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Friday Five – Your Weekly Sign and Safety News Roundup

Friday, March 13, 2012 — What’s your sign? This one gets to the point No Parking signs in Allentown, Pennsylvania, are, to put it mildly, full of personality. To combat universal ignoring of no parking signs, the sign below appeals to both the morals and the wallets of parking motorists. The sign reads, “Don’t even […]

FACE Releases 2011 Workplace Fatalities Report: Good News for Washington State

March 15, 2012 — Washington State reported only 15 workplace deaths this year, a record low, a study released yesterday shows. The Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (FACE), hosted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at the Centers for Disease Control, evaluates participating states to increase safety at the workplace. This […]

OSHA Fines Aluminum Manufacturer for Endangering Worker Safety

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 — Fritz Aluminum Services Inc, an aluminum fabrication company located in Eustis, Florida, is about to pay the price for willfully endangering its employees by exposing them to a myriad of safety and health hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is banging down the moneyed […]

Friday Five (March 2nd, 2012): 5 Safety & Sign News Stories

OSHA takes a bite out of corrupt Las Vegas Zoo The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is sinking their teeth into a surprising target — The Las Vegas Zoo. The Zoo has been under fire for more than two years: employees and outsiders have accused zookeeper Pat Dingle of mismanaging the zoo and endangering […]

Sign at a Florida High School Sends Literacy Efforts “Laeping” in the Wrong Direction

A misspelled sign at Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg advertising a “Laeping to Literacy Night” has students in stitches and this blogger wondering if Lakewood school administrators might benefit from some time in 5th grade classroom for some spelling bee preparation. The sign, posted Friday, was meant to promote a literacy program at the […]

Friday Five: On Signs, Streets, and OSHA

Friday, February 24, 2012 — Stolen Street Signs Raise Safety Concerns Most stories that you hear about street-sign theft involve drunken rowdiness, but in Montgomery County, North Carolina, thieves are stealing street signs for their aluminum. The aluminum burglars may make a profit, but they also endanger the public by stealing necessary street signs at […]

Friday Five: The Week’s Top Safety and Sign News Updates

Friday, February 17, 2012 — School Zone Sign Fury: 1 Sign with 6 Times Too Much for Detroit Area Drivers: In a Detroit suburb, a ridiculously complicated new speed limit sign designates six different times throughout a school day for drivers to slow their roll. Detroit motorists think the sign is unnecessary and even dangerous, […]