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Stay Safe With the Zipper Merge
Announcements, NDSC NewsEveryone knows the old joke about North Dakota’s two seasons, right? We’ve got winter and we’ve got road construction. When highway construction takes roadways down to one lane, the zipper merge can keep traffic moving while keeping you and road workers safe.
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NDSC Driver Safety Courses Save Businesses Money!
Announcements, NDSC NewsIf your business needs company vehicles to do business, you pay the price. The cost to your business for a single driving incident could easily exceed $1.4 million. Yep, MILLION. You need to protect your employees and the company.
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123 people in North Dakota died from overdoses in 2020
Announcements, NDSC News, UncategorizedThe CDC reports that three industries with the highest numbers of drug overdoses are Construction, Transportation & Warehousing and Healthcare. Drug abuse can also happen at home. You can help prevent overdoses.
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