News from NDSC!
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Organizational Changes and New Hires for NDSC
Announcements, NDSC NewsLongtime Assistant Executive Director, Lynae Hanson, retired in April from the North Dakota Safety Council. After the announcement of her retirement, we hired two new positions and promoted a few staff members.
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NDSC Announces This Year’s Safety & Health Award Winners
Announcements, NDSC NewsThis year, we distributed 48 awards to companies and individuals representing multiple industries including transportation, manufacturing, construction, and oil and gas.
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NDSC Developing Agriculture Safety Training Course
Announcements, NDSC NewsThe NDSC has been awarded an OSHA Susan Harwood Curriculum Development Grant to develop an agricultural safety course targeted to employers who perform agricultural operations, with a focus on youth employees, those new to farming and other small businesses in the agricultural industry.
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