While some people rave about the taste of deep fried turkeys, The National Protection Association safety experts are concerned that backyard chefs may be sacrificing safety for good taste.    Also Underwriters Laboratories Inc., an independent, not-for-profit product safety testing and certification organization that tests products for public safety has decided not to certify any turkey fryers with their UL Mark of approval.  Both agree that turkey fryers can present the following hazards:

Cherries, peaches, pears, apricots, plums and apples.  Local orchardists are reaping the rewards of their hard work.

Unfortunately many of those fruit trees are quite tall; tall ladders are needed to complete the harvest.  You know, all that about “low hanging fruit…..”  Low hanging fruit is easily harvested, but no orchardist want to leave over half of his crop on the trees.

are preventable.

Do your employees frequently have to reach their arms above chest level in order to do their work? Movements like this put them at risk of repetitive motion injuries of the shoulder.  The more frequently employees have to do this movement and the more the shoulder is moved to the end of its range of movement, the more likely employees are to develop a shoulder repetitive motion injury.

A recently published study from the University of South Carolina has found that men who spent more than 23 hours per week sitting were 64% more likely to die of cardiovascular problems than those men who were more active.  Blood sugar, triglycerides, cholesterol and waist size were adversely affected by decreased activity levels.  If you spend a lot of time driving, watching television, computing or other sedentary activities, you may fall into this increased risk category, even if you have a routine physical exercise program.

Employee Health Clinics are small clinics set up on an employer’s premises.  ANOVAWORKS currently operates twelve employee-based clinics throughout central and eastern Washington.  Our on-site medical and nursing staffs are dedicated to providing both occupational health services as well as urgent care services, much like one would find in a “walk-in” clinic.  Examinations are provided free of charge to employees, as are many procedures, such as suturing a laceration or splinter removal.  Wellness examinations, commercial drivers’ examinations and treatments for specific problems may also be provided.

Several factors have come together to generate the need for increased rates.  Unemployment is taking its toll as fewer people are working and paying into the system.  The State is earning smaller returns on investments.  The costs of medical care continue to rise and benefits being paid out to injured workers for lost time have increased.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, skin cancer is the number one most common cancer in the United States. The problem is that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays cause a form of radiation which alters the cellular integrity of skin cells.

Hearing loss may occur at any age depending on the cause.  Noise induced hearing loss is more evident in the adult person working in a noisy environment but hearing loss can also occur in the very young from ear infections, viruses and exposure to very loud noises.