Core Values … Now and in the future
July 1, 2005 By LP Gas
We have all heard it. Safety pays. Safety first. Safety is number one. For the propane industry, safety is more than a simple slogan; it is a core value.
Read More Full plates lead to stop and go safety
May 1, 2005 By Jay Johnston
While attending the Southeastern Trade Show, I had dinner with some safety friends at a unique, all-you-can-eat Brazilian barbeque restaurant.
Read More Avoiding a weak safety backhand
March 1, 2005 By Jay Johnston
Anyone who plays tennis and has a weak backhand shot understands the lengths we will go to avoid improving a weakness.
Read More Lower back injuries: Prevention and Treatment Strategies
March 1, 2005 By LP Gas
According to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, lower back injuries remain the single most common type of work-related injury.
Read More Safety First
February 1, 2005 By LP Gas
After killing his wife in 1995, a distraught man drove away and attempted to commit suicide by ramming his vehicle into a propane delivery truck. The man received only minor cuts and bruises, but the propane truck driver received major injuries to his back and neck and ended up on permanent physical disability.
Read More A case for combustible gas detectors
February 1, 2005 By Jay Johnston
If you are like me, you want to avoid accidents and promote safety.
Read More Certifiably well trained employees
January 1, 2005 By Jay Johnston
Can you document that those employees in the field have been properly trained?
Read More Implementing a safety and training vision
December 1, 2004 By LP Gas
The Propane Education & Research Council and the National Propane Gas Association have worked to develop an integrated strategy to achieve the highest levels of safety for any fuel source. This strategy establishes a vision, safety goals and training priorities as well as the means to implement them.
Read More One for the road
December 1, 2004 By LP Gas
Richard Smith, the Staten Island Ferry pilot who crashed his ferry into a dock and killed 11 people in October 2003, recently acknowledged that he passed out at the controls after taking tramadol (a pain relief medication) and Tylenol PM, two drugs with side effects that can include drowsiness.
Read More Propane accidents affect all of us
December 1, 2004 By Jay Johnston
We might not like it, but Forest Gump was right: "Stupid is as stupid does." If that seems a little rough, try explaining cause and origin to the family of a loved one who died.
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