In this issue of the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Listserv, May 12, 2005: 1. June is National Safety Month 2. New and Revised Safe Operating Procedures ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. June is National Safety Month Safety: Where We Live, Work and Play Each year more than 20 million Americans suffer disabling injuries. Another 100,000 die from their injuries. Nearly two-thirds of those who die are workers or their family members. For more information, visit the Nebraska Safety Council web site at http://www.nesafetycouncil.org/ . Sign up to receive National Safety Month information as it comes out at www.nsc.org/nsm. 2. New and Revised Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs) EHS has posted a new SOP's on the web site: Safety Training for Employees Who Are Assigned to Alternate Work Sites http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-training_alternate_worksites.pdf EHS has revised several SOPs on the web site: Equipment Safety for Landscape Workers http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-equipland.pdf Fire Prevention http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-fire_prevention.pdf General Guidance for Chemical Storage http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-chemstorage.pdf General Safety for Landscape Workers http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-safland.pdf Packaging Infectious Substances With or Without Dry Ice http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-ship_infectious_substances.pdf Personal Protective Equipment for Landscape Workers http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-ppeland.pdf Sharps (Potentially Infectious) - Handling and Disposing http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-sharps_potentially-infectious.pdf Shipping Diagnostic Specimens http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-ship_diagnostic_spec.pdf Shipping Items With Dry Ice That Are Not Dangerous Goods http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/s-ship_nondanger_dry_ice.pdf SOPs can be found on the EHS web site at <http://ehs.unl.edu/SOP/index.cfm >.
