Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas come in rapid succession and the next thing you know, it’s a brand new year. A new decade even. As you look to make those new year goals and resolutions for 2020 make getting focused on safety a priority. And one safety area that should top the 2020 improvement list is preventing and reducing workplace slips and falls. A Painful Problem No doubt about it, slips and falls hurt—pain, injury, liability and loss of work, whether at home or at work and whether you are the …
Unless you are the parent of small children, it may come as a surprise that choking is the fourth leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States. The reality is that choking can happen anywhere and to anyone—at school, at work, or in public places. Choking is the stoppage of the flow of air into the lungs, preventing breathing and inhibiting blood flow to the brain. It can occur partially or complete and prolonged. Lasting injuries or death from suffocation can result. However, with proper …
Elizabeth Core Security Shift Supervisor Air Force Structure and discipline is what Elizabeth Core remembers about her upbringing. The oldest of eight siblings, she definitely didn’t fear anything. So when her best friend joined the Air Force, she decided, after thorough research, to enlist. She has never regretted this decision a day in her life. For most of her 26-year career in the military, she was stationed at Andrew Joint Base in Washington, DC. The military afforded her the opportunity to meet and …
The nature of security programs is changing. Higher demands for customer service; increased use of technology; evolving threat scenarios, even language skills remain at the core of day-to-day security functions. At the same time, the labor market continues to tighten and the challenge of attracting and retaining qualified staff is becoming difficult. Still, many corporations are choosing to outsource non-core service functions, such as security, to focus on their core competencies and rely on their …
Media Contacts: Nancy Thompson, Vorticom Public Relations Phone: 212-532-2208 Email: nancyt@vorticom.com Vanessa Showalter, Allied Universal/PR Manager Phone: 714-619-9744 Email: Vanessa.Showalter@aus.com SANTA ANA, Calif. — February 12, 2020 — Allied …
This article was previously published by Campus Security & Life Safety Magazine Keeping our nation’s college and university population safe and secure requires the partnership of college administrators, law enforcement and security professionals. Many campuses are ramping up their security to ensure that their students, staff and visitors continue to remain safe and to ensure that their reputation as a safe and secure place of study remains intact. In April of 1986 Jeanne Clery , a 19-year old Lehigh …
For Chris Rice, joining the U.S. Army was always his path. The military way of life was all he knew as his father, great-grandfather and great (great) grandfather were all veterans. His father was in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served on the USS Culpeper where his mission was to eliminate U-boat attacks in the Atlantic Ocean. His great grandfather was with the Union Army in the Civil War and was captured and imprisoned twice and his great (great) grandfather was captured by the Indians in 1704 …
We encounter chemicals on a regular basis, whether at work, at home or in recreational activities. You may directly handle chemicals, such as cleaning products, you may have indirect exposure to chemicals, such as pesticides, or you may have what we call “potential exposures” to chemicals on a routine basis, which means that under normal conditions there are chemicals nearby which are isolated, but in the event of an accidental release you could be exposed, such as when you fuel a vehicle. General Safety …
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