Mexico oil spill incident brought attention to the kind of culture that U.S. government officials, industry regulatory agencies, and all oil-drilling firms created and fostered. With an industry climate that cared more about production rather than safety and environmental protective efforts, it was easier for drilling companies to make a great deal of flawed decisions in their business practices. If efforts to change the industry culture and implement better standards of operations do not come into
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Children's Safety News headlines about heinous criminal acts against children such as kidnapping, abuse, assault, murder and rape are more than just disturbing. They are shocking. It is right that we condemn these despicable acts. While our hearts go out to the aggrieved parents who may never see their children again, we must realize that we live in a time and age where it is no longer safe for children to roam about freely. Protecting children from harm and violence is not just the duty of
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scaffolding, boomlift, or a scissor lift to get to higher places or areas to get the project done. In the beginning we would just jump up on these machinery and lift up to certain heights without considering our safety. “In July OSHA took the first step toward revising its construction safety standards for cranes and derricks (29 CFR 1926.550). The agency announced it would begin accepting nominations for a negotiated rulemaking committee and that it expects the committee to draft a proposed
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Introduction Occupational Safety and Health is a practical field which is concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people in their workplaces. OSH not only protects workers, but also co-workers, workers' family members, employers, customers and anyone who is expected to be affected by the workplace or experience and accident or injury there. One of the most important aspects of OSH is emergency exits and fire protection systems. I have chosen this topic because fires can break out anytime
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Community Teaching Plan: Teaching Experience Paper Gayatri Gajaria NRS 427V Grand Canyon University December 22, 2014 Community Teaching Plan: Teaching Experience Paper For this assignment, I chose my community in city of Montclair, CA. The teaching was done at Montclair Christian Church. The target audience for this teaching plan was parents of infants, pregnant women, and the topic I addressed was Fall Prevention. Falls occurs most frequently in infants when they are trying to explore
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deadliest in US history. No one knew that the tiny spark of a cigarette would cause 146 deaths in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The negligence of proper fire safety equipment, poor building design, absence of an appropriate fire escape, and substandard evacuation routine caused innocent lives to wither in the inferno. Disregarding proper safety measures had a resounding effect in the tragedy. As Abramowitz was taking his coat and hat from a nearby peg, he noticed the fire. The fire that would ultimately
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As a lifeguard, I have learned that it’s important to be alert to prevent injuries like slipping on the pool deck or hitting one’s head in the shallow end. On two separate occasions within one week, I conducted two rescues: one involving an eight-year-old girl; and the other, a little boy. Both times, when I saw signs of each swimmer struggle under water, I blew my whistle to clear the pool, jumped in, and performed the proper rescue. As a senior guard at the Robin Road Pool in Hillsborough, I
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Truck tarps protect your load from the weather and prevent it from falling or blowing out on to the road where it can damage the vehicles behind and possibly cause an accident. Depending on the load, securing the tarp can be difficult. For example, sometimes the air flow may cause the tarp to do a lot of flapping and allow rain water underneath. Proper securement may require a different method from the one you're using now. Below are three ways of securing truck tarps. Cord and Grommets This is
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Raymond Kilgore was always big on safety of others. He worked in construction on most theme parks in Florida. Grandpa Ray and his coworkers turned friends always got the job done. He always made sure his coworkers were safe and secure when on construction sites. On this particular day the sun was bright and everything was going right. During this time they were working on Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Grandpa Ray and John was working on putting bricks on a restaurant being built on the strip of the theme
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Child safety seats are designed to protect children from injury or death during the car accidents. Each year, thousands of children are killed or injured because of the car accidents and safety seats help to protect children (Car Seats); however, the child safety seats did not appear until 1962. There were two inventors who invented the child safety seats: one was Briton Jean Ames, who invented the featured a Y-strap, which was similar than the modern one. The other designer was American Len Rivkin
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