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This March, See the Significance of Workplace Eye Safety

Annually, more than 800,000 American workers suffer an eye injury on the job and close to 36,000 employees require time off due to eye injuries, the U.S. Department of Labor estimates, costing employers more than $300 million. The good news is, nearly all workplace eye injuries can be prevented by wearing proper eye protection (an estimated 90 percent). Get eye safety tips...

Spring Forward March 9 – and Advance to Better Safety

Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 9. In anticipation, the American Public Health Association (APHA) is launching a campaign to encourage people to check their emergency preparedness kits at the same time they change their clocks. The goal is to make preparing for a possible public health emergency when ‘springing forward’ as familiar as checking smoke detector batteries when "falling back."

The National Safety Council urges you to join this effort. Click here for a downloadable toolkit from the APHA that provides tips for building your emergency preparedness kit and why preparing for a public health emergency is important.

NSC’s Research Poster Award Program Announces 2008 Call for Applications

All Occupational Safety and Health students, professors, and instructors are invited to submit their research to this year’s program sponsored by National Safety Council’s College and University Initiative: Education and Research Advisory Committee and the Campbell Institute.

Selected winners will receive an award stipend, award plaque of honor or recognition and the opportunity to display, present and discuss their papers at the 2008 NSC Congress & Expo in Anaheim, California. Those interested in submitting an official application can send their name, email address and school represented to Posterawards@nsc.org (please note if you are an undergraduate/graduate student or a professor/instructor).

A Tough Winter is Rough on Drivers

Unusually bad winter weather is taking its toll across the nation, hitting drivers with icy road conditions and other risks, ranging from potholes to high winds to lack of road salt. Learn more...

Be Prepared - Learn CPR

Are you a parent, baby sitter or someone else who works with children? If so, getting trained in CPR and AED may prepare you to save a child’s life. You would be considered a “first responder” following a life threatening-incident: someone who’s with the child in the critical window of time after the incident but before the ambulance arrives. Your knowledge of CPR and AED can dramatically increase the child’s chances of recovery. The National Safety Council urges you to get – and stay – trained in these life-saving techniques.

With CPR Teddy, practice makes perfect. Learn more...

Is your teenager a safe driver?

Toyota is offering FREE real-world, safedriving courses for teens and their parents around the country. Learn more about Toyota Driving Expectations and how to register for a course near you.

Another Campus Shooting Prompts CDC Response

The recent killings at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb were the fifth fatal shooting incident at a U.S. college or university in the past six months, according to the Associated Press.

In response to this latest incident, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted the following information on school violence, including mental health information for students, parents and school personnel. The National Safety Council supports the CDC’s reminder of the importance of emergency preparedness and response.

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