Are you looking for cutting-edge ideas and techniques to add new life to your safety and health program or special safety day?

My consulting and program-development services give you the tools you need to create a dynamic and vibrant safety culture.

In-house training programs and refresher training.
Customized safety videos
Annual safety events
Safety marketing and promotion materials

"Thank you Richard for making our annual offsite event something truly special! You listened to our needs and were incredibly creative and flexible in terms of structure and scheduling of events. The events you designed got everyone excited to participate and really drove home the importance of safety in our everyday lives. We sincerely thank you for your enthusiasm and expertise, and look forward to working with you again in the future."

--Kate Callaghan,

Suncor Energy

Here's a link to my consulting and training page where you'll see examples of how I've helped clients create more vibrant safety cultures:

http://ow.ly/EaJ98

You can also contact Michele Lucia to find out how I can help you add new life to your

safety culture:

michele@makesafetyfun.com

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The real-life survival rate of using CPR outside a hospital setting: about 15 percent. On TV shows about 67 percent.

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Every year in the US, some 650,000 tons of rubber is worn off of tires, becoming toxic dust.

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Every year hundreds of people swallow their false teeth.

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The tsunamis that sometimes follow an earthquake can be disastrous to land, but they don't usually damage ships at sea. People on a cruise ship just feel a slow rise and fall as the wave slides deep beneath them.

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The toxins in death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) can cause liver cells to explode.

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Some people can hear their eyeballs moving.

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Mercedes-Benz hired an origami expert to fold its airbags into the most efficient shape.

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Ralphte Teetor, the man who invented cruise control was blind.

Health & Happiness:

A Yale study showed that having a "bad-hair day" does negatively affect some people's moods.

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Women's bodies reject heart transplants more than men's do.

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Warning label on French cigarette boxes: "Smoking may cause a slow and painful death."

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Infections caught in hospitals kill about 48,000 Americans a year.

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About one in six pregnant women have a craving to chew on coal.

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"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." --Unknown

Way to go! You scrolled all the way down here again (or for the first time). As a thank you for your efforts (and a tricky way to get you to visit my site). The 10th and 50th scroller to send me a tidbit (like one of the ones above in this column) from "Safety Stuff #550 will get a cool prize.

You can find the issue by going to www.makesafetyfun.com and clicking on the "Check Out Past Issues" link below the Safety Stuff sign up box. Send the tidbit to me richard@makesafetyfun.com

Hey There Safety Stuff Subscriber,

I hope you're having a refreshing spring.

During my last trip earlier this month I had a fun-filled three days in Indianapolis. I spoke at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). A special Thank you everyone who attended my "Just Imagine" all-day seminar. Did we have a good time or what! Thank you too Bud for hiring me. I hope we get to work together again.

In two weeks I'm going to Dubai! I'll be speaking at a Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) convention. It'll be my first visit to the country. If you've been there, I'd appreciate any tips you could give me.

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In this issue, instead of a "Safety and Health Meeting/Promotion Idea," I included the Parody Song Winning Entry. But don't forget to send me your safety and meeting/promotion ideas so you can win a box of fun with all kind of unusual prizes like a Big Foot Action Figure, Yodeling Pickle and a Free-Loader Fork. Send your ideas to me richard@makesafetyfun.com

Mark Your Calendar

Once again I'll be hosting a Professional Development Seminar at the National Safety Council's Annual Congress and Expo. This year it's in Atlanta. You don't have to attend the convention to attend my "Spice It Up!--Easy Ways to Turn Your Safety Presentations From Bland to GRAND! seminar on October 1st. Here's a link if you'd like more information or to register:

http://ow.ly/MeNMl

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If you are a new subscriber and feel like you've missed out on past issues of Safety Stuff, fret not. Just go to my site www.makesafetyfun.com and click on the "Check Out Past Issues" link below the Safety Stuff sign up box

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Don't forget you can join me on the social media landscape. I strive to occasionally post funny, helpful, and unusual stuff.

SAFETY STUFF 15th ANNIVERSARY PARODY SAFETY SONG WINNER!

Congratulations Mark Hadfield from Nabors Drilling! You sent in the winning safety parody song lyrics. Mark parodied the song "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainer.

If you haven't heard the song, or seen the video here's a link to it http://ow.ly/MhaBW . (I'm considering doing a parody video using Mark's lyrics. I'll keep you posted if I do.) Also, thank you everyone who sent me lyrics. It was fun going through them all.

All About Being Safe

Lyrics by Mark Hadfield

(Based on "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainer)

(Chorus)

Because you know I'm all bout being safe,

being safe, no trouble

I'm all bout being safe,

being safe, no trouble

I'm all bout being safe,

'Bout being safe, no trouble

I'm all bout being safe,

being safe

Safe, safe, safe, safe

[Verse 1:]

Yeah it's pretty clear, I see it in the news

But workers can choose, which rules their going to follow

'Cause they got the attitude, that it don't really matter

We try to put rules, in all the right places

We see the magazines, we put the posters up

They don't believe it's real

Come on now, make the hurting stop

If you got any values, just raise 'em up

'Cause everyday you come to working

Let's put safety at the top

[Pre-Chorus:]

Yeah, my employer he told me don't worry about your eyes

He says, safety glasses will protect you only if you're wise

You know you won't slip or trip, with the right footwear,

So, if that's what's you're into

Then go ahead and give it a try

Chorus

Verse 2

I'm bringing safety back

Go ahead and tell all them silly workers that Hey

No, I ain't playing

I know you think you're safe,

But I'm here to tell you,

Everyone of you is needed from the bottom to the top

Pre-Chorus

Yeah, my employer he told me don't worry about your eyes

He says, safety glasses protect you but only if you're wise

You know you won't slip or trip, with the right footwear,

So, if that's what you're into

Then go ahead and give it a try

Chorus x3

GONE CAUSE THEY HAD TO GO

The famed Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who invented an indoor pressure flow toilet, died in 1601 from a terrible twist of fate. During dinner one night, having consumed a large amount of alcohol, he politely refused to leave the table to empty his bladder. By the time Brahe made it to the loo, his overfull bladder had burst and killed him.

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King George II of England ruled for more than 30 years . . . and then he died from a tear in the lining of his aeorta while straining on the toilet. He made medical history as the first person to be listed as dying from "aeortic dissection"

JUST A COPYEDITOR'S ERROR

"An earlier version of this story incorrectly described Buffington's special support hose as 'mercury lined.' The hose are 'mercury-gauged,' meaning that barometric mercury is used to measure the compression of the hose. They are not mercury-lined, which would, of course, make them poisonous." --The Sunday Paper (Atlanta, Georgia)

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"A story in our Wednesday edition about forging for edible mushrooms contained a photo of Amanita muscaria, which is a poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom. It was a copyeditor's error." --Portland (Maine) Press Herald

GAINED A LOT OF VALUABLE INSIGHT

Hey Richard,

It was a pleasure meeting you and spending a little time with you at the safety summit. I wanted to thank you so much for doing an outstanding job last week. I received a lot of positive feedback on your presentations and I know our membership gained a lot of valuable insight from you --- you also carried creditability with everyone.

Thanks again for a great-great job.

Bud Branham

Director of Safety Programs

NRECA

If you'd like the same kind of results at your next convention, seminar or employee day (or are looking for ways to improve your safety & health culture) contact Michele Lucia: 972.899.3411 michele@makesafetyfun.com

Here's a link to a few videos of me in action before a live audience (That's the only kind I speak to!)

http://www.makesafetyfun.com/video.html

CHECK THIS OUT!

In every issue I'll include at least one link to a site or video that is humorous, unusual, powerful or that could help you Make Safety Fun! So, let me know if you find (or have created) anything that I might be able to include in this section.

Here's a link to Atlantic Training's "Funny Office Ergonomic Video." It's a bit corny, but I enjoyed watching it and I've got to give kudos to the "rap actors."

http://ow.ly/M1Vvl

All About You:

The Safety Pro and the 'Butterfly Effect'

A butterfly flaps its wings, creating a small current that weeks later will change weather conditions many miles away - enough to alter the path of a hurricane.

You've probably heard of this phenomenon. As entertainment, it has been the theme of science-fiction books and movies. Scientists differ in opinion about the "butterfly effect," but I like the concept and it has inspired me at times to do my best even when I'm speaking to a small, tired audience.

Here's a link to the rest of the article in "Safety+Health Magazine"

http://ow.ly/M20OS

If you prefer, here is a link to a podcast based on the article that includes more details:

http://ow.ly/M21OE

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'till next time,

Richard Hawk

www.makesafetyfun.com email: richard@makesafetyfun.com

42 Sunset Lake Rd.
Bridgeton, NJ 08302

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