This month’s topic is Eye Injury Prevention. Stop by the clinic and peruse through materials on preventing eye injuries at work, safe use of eye cosmetics, and to get a baseline check of your distance vision.
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7 Things to Know about Flood Safety
Flooding can occur as streams and rivers overflow their banks, when dams or levees break, or any time there is rainfall with significant duration and intensity. Flash Floods come rapidly and unexpectedly.
Be cautious during storm seasons, or any time that flooding is common in your area.
1. You may not have warning that a flash flood is approaching.
2. Do not drive through flooded areas. If you see a flooded-out road ahead, turn around. Find another route to your destination.
3. If there is no other route, get to higher ground and wait for the waters to subside.
4. Even if the water appears shallow enough to cross, don’t try it. Water hides dips in the road. Worse yet, there may be no road at all under the water. Flooding can scour away the entire road surface and a significant amount of ground beneath.
5. If your vehicle stalls, abandon it immediately and climb to higher ground.
6. Six inches of water will reach the bottom of most passenger cars, causing loss of control or possible stalling.
7. One foot of water will float almost many vehicles.
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- Tune in to your radio to stay informed of approaching storms.
- If you see a tornado or hear a tornado warning, don’t try to outrun it.
- Turn on your headlights (low beams) and slow down. Many states require the use of headlights during rain.
- Allow extra distance for braking.
- Do not drive unless necessary.
- Pull safely onto the shoulder of the road away from any trees that could fall on the vehicle.
- Stay in the vehicle and turn on the emergency flashers until the heavy rains subside.
- A vehicle provides better insulation against lightning than being in the open.
- Avoid contact with any metal conducting surfaces either inside your vehicle or outside.
- Avoid flooded roadways.
- Avoid downed power lines.
- Check your windshield wipers and tires regularly to insure that they are ready for severe weather.
- Approach intersections with caution
- Treat traffic lights at intersections as stop signs.
- Slightly open windows to avoid fogging.
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During a 72-hour period during the first week of June, over 8,500 inspectors will be inspecting over 60,000 vehicles.
That’s a little more than 14 vehicles every minute.
Some facts to consider regarding last year’s Roadcheck event:
• A record 67,931 inspections were conducted.
• Of the vehicles inspected, 20.8% were placed out of service for mechanical problems (that’s about 14,130 vehicles).
• The driver out-of-service rate was 5.3%, mainly for hours of service violations (that’s approximately 3600 drivers).
Start preparing now.
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Today Cory paid off on the challenge.
You guys did a great job drove over 1,000,000 miles accident free, and Corys hair hit the ground!!
Lets stay safe and accident free and see what he does next!!!
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Driver’s responsibility
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Find a good driving position. Adjust the head restraint so it’s directly behind but not touching your head. Hold the wheel symmetrically, at about 3 and 9 o’clock, so you can steer left or right quickly and precisely. If you drape your arm over the top of the wheel, the air bag can break your arm or push it into your face if it deploys.
Go with the flow. Keep up with traffic if conditions permit. A wide disparity in speeds is dangerous.
Be a loner. Avoid clumps of cars on the highway so you’re not involved in someone else’s accident.
Keep track of traffic. Look far down the road and keep your eyes moving to spot any problems before you reach them. Check your mirrors frequently.
Think ahead. Keep thinking of possible traffic emergencies, and plan escape routes. Don’t be a left-lane hog. The left lane is a passing lane, not a “fast” lane. Keep right except to pass. Don’t try to block speeders; leave the policing to the police.
Signal! Signal lane changes as well as turns.
Wait with the wheels straight. When you’re stopped in traffic, waiting to turn left, keep the wheels aimed straight ahead until the way is clear. If you wait with the wheels cut to the left, someone could hit you from behind and push you into incoming traffic. Help ‘em merge. If you’re in the right lane of a multilane highway, you can help entering traffic merge safely and smoothly by temporarily slowing down or moving over a lane if traffic permits. Brake at the right time. Slow down to a safe speed before you enter a turn. Hard braking in mid-corner can upset the car’s balance.
Protect your night vision. Don’t stare at approaching headlights. If you’re being blinded, focus on the right shoulder of the road.
Catch some Z’s. Don’t drive when you’re sleepy. If your eyes tend to stay focused on one spot, that’s a danger sign. Pull over as soon as you find a safe place and nap for a few minutes.
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Build a better breakfast sandwich: replace bacon or sausage with Canadian bacon or ham and order your sandwich on a whole grain English muffin or bagel.
Be size-wise about muffins, bagels, croissants and biscuits. A jumbo muffin has more than twice the fat and calories of the regular size.
via Nurse Annabelle
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