News from NDSC!
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Celebrating 28 years of National Safety Month
Announcements, NDSC NewsThe National Safety Council (NSC) first launched National Safety Month in 1996 to educate and encourage safe behaviors around the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths in the workplace, on roadways, and in communities.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Announcements, NDSC NewsThe pandemic brought to the forefront the complex challenges of how-to best support employee mental health – an issue that has been in the workplace for years, even decades. Employee mental distress is often related to increased workloads and in times of stress or serious change. When this happens, both employees and the organization pay a price.
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NDSC Supports OSHA on Fall Safety
Announcements, NDSC NewsWe are asking North Dakota employers to take a few minutes to discuss fall protection and safety during the 2024 National Safety Stand-Down Week (May 6th – 10th).
National Safety Council News
- Bug off!
- For kids and teens, less sleep may mean higher blood pressure
- Boating safety: Wear a life jacket
- Let’s play pickleball!
- Prediabetes: What causes it?
- Lightning: When it’s time to bolt
- NSC: 599 people may die in traffic crashes over the July 4 weekend
- Curbing consumption of ultraprocessed foods may improve brain health
- Fire safety group shares tips for charging EVs at home
- Drowning deaths up sharply, especially among young kids: CDC
- Flavored vapes could spawn ‘new wave of chronic diseases,’ researchers warn
- ‘Huff and puff’ your way to a longer life, researchers say
- More stairs, longer life? Researchers find big health benefits
- ‘Blowing off steam’ may not be the best way to handle your anger
- Let’s all drive safely this Memorial Day weekend, NSC says