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Fairfax County Solid Waste Slow Down to Get Around PSA: http://www.ebmcdn.net/fairfax/fairfax-cable-viewer.php?w=768&h=432&viewnode=psa_60_slowdown

Safety Tips

• SWANA Backing Best Management Practices
• SWANA Five to Stay Alive

Safety Resource Links for Collectors

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z245.1: Standard for Refuse Collection, Processing and Disposal Equipment
• Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Safety Matters Website
• Video: National Waste Recycling Association SDTGA Public Service Announcement
• OSHA Standard OSHA 3151-12R 2004 for Personal Protective Equipment

Staying Safe in the Summer

1)     NSC Five Minute Safety Talk on Heat Related Illness

2)     OSHA Quick Card on protecting workers from heat stress 

English:https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3154.pdf

Spanish https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3417-sp.pdf

3)     Dehydration Urine Color Chart 

4)     There is also a great OSHA Heat Index app available for smartphones. There is a version that can be free downloaded for IOS and one for Android. More information here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/osha-heat-safety-tool/id469229784?mt=8 and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.dol.heatindex&hl=en

5) NSC Power Point Presentation for Safety Talk on Heat Related Illness