By Steven Geigle, CSHM - June 2006

This article is from a newsletter published by Richard Hawk. For more than 20 years, Richard's innovative approach to safety has helped hundreds of companies reduce their injury rates. He can do the same for you, so check him out at his website: richardhawkinc.com.

Safety Tidbits

From "Safety Stuff" by Richard Hawk Inc.

Every part of these plants is poisonous: azalea, foxglove, nightshade, oleander, rhododendron.
Those aged 19 and under constitute about 5%-6% of licensed drivers. However, they are involved in more than 12% of fatal accidents.
The longest nonfatal fall known occurred when an air hostess for a Yugoslavian air-line dropped--without a parachute--33,000 feet over Czechoslovakia and survived.
Men are seven times more likely than women to commit suicide at work and are twice as likely as women to die from accidental poisoning.
Forty percent of the chemicals in apple juice (all naturally occurring) have been found to be carcinogenic in laboratory studies.
Most likely sources of rabies: 1) Skunks, 2) Raccoons, 3) Bats, 4) Cats, 5) Dogs.
An Australian company makes Eco-friendly coffins out of recycled newspapers.
60 Million: Number of American adults who suffer from inadequate sleep; 32: Percentage who lose sleep due to stress on a weekly basis.
$100 Billion: Estimated annual loss in dollars because of sleep-deprivation related problems in the United States.
100,000: Number of fatigue-related traffic accidents per year in the United States.