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Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.
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When you were born you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. |
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SAFE AT HOME
The looped cords used for window draperies, vertical blinds, pleated shades, and horizontal blinds pose a serious danger to young children.
According to a study published in a June 1997 Journal of the American Medical Association article, it is estimated that:
359 children were strangled by window covering cords from 1981 to 1995, which is equivalent to one strangulation every two weeks.
Nearly half (49 percent) of the strangulations go unreported.
Almost all the deaths (93 percent) were children three years old and younger.
Most strangulations occurred when the parents thought the child was safe, such as in their rooms or in their bed or crib.
Two common scenarios were found:
Infants playing or sleeping in their cribs near windows got caught and tangled in the looped cords of the window treatment.
Toddlers, while trying to look out a window or climbing on furniture, lost their footing and were wrapped in the cord.
Protect Children From Window Cord Strangulation
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Never place a crib or child's bed near a window.
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Never put a chair, sofa, bench, or bookcase near a window with a dangling cord.
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Get rid of loops on two-corded horizontal blinds in three steps:
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Cut the cord above the end tassel (It may resemble a small wooden or plastic "thimble").
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Remove the equalizer buckle.
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Add new tassels for the two cords that have been created. Slip a tassel onto each cord and tie knots to hold them in place.
Note: The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) urges to not tie the cords together after cutting them. This will only create a new loop in which a child can become entangled.
Get rid of loops for two-corded pleated or cellular shades in three steps:
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Leave the cord stop in place as close as possible to the headrail, when the blind is completely closed.
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Cut the cords above the end tassel
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Knot a separate tassel at the end of each cord
Warning: When the shades are raised, a loop will appear above the cord stop. Always keep the cord out of the reach of children.
Childproof vertical blinds, continuous loop systems and drapery cords
These window coverings require looped cords to function. Do not cut the loops. Instead, install a permanent tie-down device to the floor, wall, or window jamb so the cord or chain is pulled tight.
New tassels and tie-downs are available free of charge from the Window Covering Safety Council by calling 1-800-506-4636. |
Monthly Meetings
A regional manager for a large propane company was traveling around to all his district offices to discuss employee moral overall attitudes.
His district manager had written in his last report that he had ten very lazy men working for him so the regional manager decided to trick them into doing some work for a change.
At the end of his meeting he said to the employees, "I've got a really easy job today for the laziest one among you,". "Will the laziest man please put his hand up."
Nine hands went up immediately.
"Why didn't you put your hand up?" the manager asked the tenth man. "Too much trouble," came the reply.
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Answers to Picture
- Open door without a guard rail. Potential for person to fall off. Forklift could drive over edge. Sign reminding to close overhead door when not in use.
- High value items near door. Is this a possible setup for theft?
- Fire extinguisher is blocked. Fire extinguisher is blocked by the computer and pallet and not readily accessible. Computer and pallet may pose injury to employee attempting to retrieve the fire extinguisher.
- Exit door is blocked. Exits must be readily accessible at all times.
- Fluorescent light fixture should be guarded. Lamps may have no live parts normally exposed to employee contact. Receptacles located at least 8 feet above the floor may have exposed parts.
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To Our Valued Clients
On Behalf of American Management Corporation, Its affiliates and your local Independent Agent we sincerely thank you for your business and for placing your trust in us.
As the provider for your corporate insurance packages our goal is to develop and provide you with beneficial programs and materials to assist you in your safety and loss control endeavors.
This monthly newsletter is a collection of articles from industry associations, local and international news and information promulgated internally that we believe will have a positive impact on your company.
The partnerships forged between you, your agent and AMC are of the utmost importance and we value the trust you've placed in us. |
 OSHA Program Figures Loss Costs for Injury & Illness
OSHA's "$afety Pays" program is an interactive expert system to assist employers in estimating the costs of occupational injuries and illnesses and the impact on a company's profitability. This system uses a company's profit margin, the AVERAGE costs of an injury or illness, and an indirect cost multiplier to project the amount of sales a company would need to generate in order to cover those costs. Businesses can use this information to predict the direct and indirect impact of injuries and illnesses and the estimated sales needed to compensate for these losses.
The "$afety Pays" program will:
- Offer choices from a set of Lost Work Day injuries and illnesses,
- Prompt users for information to do the analysis,
- Allow users to input the actual loss figures or workers' compensation costs, and
- Generate a report of the costs and the sales needed to cover those costs.
The Program can be accessed on the OSHA website at www.osha.gov and clicking on the what's new box under the small business tab. | |
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Accident Investigations
Accident investigations help determine how and why events occurred. By using the information gained through an investigation, a similar, or perhaps more disastrous, accident may be prevented. Accident investigations should be conducted with prevention in mind, and not to place blame.
The actual procedures used in a specific investigation will depend on the nature and outcome of the accident. Senior management should appoint an investigator to be in charge of the investigation or to head up the investigation team, if a team approach is used to analyze the facts. The investigator should define the scope of the investigation and select the investigation team, assigning, preferably in writing, specific responsibilities for each person on the team. The investigating team composition depends on the scope of the accident and could consist of just the investigator.
The following steps offer a recommended, systematic approach to conducting an accident investigation:
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Develop a preliminary briefing that includes a description of the accident, with damage estimates; normal operating procedures; maps (local and general); location of the accident site; a list of witnesses; and events that preceded the accident.
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Visit the accident site to get updated information.
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Inspect the accident site.
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Have the area secured; however, the scene should not be disturbed unless a hazard exists.
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Prepare the necessary sketches and photographs, labeling each carefully and keeping accurate records.
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Interview each victim and witness. Also interview those who were present before the accident and those who arrived at the site shortly after the accident. Accurate records of each interview should be kept - a tape recorder can be used, if desired and approved.
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Determine what was not normal before the accident, where the abnormality occurred, when it was first noted, and how it occurred.
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Analyze the data obtained in step 7.
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Repeat any of the prior steps, if necessary.
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Determine why the accident occurred, a likely sequence of events and probable causes (direct, indirect, basic), and alternative sequences.
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Check each sequence against the data from step 7.
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Determine the most likely sequence of events and the most probable cause(s).
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Conduct a post-investigation briefing.
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Prepare a summary report, including the recommended actions to prevent a recurrence.
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Distribute the report according to applicable instructions.
An investigation is not complete until all data is analyzed and a final report is completed. In practice, the investigative work, data analysis, and report preparation will proceed simultaneously during the investigation. |
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Did You Pressure Test?
Pressure Test, Pressure Test, Pressure Test That is the what should be running through the minds of your delivery drivers, service and installation crews every time they leave your office. Insurance claims are on the rise because there is not an adequate and appropriate level of pressure testing occurring. It doesn't matter if you're servicing a family's house or a chicken house, the same level of care and service is required.
Make sure tests are being performed:
· Prior to acceptance and initial operation (new installations)
· If repairs or additions are made (unless minor), or
· When new branches are installed from the point of delivery to the new appliance(s).
Remember that connections between the new piping and the existing piping must be tested with a non-corrosive leak-detecting fluid or other approved leak detecting methods.
Document your records and have the customer sign the work order! If you don't document the work you did, it is the same as you having never done the work at all. |
 Did You Know
- Workplace violence --including assaults and suicides-- accounted for 13% of all work-related fatal occupational injuries in 2006. Homicides are perennially among the top four causes of workplace fatalities for all workers.
- Harry S. Truman Was the Last President Without a College Degree.
- 85% of children who are placed in child safety seats are improperly restrained.
- In a vehicle crash at 30 mph, an unbelted child would hit the dashboard with as much force as a fall from a three-story building.
- Nearly 22,000 Checks Will Be Deducted From the Wrong Account Over the Next Hour.
- A Queen Bee Only Uses Her Stinger to Sting Another Queen Bee.
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Computing Your Company Incidence Rate
(Number of injuries and illnesses X 200,000) = Incidence Rate
Your Actual Employee hours worked
200,000 hours in the formula represent the equivalent of 100 employees working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year & is a constant in the formula.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics also has a new online calculator that makes it easy to compute incidence rates for your establishment and to compare them to your industry's averages at www.bls.gov. | |
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