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    Safety News – Spring 2018

    This issue includes information on preventing slips and falls on stairs, foundations of safety leadership training, motor vehicle records checks for healthcare employees, spring 2018 news conferences, the NIOSH lifting calculator app, and an electronic logging device (ELD) mandate.

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    Safety News – Fall 2017

    This issue includes information on OSHA’s top 10 cited standards, control of hazardous energy, occupational stress, NSC safe driving toolkit, mobility is medicine (MIM) forum, and safe patient handling app.

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    Spring 2017 Manufacturing Safety Seminar

    On May 18, 2017, the Safety and Health Department held a Manufacturing Safety Seminar for Atlantic Charter Insurance Company clients at the Burlington Marriott.

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    Boston Globe

    Linda J. Sallop is interviewed for the “Women & Power Issue”, and begins “The best advice for anybody is to never say can’t. Say yes to every opportunity. Be open to everything. Even if you’re too busy or don’t know how to do it, take on the challenge.”

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    Safety News – Winter 2016

    This issue includes information on OSHA’s new fine structure, OSHA’s log posting reminder, temporary worker safety, construction in confined spaces, first aid and AED’s in the workplace, reporting serious injuries or fatalities to OSHA, distracted driving resources, and OSHA’s hazard alert for scissor lifts.

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    Safety News – Summer 2016

    This issue includes OSHA’s injury tracking final rule, a heat stress safety reminder, information on protecting workers from the Zika virus, OSHA’s final silica rule, mental health first aid, information on elements of an effective safety committee, and OSHA’s revised walking-working surfaces standards.

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    Safety News – Fall 2015

    This issue includes the new OSHA focus on healthcare facilities, OSHA’s national emphasis program on amputations and a recent machine amputation at a food manufacturer, NH’s hands-free law, and the computer workstation eTool.

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    Safety News – Spring 2015

    This issue includes NIOSH homecare worker training, safe resident/patient handling and legislation, new HazCom/GHS labels and SDSs, OSHA’s temporary worker initiative, and recent OSHA fine at a concrete manufacturer in New Hampshire.

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