standing in knee deep water with storm surge coming is not a good idea. Standing in said […]

Filed Under: On the Road Tagged With: Safety Sunday August 28, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Another senseless death while others live… (Carbon Monoxide)

Generally, one doesn’t start seeing news reports like this until late into October or early November… August 8th Raleigh, NC — A woman died Sunday and her husband was in an area hospital Monday after police say someone accidentally left a vehicle running in the closed garage at their Raleigh home… It appears that in […]

Filed Under: Carbon Monoxide Tagged With: Safety Sunday August 21, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: SkillsUSA & Safety

Your mission should you choose to accept it is to allow 5400+ students access to power tools, (that many can’t use per OSHA or State laws till they turn 18) hand tools, and to compete in timed events without having any injuries…. Welcome to the SkillsUSA National Championships for High School & Post-Secondary students. Fortunately, […]

Filed Under: SkillsUSA, Tool & Shop Safety Tagged With: Safety Sunday June 26, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Fire Extinguisher Primer

Ahhh, the bright red fire extinguisher, you can hardly go throughout a day without hardly seeing one; but how much do you know about them, how will you REACT, and why does everyone want you to PASS the extinguisher (don’t they realize you got it)? The 5 Classes & Rating of Extinguishers: There are 5 […]

Filed Under: Fire Safety Tagged With: Safety Sunday June 19, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Only You… You’re House & Wildfires

When we wrote our last Safety Sunday article on campfire and outdoor fire safety, there were 33 large wildfires burning across the US which has since dropped down to 31. Both Alaska & Arizona have dropped down to 3 fires each, while Florida on the other hand has jumped from 5 active fires up to […]

Filed Under: Around the home, Disaster Preparation, Fire Safety Tagged With: firewise, Safety Sunday June 12, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Only You… Camping & Outdoor Fire Safety

Summer time, camping & a camp fire – what could be better? Unfortunately, in many locations summer time & camp fires are not a great mix and the consequences can get bad, really fast. Just this week – Hundreds flee as fire rages in eastern Arizona, Wallow fire now states 3rd largest fire, and these […]

Filed Under: Fire Safety, Holiday & Vacations Tagged With: Camping, RV, Safety Sunday June 5, 2011 By SLS

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