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Safety watch: Dealing with various bites and stings
The incident: After discovering – and slightly jarring – a hornet’s nest on a client’s property, a landscaper showed it to the homeowner. Ho…
August 1, 2008
Bites and stings
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Safety watch: Avoiding back injuries
What the expert says: Improper lifting techniques cause most manual-labor-related back injuries, says Dr. Michael Neely, medical director at N…
July 2, 2008
Back injury
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Avoiding Sunburn and Skin Cancer
What the expert says: “One of the worst habits I’ve seen in workers exposed to the sun is removing the shirt,” says Dr. Peggy Fuller of Est…
June 4, 2008
Skin burn cancer
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Safety watch: Respiratory hazards
What the expert says: Silica is one of the most dangerous respiratory hazards workers involved in hardscape construction face, says Laurie Erd…
June 2, 2008
Respiratory Hazard
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Skid Steer Operation
The accident: Two landscaping workers were preparing to clear snow from the parking lot and walkways of a condominium complex. One operated a …
March 31, 2008
Skid Steer
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Walk-behind mower operation
The accident: A landscaping worker was running errands on a Saturday when his supervisor called to ask if he could help with a maintenance job…
March 10, 2008
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Safety watch: Avoiding electrical shocks
The accident: A paving company subcontracted a landscaping firm to remove 110 trees from an area being cleared to extend a parking lot. When t…
January 31, 2008
Electrical shokc
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Cardiac Arrest
What the expert says: Heart attack is one of the most common causes of cardiac arrest. Never attempt to drive yourself to a hospital if you fe…
January 13, 2008
Cardiac Arrest
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Safety watch: The importance of good sleep and rest habits
The accident: A worker operating a skid steer had taken an over-the-counter sleep aid the night before after not sleeping well the previous fo…
December 2, 2007
Sleep and Rest Habits
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Traffic Accidents
The accident: Arriving at a client’s home, a landscape maintenance crew’s driver pulled the company pickup and trailer to the curb of a shad…
November 1, 2007
Traffic accident
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Safe Trencher Operation
The accident: Using a walk-behind trencher, a landscaper checked the time by looking down at the cell phone attached to his belt. As he did so…
October 1, 2007
Safe Trencher Operation
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First Aid: Chemical Exposure
The accident: Over the course of several days, a red, blotchy rash developed on a landscape worker’s wrists and hands. The owner of the compa…
September 4, 2007
Chemical Exposure
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Safety watch: The ABCs of head trauma
The accident: Two landscapers tied off a large tree limb overhanging a glass roof so it wouldn’t fall when they cut it. The fulcrum system fa…
August 5, 2007
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Preparing safety kits for your truck
The accident: A four-person crew was working at a large country estate. A man using a hand-held brush cutter turned suddenly, causing the cutt…
July 7, 2007
Truck Kit Safety
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Ride-On Mowers
The accident: A landscaping company owner was operating a ride-on mower when he noticed a wire sticking out of the ground. To avoid running ov…
May 31, 2007
Ride-On Mower
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Preventing Heat Stress
While there are no national statistics on the percentage of victims who die as a result of heat stroke, Ashley Bergeron, a registered nurse in…
April 30, 2007
Heat Stress
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Line Trimmers
The accident: A landscaping company employee had taken the cutter guard off a line trimmer a few weeks earlier because it was getting hung up …
April 2, 2007
Line trimmer
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Safety watch: Under the influence
Five landscaping company employees piled into a car at 6 a.m. and began their usual one-hour carpool to work.
March 22, 2007
Drink and Drive
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