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Pat Walsh talks about Institutionalizing Safety with a Diverse Work
Force... His ideas are straight-forward and innovative...
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Mike Parker
knows about fall protection and all the way of
providing it. His company, Web Devices, is called on every
day to provide options for OSHA compliance, but more importantly
to protect workers and save lives. Mike tells us more in
this segment...
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Deputy Stephen Thompson
knows now about lightning from first
hand, up close and personal experience. This Montgomery County
deputy sheriff is used to emergencies and confronting the
unexpected when responding to calls. But a lightning strike came
a little too close for comfort...
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Professor Dr.
Lawrence Pinsky
talks about the
physics of lightning and the real science that touches lives every
day. He says
lightning strikes are a study in physics as well as fate.
Individuals are struck by lightning much more often than most
people realize. As impossible as it is to predict a
lightning strike, understanding the physics of electricity
coming out of the sky (or, more often, the ground) can give some
clues ...
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Houston firefighter
Joe McCourt takes us on a tour of
the "smoke house" -- which is about as close as you can safely
get to being inside a smoke-filled room during a fire.
The Houston Fire Department is one of several in Harris County
that use a mobile theatrical demonstration to show what happens
during a fire when smokes fills the structure and makes escape
much more difficult than most people can understand. That's why
children and adults can benefit from a visit to the "smoke
house"...
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Marlin Hendry
is an authority on Department of Transportation safety
compliance for truckers. But his years of experience with
drivers of all types give him some safety perspectives that
every driver would do well to consider...
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Driver safety
consultant Hendry explains simple concepts of driver
safety that can make drivers -- pro and otherwise -- less likely to have a wreck.
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Hendry explains simple concepts of driver safety that can make
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OSHA's John Miles
gave insight and advice about
independent contractor safety responsibilities. The death
of a self-employed man on a concrete crushing company's premises
raised issues and "gray areas" for OSHA. Miles, speaking
for the administration, discussed why "control" of the workplace
is the key factor...
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OSHA's Richard Drake
explained
OSHA outreach aims to
a meeting of the Hispanic Contractors Association.
The program supports small
contractors with job site safety. Along with the mission
to enforce federal health and safety regulations, local OSHA
offices have officers on board whose primary function is
"outreach" to employers with limited resources for safety...
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Sgt. C. J. Klausner
supervises the Houston Police
Department's Truck Enforcement Unit. He explained to
SafetyRadio the nuts and bolts of how this special unit
helps keep local trucks on a safer track.
On any given day, the Houston Police
Department has around 20 patrol units on the city's highways
keeping an eye on 18-wheelers, truck drivers and the safety of
commercial traffic that is under federal Department of
Transportation regulation. The focus is promoting safety and
getting unsafe rig operators off the road.
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OSHA's Richard Drake
explained
OSHA outreach aims to
a meeting of the Hispanic Contractors Association.
The program supports small
contractors with job site safety. Along with the mission
to enforce federal health and safety regulations, local OSHA
offices have officers on board whose primary function is
"outreach" to employers with limited resources for safety...
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 Russell
Dodge knows first hand how
behavior-based safety helps contractors make internal adjustments
for better safety results. He helped his company build upon
its strong safety record to raise the bar and "safety culture" to
achieve even greater results. Mr. Dodge tells why the company
chose a behavioral approach, and how they implement it every day.
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 A. R. "Buddy" Garcia, M.D.
oversees a Houston occupational medical practice where more
than half of workplace injuries he sees are related to off-work,
lifestyle factors. Dr. Garcia sees patients every day for
on-the-job injuries. But he also knows many of these individuals as
patients in his family medical practice. These overall medical
histories show co-relations that suggest personal factors which
significantly impact workplace injury exposures, Garcia believes.
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Entering
tanks has a deadly history for Houston area workers
A list of Houston-area fatalities demonstrates why entering
tanks to do work is an especially dangerous practice. When employers do not
establish or enforce effective confined space entry procedures, they are putting workers'
lives at risk.
Part 1 and 2 of conversations with OSHA's John Lawson, director
of the Houston North office, as he talks about tank cleaning safety, confined space entry
considerations, and how to contact OSHA for compliance information without triggering an
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