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Business

Summer safety: Three tips for getting crews to wear PPE

During the intense heat of the summer, it’s hard to stay cool when working outside. That’s why it’s tempting for landscape workers to skip wearing their personal protective equipment on the hottest days of the year. Unfortunately, that is risky.

July 8, 2014

Business

Why Landscapers Need to Focus on Heat-Exhaustion Training

Thousands of workers become ill each year due to heat exhaustion. In 2012 alone, there were 31 heat-related deaths and 4,120 heat-related illnesses.

June 26, 2014

Business

How To Stay Safe & Cool this Summer

The Accident: A California landscape crewmember is cutting grass at a residential site at 5 p.m. He begins to feel sick and asks another employee to finish cutting the lawn while he takes a break. When the coworker finishes cutting the lawn, he sees the crewmember is ill and disoriented, so he calls 911. The crewmember is taken to the hospital, and he dies several hours later from a heat-related illness.

June 20, 2014

Design-Build

All About Safety on #LandscapeChat

In honor of National Safety Month, we will be discussing a variety of safety topics with PLANET, the Professional Landcare Network, during this week’s #landscapechat on Twitter.

June 17, 2014

Design-Build

Put Your Employees First

We all know it’s summertime, and we have all been that person that stands out in the sun just five more minutes to get a job done.

May 23, 2014

Business

Beating the heat: How to avoid heat-related illness

Cintas Corporation has introduced top tips for limiting heat stress in the workplace. When the body is unable to cool itself by sweating, heat stress can occur. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), five to 10 million workers are exposed to heat-related illnesses each year.

April 19, 2013

Safety

Heat Exhaustion

October 31, 2012