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A Primer on Working in the Heat
Summer often supplies the best weather to be outdoors. It’s also the busiest time of year for many outdoor industries, from construction to agriculture to hospitality.
Are Your Workers Safe Once Outside Your Building? -Part III
Exit discharges must lead directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space with access to the outside. These exit discharge areas must be large enough to accommodate the building occupants likely to use the exit route ...
From Out of the Blue—Misconceptions About Lightning!
People are working outdoors frequently, often year around. We also enjoy recreational activities outside in the summer months. The weather can pose hazards any time of year, but as we enter the spring months lightning becomes more prevalent.
Ol’ Man Winter Can Be Hazardous to Your Health!
Winter is hanging on for a lot of the country despite the advancing calendar. Consider the following so that you make it to Spring safely!
Working in Cold Conditions
Now that our January thaw has come and gone, frigid conditions can be expected in the Northeast with the mercury plummeting into the single digits or below 0 degrees F. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides an overview of cold stre...
Celebrate the 4th of July Safely
Every year families and friends gather to celebrate holidays. Vow to make memories you really want to remember. Let’s make sure we visit family and friends at gatherings rather than in the emergency room.
Enjoy the Summer Safely
It may be hard to visualize this, considering the recent rain we’ve seen in the northeast, but it's the time of the year when we should be working outside and enjoying the warm weather. Landscapers, gardeners, arborists, and the construction tradesm...
Time for a Tick Check
Do you recognize these symptoms? Fever, chills, headache, fatigue, muscle aches, joint aches, and a red bulls-eye like rash. These can be symptomatic of tick borne illness such as Lyme disease.
Spring Clean Up: Chainsaw Awareness
With the snow banks melting in the Northeast comes the requisite spring clean-up around the property. If your facility includes even a little wooded property, that clean-up will most likely include some quality time with your chainsaw.
Don't Become a Snow Blower Statistic
As the winter settles in, take a MEMIC minute to review some statistics related to snow blower use...
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