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Featured Resource: Portable Fire Extinguisher Use Policy
August 2011
Many workplaces are equipped with portable fire extinguishers that can control small fires, preventing property damage and loss of life. However, General Industry Safety Orders Section 6151(g) prohibits workers from using fire extinguishers unless they have received training in their proper use. . . .
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Wildfire Prevention and Response Checklist
COCA Online Exclusive June 2011
As wildfire season approaches in California, businesses located within the wildland-urban interface--land that borders an undeveloped, forested, or wild area--need to make sure they are prepared to protect lives and property from this threat. Our checklist will help you get your business ready for the worst. . . .
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Fire Safety:
Safety Alert Addresses Sprinkler System Antifreeze; Guidelines for Use and Recommended Alternatives
June 2011
Thirty-year-old Wuliber Martinez of Truckee, north of Lake Tahoe, had just started making dinner for his wife, 27-year-old Isella Minutti, when the grease he was heating caught fire. What happened next isn't entirely clear, but the resulting fireball blew the doors in the apartment out of their frames and threw glass from the windows more than 86 feet across the adjacent parking area. Minutti, who was standing only a few feet away in the living room, was fatally injured by the blast, and Martinez was severely burned. . . .
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Kitchen Safety Checklist
November 2010
The holidays are upon us--it's a time when food is prepared in abundance, cooks try a little harder than usual, and people who don't normally venture into a kitchen may try their hand. That means it's also a good time for a kitchen safety refresher. . . .
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Appeals Board Decisions:
Employer Learns the Hard Way to Keep Safety Equipment Up to Date
May 2009
During an inspection of the Thayer Tunnel site in Rancho Cucamonga, a state Division of Occupational Safety and Health inspector checked out the contents of a metal storage container for supplies and found several self-rescue respirators. By checking the serial numbers on these respirators against a manufacturer's chart, the inspector discovered that one of them was . . .
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Workplace Holiday Safety Checklist
Updated November 2010
If you're decorating around the workplace this holiday season, keep the workplace safe by ensuring that holiday decorations pose no hazards to workers with our checklist. Safe De . . .
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Trainer's Handbook:
Do Your Workers Know When and How to Use Fire Extinguishers?
December 2008
Many workplaces have appropriately selected, properly placed, routinely inspected fire extinguishers hanging along the wall at regular intervals. But unless workers know when and how to use fire extinguishers, they could be a wasted investment. Make sure your workers have the best chance to save lives and property from small fires with extinguisher training. . . .
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Trainer's Handbook:
Fire Prevention Plans; Do Your Workers Know What's in Yours?
November 2008
When fire broke out in a 4,000-foot hydroelectric utility tunnel in Colorado in October 2007, nine workers got caught in a bad spot. Four workers were able to evacuate from the tunnel's lower end, but five others were trapped on the other side of the fire and were unable to climb out of the tunnel's steeper uphill terminus. They were found dead of smoke inhalation, trapped at a point where the tunnel's slope took a sharp turn from 15-degrees upslope to 55-degrees upslope. . . .
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Fire Safety: Could Your Business Survive a Wildfire?
June 2008
The 2007 wildfire season was devastating for Southern California. Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes, more than 2,000 houses were destroyed, more than half a million acres burned across seven counties, and more than 3,000 businesses were directly . . .
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