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Lanny Berke

Lanny Berke

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Warnings Are Not Enough to Ensure User Safety from Generator Fires, Shocks, and Carbon Monoxide
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Underwriters Laboratories' portable-generator standard, UL 2201, doesn’t go far enough to protect users from carbon monoxide, fire, and shock hazards.

OSHA Directives Provide for Skylight Safety
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Many of the falls documented each year happen through skylights that should have been covered or protected by a railing or strong screen.

Berke on Safety: Automated External Defibrillators Save Lives

Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) are easy to use, even for the untrained, and can save lives and reduce brain and heart damage.

Berke on Safety: Common-sense guidelines for safety showers and eyewash stations
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Safety showers and eyewash stations must have an adequate water supply, be easily visible and accessible, be properly maintained, and protect workers from secondary hazards like slipping or electric shock.

From the Safety Files: Poor dock leveler maintenance leads to injury

A dock leveler's malfunction went unaddressed until it injured a worker.

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