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After researching safety tapes the past couple weeks I know more than I thought possible about safety tapes.

This weeks tip:  Chose acrylic adhesives instead of rubber adhesives for anti-slip tape.

If you have the choice, go with the acrylic adhesives. It’s going to save you time and money in the long run when you eventually go to remove the safety tape. (The tape has to be replaced sometime!) When pulled up, the acrylic adhesives leaves behind no residue (yeah!) but if it’s a rubber based safety tape you’re going to need some acetate and some good old fashion elbow grease to rub away the residue. From a maintenance standpoint, the choice is clear -save your knees and time.

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For the month of December we are giving away TWO pairs of Harley Davidson safety glasses, courtesy of Safety Glasses Inc. All you need to do to get your name in the monthly drawing is subscribe to this blog. Yes it’s that simple.

This months winners are:

*Brian, Florida (He picked the Harley Davidson 500 series silver mirror safety glasses. Looking good!)

*Still waiting to hear back from our second winner. If I haven’t heard back by the end of the week I will pick someone new.

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Every week Google sends me updates of the latest OSHA fines and workplace safety stories so it was awesome to read this week about amazing companies who are making their company the “safest.”

The America’s Safest Companies Award was founded in 2002. It honors companies that achieve specific criterias in safety. This year the criteria got even harder, where the selection team picked companies that demonstrated “Visionary thinking… were practically perfect…and over the top” in safety.

EHS Today, sponsors of this award, wrote that these companies, “provide a safe working environment for tens of thousands of employees, protect the environment and act as advocates for health and safety.”
The criteria:

• Support from management and employee involvement.
• Innovative solutions to safety challenges.
• Injury and illness rates lower than average for their industries.
• Comprehensive training programs.
• Evidence that prevention of incidents is the cornerstone of the safety process.
• Good communication about the value of safety.
• Way to substantiate the benefits of the safety process.

This years winners:

AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc.,The Concrete Pipe Div. of CEMEX, Medtronic Inc., Morin Actuator, RQ Construction Inc., Trendmaker Homes, Trihydro Corp., and Wood Group Power Plant Services.

Source: http://ehstoday.com/safety/asc/

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