ATLANTA AQUARIUM PICTURES

On August 3, 2006, the Atlanta Federal Safety & Health Council conducted an Appreciation Day for its members. The event was hosted by the recently constructed Georgia Aquarium.

Sheila Cloonan, Chairperson for the Atlanta Federal Safety & Health Council, planned and coordinated the event and was key in ensuring the event came off without a hitch.

The Director of Security and Safety for the Georgia Aquarium, Mr. Alan Davis, was the able guide through the Aquarium.

Of course, we couldn't let this gathering occur without adding a training session so Ms. Patricia Morris, Assistant Area Director for the West Atlanta Area OSHA office gave an informative presentation on the teamwork involved between OSHA, Georgia Tech and the construction company of Brasfield & Gorrie in the construction of the Georgia Aquarium.

The Atlanta Federal Safety & Health Appreciation Day was a very informative and enjoyable activity and we want to give a hearty thanks to Alan Davis, Chris Jackson and the entire Georgia Aquarium staff for making this an extremely memorable and successful event.

Below are links to photographs of the event taken by Randall Lovely, the photographer for Naval Air Station Atlanta.

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Contributed by Atlanta Federal Safety & Health Council

DRIVING SAFETY - Seatbelt Use

More Than 80 Percent Do, But the Rest Don’t

Seatbelt use throughout the US and Canada keeps improving year after year, but for some reason, almost two in 10 people refuse to buckle up. Label it laziness, stubbornness or ignorance, but that decision has cost 135,000 lives in the US alone since 1980. (Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).

Many employers have strict rules requiring workers to buckle up on the job. If your company or organization lets employees make their own decisions about seatbelt use, you might want to consider some other NHTSA statistics.

Had motor vehicle accident victims been wearing seatbelts, 5.2 million non-fatal injuries would have been prevented within the past 26 years.

The cost savings to US society during that period would have been $913 billion had the fatalities and injuries outlined above been prevented.

According to NHTSA, seatbelt use in the US averaged 82 percent in 2005. In Canada the average is about 88 percent, according to Transport Canada.

Article contributed by Ron Durant, USAF and Atlanta Federal Safety and Health Council.

You’re Safer at Work, Really

You’re Safer at Work, Really

Workplace fatalities garner a lot of media attention, but you’re much more likely to die after you leave the company gate. It’s no contest: Nine out of 10 fatalities happen either at home or in the community, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). And two-thirds of disabling injuries occur off the job.

NSC says 62,100 fatalities occurred in the home and community across the US in 2004. One in 17 people experiences an unintentional injury every year and a fatal injury occurs in one home every 14 minutes and in the community every 21 minutes.

Here are the top five ways people die from injuries:

• Falls

• Poisoning

• Choking

• Drowning

• Fires, flames or smoke

Your company may have a stellar workplace safety program, but if you aren’t getting workers to think about their safety off the job, your job is far from covered.

Article contributed by Ron Durant, USAF and Atlanta Federal Safety and Health Council