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  • FAMOUS LAST WORDS - WATCH OUT FOR ANTI-SAFETY SLOGANS

    Companies spend billions of dollars every year coming up with catchy slogans in an attempt to sell more products. In the safety world, slogans such as "Click It or Ticket" or "Don't Become a Statistic" are used to influence behavior.But in the battle between "good and evil," there are also many

  • EAT UP! - FOOD SAFETY A PRIORITY FOR DEPLOYED

    Every day thousands of Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers and con-tractors walk through the doors of Dining Facility Two here for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Thankfully, they can eat up without worrying about if the food they are consuming is safe.The 332nd Expeditionary Aerospace Medical Squadron's Public

  • SPRING SKIING - WHEN DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW, DON'T FORGET THE SUNSCREEN

    With warmer weather, sunny skies and fewer crowds, many people say spring is the time to be on the mountain. However, slope conditions during the late season can be dicey, and skiers need to be aware of some potential hidden dangers.Avoid sunburn. The intensity of the sun at high altitudes, combined

  • DON'T SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT!

    When I was 13 years old, I used to transport my Crossman pump-action BB gun with mounted scope in a hockey bag on my moped. I learned how to shoot by setting up a box with a target in the hallway in my house when my parents weren't around. I "perfected" my technique on the streets of my northwest

  • ARC ENEMY - One Family Dies, Another Gets Lucky in Bouts with Electricity

    When I read an AOL News story about a family of three getting electrocuted while putting up a ham radio at their Palm Bay, Fla., home Oct. 12, it brought back chilling memories of my own "shocking" near-disaster with electricity.In the case of the family from Florida, police said a father, a mother

  • THE EYES HAVE IT

    An Aiman struck the head of a nail with a hammer. The nail head had some imperfections, that when struck, sent metal shavings shooting through the air. Three of the microscopic shrapnel ended up in the Airman's right eye. It didn't hurt. As a matter of fact, at the time, he wasn't even sure any

  • A MESSAGE TO DIE FOR

    A 17-year-old driver in New York swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a truck head-on, killing herself and her four passengers. She had been texting while driving. A California train engineer was involved in a collision near Los Angeles that killed 25 passengers and injured 130 others. He had been

  • REBUILDING THEIR LIVES - TORNADO SURVIVORS USE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TWISTER

    Retired Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Glover and his wife Ilah lost nearly everything when a tornado ripped through their town of Prattville, Ala., last year, turning their home into a pile of rubble.The only room spared in their house was the bathroom they had helplessly huddled in with their two dogs

  • DRIVING IQ RISING? - SEAT BELT USE HITS RECORD LEVEL IN 2008

    More Americans are buckling up than ever before, with 83 percent of vehicle occupants using seat belts during daylight hours this year, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced.In 2007, 82 percent used seat belts."More and more Americans are realizing that the mere seconds it takes