Farm safety for kids: experts strive to raise awareness about farm hazards

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and several private safety groups are promoting the concept of age-appropriate tasks to reduce the incidence of accidents among children in the farm workplace. The OSHA reports that of the 1.5 mil children and adolescents living and working on the farm, an annual average of 100,000 children are injured, while 100 are killed due to accidents involving farm equipment and structures. Private groups such as the Farm Safety 4 Just Kids are promoting farm safety to farm workers and parents by espousing the age-appropriate task concept which will hopefully avert any more injuries on children in the farm.

Injuries, Political aspects, Employee safety education, Agricultural laborers

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How behavior-based training helped one airline cut costs

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The behavior safety training program formulated by Future Industrial Technologies has helped United Airlines to reduce incidence of injury among the airline's flight attendants. The training encompasses two primary stages, including education and behavioral change. The flight attendants were educated on the causes of repetitive-motion injuries and stress as well as the ways on how to prevent them. After educating them, the flight attendants were given customized stretches and activities, resulting to reduced incidence of back and neck injuries.

Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation, Air transportation, scheduled, Scheduled Air Passenger Svc, Models, Safety and security measures, Airlines, United Air Lines Inc., Safety education

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Safe scaffolding

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Issues concerning the correct construction of scaffolding and the role of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration are discussed.

United States, Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing, Sheet metalwork, Metal Scaffolding, Construction industry, Study and teaching, United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Scaffolding

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