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| Don’t Zone Out in a Work Zone |
Luis Jimenez, 49, and his son Edward, 24, were reportedly very close. They lived in the same house in Inverness, Florida and did the same kind of work: highway construction. And in a twist of tragic irony, in March 2008, they were killed by the same vehicle. A Ford Freestyle was passing the work zone, ran off the road and struck Edward, who was standing on the shoulder. Then the vehicle hit a trailer, jumped a guardrail and ran over Luis.
Luis and Edward were two of the 720 workers and motorists killed in highway work zones in the United States that year. Another 40,000 people were injured. That’s one work zone fatality every ten hours – 2.3 every day – and an injury every 13 minutes.
April 4 to 8, 2011 is National Work Zone Awareness Week, a timely reminder that everyone plays a role in maintaining a safe work zone area during roadway construction. Share with your workers these do’s and don’ts on driving and working in work zones.
For safety articles, Safety Talks, Fatality Reports, clip art, slogans and posters on work zone safety, select “Work Zone Safety” from the "Pick a Keyword" search box on the left-hand side of SafetySmart.
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| When you need access to an area well above the ground and your ladder won’t reach, you can either buy or rent the right-sized ladder or cheap out and put your life at serious risk by attempting to join two ladders into one—using duct tape no less. Scary stuff. (Naval Safety Center photo) |
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| Japan Says it Will Improve Nuclear Safety Standards |
The Japanese government has admitted that its nuclear power plant safeguards were insufficient to stand up to a tsunami and promised to overhaul its nuclear safety standards as soon as the country’s nuclear crisis is under control.
Japan has been struggling to contain radiation leaking from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant following a magnitude 9 earthquake and devastating tsunami on March 11.
“Our preparedness was not sufficient. When the current crisis is over, we must examine the accident closely and thoroughly review,” says Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano.
According to the Associated Press, Tokyo Electric Power Co. did not accept scientific evidence that a mega-quake and tsunami was far from a remote possibility. As a result, efforts which could have reduced those events’ impact on the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex were not undertaken.
The power plant has been leaking radiation that has been measured in tap water, vegetables and milk as far away as Tokyo, more than 200 kilometers (125 miles) away.
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