SAM Coverage
Safety
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Job Safety Training
Plan and prepare now for autumn training programs. A lack of training often causes or contributes to on-the-job accidents. While it can be hard…
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Personal Protective Equipment
PPE is the last line of defense against employee injuries, and an important one. Personal protective equipment (PPE), important as it is, should be…
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Code Read?
Your Responsibility Code has been the cornerstone of on-hill etiquette and safety, but delivering the message is evolving due to societal and technical changes.…
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Summer Ops and Tots
Without the liability protection afforded by inherent risk statutes, summer activities need extra care–especially when kids are involved. In the medical field, there’s a…
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Play It Safe
10 tips to ignite and enhance your safety programs. Safety programs often become stagnant when they have not been reviewed on a regular basis.…
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Speak Out :: Keep Kids in Their Seats
Our industry seems to be experiencing an increase in the number of children accidentally falling from chairlifts, as “Up in the Air” (SAM, July…
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Playing it Safe
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 1998, 1.7 million injuries and illnesses resulted in lost work time for businesses. Wrist and knee…
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Drills Work
by Dennis O’Shea, Ph.D., Training Manager, Mt. Bachelor, Oregon It’s 9:00 a.m. Sunday, May 16, 1993. Ten food service employees are climbing the stairs…
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Preparing For The Unthinkable
by Douglas G. McKown, Assistant Director, Banff Emergency Medical Services and Patrolman, Sunshine Village, Banff, Alberta A large-scale accident that results in many injured…
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Ergonomic Ailments
Almost everyone has experienced an ergonomic ailment — tennis elbow, tendinitis, writer’s cramp are classic examples. Recently, such ailments have been given names like…
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The Trouble With Detachables
Detachable quad chairlifts are great for passengers, but they have created access and evacuation problems for ski area rescuers. And, as they proliferate, the…
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Why Bother With A Safety Loop Monitor?
An emergency stop order on a lift must be carried out immediately, given the sheer power of the machinery involved and its capacity to…
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Propane: It’s A Blast!
On Wednesday, January 20, shortly after two in the afternoon, and in the middle of a raging Sierra snowstorm, a propane explosion ignited a…
