Impaired driving

Everyday around 37 people die in crashes that involve a driver impaired by alcohol, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Add drivers impaired by prescription medicines and other drugs and that number goes up significantly.

While drunk driving has declined by about one-third since 2007, the number of drivers under the influence if drugs has increased.  Between 2013 and 2014, 22 percent of drivers tested positive for a drug that would cause impairment, according to a roadside survey conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Don’t drive impaired.

And that’s smart safety!

For additional information or guidance, contact your safety office.

Fire prevention

If you want to prevent fires, understand the unsafe practices and conditions that can cause them. Then don’t do them. For example, don’t smoke near flammable materials or plug portable heaters into surge protectors.

Handbook MS-56, Fire Prevention and Control, Handbook EL-814, Employee Guide to Safety, and National Fire Protection Association 101: Life Safety Code are excellent resources for keeping facilities and homes safe. You can find these resources under MyHR on the Blue Intranet.

That’s smart safety.

For additional information or guidance, contact your Safety Office.