- Safety training can help your employees develop the skills they need to recognize and understand on-the-job hazards.
- Training should be developed for new and existing employees alike.
- Training records can be of great value when evaluating trends in injury and accident rates.
- Motor vehicle traffic crashes were the eighth leading cause of death among all ages in 2002.
- You can play a key role in reducing accidents by making sure that you and your vehicle are in suitable driving condi-tion—before getting behind the wheel.
- Beware of drowsy driving: 37 percent of drivers surveyed by the National High-way Traffic Safety Administration admitted to falling asleep at the wheel at some point in their driving career.
- Bevel cutting can be a very dangerous operation in the truss plant especially since 90 percent of One Minute Poll respondents say they use a table saw.
- There are about six different methods of installing valley trusses that are used in the field.
- Hot weather combined with working in a truss plant means you should drink as much water as possible.
- Heat exhaustion is a common ailment and is easily treated. If ignored, it could be a precursor to heat stroke.
- Heat stroke is very serious and can lead to death.
- Attention to posture, conditioning, avoiding obesity, alcohol, drugs, smoking, and minimizing stress will take help you in maintaining a healthy back!
- Truss plants have many awkward loads to lift and carry, so lifting care is very important.
- Bob Becht, "Mr. Truss Photo," takes digital technology to plant safety.
- Showing safety and health issues in a PowerPoint® presentation helps the staff create innovative policies to improve workplace safety.
- Many employers won’t hire ex-felons.
- The industry has a chronic shortage of skilled truss technicians, so setting up a prison design department was the perfect solution for Stark Truss.
- The truss industry has several success stories of helping former felons reintegrate into life.
- Did you know that you should drive an empty forklift backward UP an incline and forward DOWN an incline?
- The building components industry provides the ultimate fork lift truck lifting, driving and loading challenge due to the wide variety of load types.
